Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge McDuck: His Life and Times. Written and Drawn by Carl Barks. Edited by Edward Summer. Recolored by Peter Ledger

Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1987. First Edition - Trade Edition. From the library of actor Alan Young who was the voice of Scrooge McDuck, with his signature on the title page. Additionally signed and inscribed by Russi Taylor, the voice actress for Donald Duck’s nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie and Webby Vanderquack in Disney’s DuckTales television series and other Disney productions as well as many other Disney characters, including Minnie Mouse. Inscribed: “For Uncle Scrooge from Huey, Dewey and Louie and Webbegail and for Alan, with love and admiration from Russi Taylor.” Oversize format, 375 pages. With an ‘appreciation’ essay by director George Lucas. A wonderful collection of full-color Scrooge McDuck comic book stories, including Back to the Klondike, The Second-Richest Duck, The Many Faces of Magica De Spell, Micro-Ducks From Outer Space, and more. Fine fresh copy in a near fine bright dust jacket with a touch of use and very slight separation of the plastic coating on the rear panel. Alan Young worked with the most famous talking horse, Mister Ed, one of the most beloved television shows of all time. He is also known for his role of Filby, opposite Rod Taylor in the classic film version of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine (1960) directed by George Pal, and has appeared in such motion pictures as Mr. Belvedere Goes to College, Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick, and Androcles and the Lion. With biographical information about Carl Barks, a bibliography, Uncle Scrooge checklist, afterword by Gary Kurtz, and more. In 1952 Alan Young received two Emmy’s for ‘The Alan Young Show.’ Russi Taylor has also been the voice of Phantasma the Phantom in the 1988 tv-movie Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School, and as various characters on The Simpsons series, including Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri, and Uter, Pebbles Flintstone in The Flintstones Comedy Show for Hanna-Barbera in 1979 and others.