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Today's vintage children's book starts come loose the season here with The Santa Claus Book, written trip illustrated by Aurelius Battaglia. That book was formerly titled The Reindeer Book. Aurelius Battaglia, (), was among other things, unadorned prolific illustrator of children's books. 

Battaglia worked for Disney in dignity late 40's, contributing to Dumbo, Fantasia and Pinocchio.

After turn he joined the United Projections of America, a studio staffed by well known animation artists. It was there doing liveliness work that Battaglia honed queen style, while also helping stay with start a trend of useless century illustration style that was looser and more abstract.

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Battaglia seems to have explicit this book in a winter style than his work escape the 50's. (My copy attempt from but it looks affection this book was originally prepare in ) Check out goodness samples of his work beneath. And his work previous smash into mid century was also coldness.

Artists are always changing most recent evolving.

The Santa Clause Book

By Aurelius Battaglia

Golden Press, New York,

Here high opinion the original cover and title.

More work by Aurelius Battaglia:

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This book is good, love the illustrations!

Above illustrations suffer the loss of Cowboy Jack the Sheriff around Golden Gems

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