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The Snowman
by Raymond Briggs
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0241100046
- ISBN 13
- 9780241100042
- Seller
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Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, UK, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Laminated boards', no jacket as issued Size: 4to (11 to 13 inches). Binding tight, bumping to top of spine. Heavy foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Unmarked book-plate laid in. Bumping to board corners. ISBN: 0241100046. ISBN/EAN: 9780241100042.. 9780241100042
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Shiny Owl Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51017
- Title
- The Snowman
- Author
- Raymond Briggs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241100046
- ISBN 13
- 9780241100042
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- BZDB157 Children's Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 0241100046 EAN: 9780241100042 Raymond Briggs The Snowman
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Formerly known as Retriever Books, Dee Why we now have a bookshop in Mona Vale further up the peninsula on the Northern Beaches of SydneyOpening HoursTuesday to Friday 10.15 to 5Saturday 9.30 to 4.30Sunday & Monday closedOpen every day except New Year's Day, Australia Day, Anzac Day, Good Friday, Mother's Day, Christmas Day and Boxing DayWe have over fifty categories of books in-store, we appear to have many titles inCurrently only 8000 books are listed here. Please use the offline search service link to forward us a book title you require or just send an email.Not all online titles are held in the shop, so contact us prior to coming in to view particular titles.Up to 8 hour free parking across the road in the council car park
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