Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs, First Edition (39 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Picture Puffin Ed. Thus. Small amount of wear to the spine. Minor rubbing and a pencil price to the front cover. Pen inscription to first page.

1st.uk hardback edition,book in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Briggs, Raymond (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st thus 1975 PUFFIN PAPERBACK ED. Adventures of a marvelously endearing Santa told in cartoon format. Outstanding & hilarious color art BY RAYMOND BRIGGS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. VG+ with all postcards still present. No jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Briggs, Raymond (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1ST AMERICAN ED. He's Father Christmas in UK & Santa Claus in the US. His thousands of fans will delight in watching this famous elf turn his sleigh into a camper & go off on a holiday- to France, Scotland, LA. A Blooming good holiday, full of brilliantly detailed watercolor cartoons & pungent satire. Briggs is a Kate Greenaway Medalist (won for prequel FATHER CHRISTMAS).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by the author. First American edition. Very good in a very good (age toning) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by the author. First American edition. Very good in a very good (a few short closed edge tears on the rear panel) dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +, price clipped. First Edition. Ex-Library with usual markings. Binding is square and solid. Pages are unmarked, clean and unbent. Dust jacket in library issue mylar wraps.

Laminated Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket ( as Issued ). Briggs, Raymond (illustrator). First Edition. No wrapper as issued. Laminated pictorial boards. A UK first edition, first impression - complete with six postcards. The book is bright and tight. The front and back boards are bright, clean and sharp. The corners are sharp. The spine is bright. Internally, the pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are fresh. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. A very nice copy. Paypal accepted.

Laminated Boards. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Publishing sequence: 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2 Fold out laminated games boards, very clean and bright, no nmaes or inscriptions;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first American edition, fifth impression on verso of title page. Bound in green cloth. Some minor discoloration at inside spine, else in excellent condition. Tightly bound Jacket is in mylar cover and has some minor chipping on lower edge and price is unclipped, $4.95. This is a wordless book and a hilarious story of Santa/Father Christmas from a British point of view. ***** For SJC 3.

First edition of this collection of four games based on the author's award-winning childrens story 'Father Christmas.' Square octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with artwork by Sara Silcock. In very good condition. Raymond Briggs, creator of 'The Snowman,' published 'Father Christmas' in 1973, the story of a very human gift-giver with a tough job to do. Recognized for its classic illustrative style, the book won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association and was named one of the top ten winning works for the Medal's 50th anniversary. In 'Father Christmas Games Book,' the charming titular character delivers some of his favorite games to the good children of the world.

First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Very good in pictorial boards (lacking the duplicate dustjacket). The second Father Christmas book, in which he treks the world sampling holiday spots,-- humorous and gently sarcastic. Colour illustrations and story by Briggs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Decorative green cloth. Fine -- tight, bright and unmarked throughout. Near fine, price-clipped jacket. Library Association's Kate Greenaway Medal winner.

First Japanese edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. 4to 10'' x 9''. Contains colour strip illustrations throughout with Japanese text. A little foxing to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, corners not bumped, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Briggs, Raymond (illustrator). First U.K. Edition. [30]pp Colour strip pictures and some full-page. School stamp to bottom corner [p23] , ffep and colophon. Red endpapers. Adhesive residue and small surface scuffs to ffep from pocket cleanly removed. Colour illustrated boards and clean and without wear. Colour illustrated DJ - same as boards - clean and without wear, preserved in mylar cover. No external school markings. Quarto: 257 x 220mm. First published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton, this is the second printing, 1973, stated.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Unpaginated (32 pp.) Illustrated boards, slightly yellowed to rear and bottom, slightly bumped to extremities. Some leaves have very light stains to bottom and a few finger marks, illustrations are vibrant and clean. Ink gift inscription to front endpaper: 'To Ben on his 5th birthday, with lots of love, Mummy & Daddy, December 6, 1974'. Raymond Briggs classic children's comic with colour illustrations. It won the Kate Greenaway Medal for children's literature and alongside its sequel, 'Father Christmas goes on holiday', was adapted in 1991 for a 25 minute animated film. 0241022606 Small 4to. Illustrated.

Laminated Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Unpaginated (32 pp.). First Edition. Illustrated boards in a colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket slightly worn and torn at head of spine. Boards clean and bright. Pages have minor crinkling at the bottom in places, but clean. Illustrated in colour with Raymond Briggs classic children's comic. A British Christmas classic it won the Kate Greenaway Medal for children's literature and alongside its sequel, 'Father Christmas goes on holiday', was adapted in 1991 for a 25 minute animated film. 0241022606 4to. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, winner of the 1973 Kate Greenaway Medal - scarce in first edition. Near Fine: tight and square binding in laminated pictorial boards - gently pushed to the head of the spine, otherwise very bright, sharp and clean; inscription to the ffep and a small surface abrasion to the front pastedown (pictured), else Fine. The clipped dustwrapper is Near Fine: bright and vibrant; a little yellowing to the laminate, as is invariably the case; a small and very faint stain to the heel of the spine. A lovely copy. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.

Laminated Boards. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Unpaginated (32 pp.). Illustrated boards in colour illustrated jacket, price clipped. All in near fine condition, clean and bright. Illustrated in colour with Raymond Briggs classic children's comic. A British Christmas classic it won the Kate Greenaway Medal for children's literature and alongside its sequel, 'Father Christmas goes on holiday', was adapted in 1991 for a 25 minute animated film. Some signs of reading, but a much better copy than is usually seen, and now difficult to find in a decent jacket. 0241022606 4to. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Briggs, Raymond (illustrator). 1st Edition. Colour illustrations, all postcards present. Pristine condition. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, a very good copy in a near fine dust wrapper, no markings or inscriptions, but with some old tape offsetting in the end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, [30]pp, glazed boards, unclipped dustwrapper (price £1.80). In very good condition, the top & bottom of the spine bumped, the bottom of the pages a touch creased, the dustrapper a little edge worn and yellowed and a former owner's name on the front flyleaf. Briggs' charming story.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. UK 1st edition 1st impression, no inscriptions not price clipped Fine in near fine jacket , appears to be unread.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Raymond Briggs (illustrator). First edition. A fine first edition copy of this festive book by Raymond Briggs, following Father Christmas as he travels the world on holiday. The first edition, first impression.An entertaining children's work following Father Christmas as he travels on holiday, sending postcards to his friends and family.Illustrated colourfully throughout.Including the six original postcards, all unused.Collated, complete.By the beloved author of 'The Snowman', Raymond Briggs. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Original pictorial boards. Dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with colour strips. Unpaginated. Small spot to the base of the front blank else a near fine, tight, clean copy in very good plus, slightly darkened, creased and rubbed. A very nice copy indeed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK Printing published by Hamish Hamilton, London in 1975. Large 4to., pictorial publisher's boards, lettered in black to spine; blue endpapers; housed in the illustrated wrapper (£1.80 net). The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition, save for some mild pushing to the spine tips, and a scratch to the lower board leading to a small gouge (with a little of the board showing through beneath); previous ownership inscription in biro to the front end-paper and a small bookseller sticker to the front paste-down; The WRAPPER is slightly toned to the edges with the odd small spot; else in near-Fine condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Brigg's sequel to his 1973 publication of Father Christmas, which follows the grumpy protagonist as he converts his sled into a flying camper van for his Summer holidays. His travels take him to France, Scotland and Las Vegas in search of sun and anonymity, all portrayed in Briggs's classic comic-book sequence. In 1991 Briggs's two 'Father Christmas' books were adapted into a 25-minute animated film directed by Dave Unwin, with Mel Smith was the voice of Father Christmas. Later, in a BBC documentary aired on New Year's Eve 2018, Briggs claimed that the humanised portrayal of Father Christmas was partly based on his father as "they were both delivery men". A lovely, fresh example. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Very Good/Near Fine. Measures approximately 8.5 x 10 inches. Dust jacket has mild even toning, a little edge wear, and a 2.25 inch tear on the back. Price shows 1.10 net (pound). Dust jacket is in a new protective Brodart cover. Book is in near fine condition. Small erasure on top corner of the front free end page. Otherwise, little to no wear. Spine is tight. Pages are clean and crisp. No writing inside. A charming look at a slightly grumpy, very British, Father Christmas.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1973 (first edition). Quarto, [32] pages including a colour-pictorial title page and 28 pages of colour illustrations ('a series of strip pictures, filled with detail and very funny, which occasionally erupt into full-page spreads'). Colour-pictorial papered boards lightly bumped on the two top corners; a near-fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper (also lightly bumped on the two top corners), unclipped, with a local department store hinged price label attached above the printed price. From the first sentence ('Blooming Christmas here again!'), this is a classic.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Inscription for Christmas 1973 on front free end paper. Dust jacket is price clipped, slightly yellowed but no wear.