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Raymond Briggs – The Snowman – First UK Edition 1978 – with SIGNED Limited Edition Print
£750.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘The Snowman’ published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978. A very good copy with browning to the edges – without inscriptions. Accompanied by a limited edition print from the book – hand-signed by Raymond Briggs. Also comes with first day covers from Christmas 2004 and an additional letter from Royal Mail.
The runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year’s best children’s book illustration by a British writer. In the United States, it was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1979. The Snowman remains one of the best loved children’s books of all time and was made into a successful television symphonic animation in 1982.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘The Snowman’ published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978. A very good copy with browning to the edges – without inscriptions. Accompanied by a limited edition print from the book – hand-signed by Raymond Briggs. Also comes with first day covers from Christmas 2004 and an additional letter from Royal Mail.
The runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year’s best children’s book illustration by a British writer. In the United States, it was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1979. The Snowman remains one of the best loved children’s books of all time and was made into a successful television symphonic animation in 1982.
