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The Snowman
by Briggs, Raymond
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679809066
- ISBN 13
- 9780679809067
- Seller
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1990. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Bookplate on feb. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Ex Libris.
Synopsis
Raymond Briggs was born in London in 1934. At the age of 15, he went to Wimbeldon Art School to learn how to draw, as he wanted to become a cartoonist. But there he was told that cartooning was not a profession for gentlemen and that he ought to be a painter. Raymond then went on to the Slade School in London to study painting as a full-time student. During his spare time, he began work on a portfolio of illustrations of all kinds, including jackets and a wide selection of drawings to take to publishers. After illustrating for advertising, newspapers and books, Raymond discovered that book illustration inspired him the most, since it offered far greater variety and freedom than anything else. Raymond has always found it unfavorable to sustain a consistent illustration style for a long period of time. He is always seeking to try something else new and different with his work. Some of Raymond's best known works are The Snowman , The Man , and The Bear . The setting for The Snowman is based on Raymond's own house and garden, which is in Sussex, England at the foot of South Downs, a few miles from Brighton.
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- Bookseller
- Top Notch books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125483L
- Title
- The Snowman
- Author
- Briggs, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679809066
- ISBN 13
- 9780679809067
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Holiday Fiction
- Size
- 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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