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The snowman : pop-up / Raymond Briggs & Ron Van der Meer
by Briggs, Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0241117976
- ISBN 13
- 9780241117972
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Hamilton Children's, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Toy and movable books: specimen. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [10]p col : ill. ; 28 cm. Subjects; Snowmen ; Fiction. Stories without words. Children's stories in English 1945 Texts. Children's literature.
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
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 338214
- Title
- The snowman : pop-up / Raymond Briggs & Ron Van der Meer
- Author
- Briggs, Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241117976
- ISBN 13
- 9780241117972
- Publisher
- London : Hamilton Children's
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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