first edition
1978 · New York
by Briggs, Raymond
New York: Random House, 1978. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Scarce first US edition of Briggs's classic wordless picture book, runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal and the basis for a beloved animated adaptation. 11.5'' x 8''. Original pictorial boards with white cloth spine. In original unclipped ($4.95) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color throughout. Unpaginated. Red remainder mark to lower edge. Light edgewear, minor soil to rear jacket panel. Small price sticker to front jacket panel.
(Inventory #: 49780)