Walt Disney and polo interest: a very scarce Walt Disney children's book ''Mickey Hop-La! Une Partie de Polo'', first edition, French language, 8vo, 6
£600 - £800
Walt Disney and polo interest: a very scarce Walt Disney children's book ''Mickey Hop-La! Une Partie de Polo'', first edition, French language, 8vo, 60 pages, illustrations and three wonderful colour pop-ups featuring Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck, the movie stars Laurel & Hardy, and Goofy, published by Hachette, Paris, 1936., hardback with original pictorial dust jacket, very good condition ''Mickey's Polo Team'' was a short animated film with an 8 minutes running time produced by Walt Disney in 1936. The cartoon features a game of polo played between four Disney characters, led by Mickey Mouse with Goofy, Big Bad Wolf & Donald Duck; and four cartoon versions of real-life movie stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harpo Marx & Charlie Chaplin. Spectators are also a miscellany of cartoon characters and movie stars. The film was inspired by Walt Disney's personal love of the game of polo. A fall in a polo match left him with four shattered vertebrae that would prove a health issue for the rest of his life.