Raymond Briggs - The Snowman (First Edition, First Printing) - 1978

Raymond Briggs – The Snowman (First Edition, First Printing) – Hamish Hamilton, London (1978)

True first UK edition, first printing of Raymond Briggs’s beloved wordless picture book classic, The Snowman, published by Hamish Hamilton Children’s Books Ltd, London in 1978. Told entirely through Briggs’s soft, expressive pencil-and-crayon illustrations without text, this iconic winter story won the 1978 Francis Williams Illustration Award and inspired the classic 1982 animated film.

Copyright page explicitly states: "First published in Great Britain 1978 by Hamish Hamilton Children's Books Ltd" with no later reprint notices.
Printed in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd (London, Fakenham and Reading).

Illustrations: Illustrated throughout in full colour on every page using Briggs’s signature multi-panel comic strip and full-page coloured pencil layouts.

Format & Binding: Large quarto (4to) in publisher’s original laminated pictorial paper-covered boards (issued without a dust jacket).

• Page Count: 32 pages (unpaginated).
• Dimensions: Approx. 30.2 × 21.8 cm (standard Hamish Hamilton quarto format)

Condition Report:

• Exterior: Very Good vintage condition. The laminated pictorial boards remain bright and clean with crisp illustration colours. Light shelf wear and gentle rubbing along the spine folds and board edges, with minor bumping and small creases at the head and tail of the spine and corners.
• Interior: Binding is sound and tight. The title page and copyright page are clean, bright, and free of ownership inscriptions, with only a tiny age spot above the copyright notice and faint handling ripples to the paper. Pages remain clean and vibrant throughout.

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