The Man
by Raymond Briggs
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Julia MacRae Books, 1992. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 12" by 9". Raymond Briggs . The first edition of this beautifully illustrated children's book by English illustrator Raymond Briggs in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Profusely illustrated throughout with full colour illustrations. This beautifully illustrated children's book was illustrated and written by popular English illustrator and author Raymond Briggs. Briggs is best known for his 1978 work 'The Snowman' and won the 1966 and 1973 'Kate Greenaway Medals' for his illustrations. This work depicts the story of a little man who comes to visit a boy. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only a slight mark to the rear. The wrap is excellent with only the odd very light handling mark and very minimal sunning to the head. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 880Z48
- Title
- The Man
- Author
- Raymond Briggs
- Illustrator
- Raymond Briggs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Julia MacRae Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 12" by 9"
- Keywords
- First edition Illustrated Children's Fiction Children's illustrations Illustrated
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...