The Snowman by Raymond Briggs [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1978

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1978] RANDOM HOUSE

Hardcover sans dust jacket in fair condition. 

Cover has heavy discoloration; split / crushed corners [see last photo]

Inside reads nicely with some wear; first page is slightly separated from spine at the very bottom.. no markings.

Illustrated in full color, this is a wordless story. The pictures have "the hazy softness of air in snow." A little boy rushes out into the wintry day to build a snowman, which comes alive in his dreams that night. The boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.