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BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]: : IVOR THE INVISIBLE

LONDON.CHANNEL 4 BOOKS/PAN MACMILLAN LTD.,2001.

ISBN 0752220349.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 9 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Raymond Briggs,illustrated dw/dj front panel with dark blue and other black letters,similar lettering to spine/backstrip, rear panel illustrated but without text; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – one tiny closed tear/nick at foot of rear-facing gutter's fold/crease and miniscule rubbing with miniscule loss to corner tips - no other nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without any blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean colour pictorial illustrated sets of endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-40pp [paginated] includes colour pictorial artwork in storyboard format with speech bubbles; plus [unpaginated] half-title and colour vignette illustrated title page. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and nature,i.e. a child's illustrated book,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. One Saturday morning John wakes up to find an invisible something sitting on the end of his bed.The something seems to be gigantic but John can`t work out just how big it is.He tries to measure it,but the invisible giant won`t let him. When John asks this strange new friend its name,the letters IVO appear on his mirror, so John decides to call him Ivor.The invisible giant plays tricks on John`s mum and dad, whizzing the washing line round, spraying the neighbours with a hose pipe and stealing the cherries from the trifle when Auntie Barbara comes to tea.But he can be helpful too: he hoovers the carpets and even does the washing up. When Ivor tells John that he wants to go out with him,John takes him to the park where he gets up to even more mischief. but it is when John takes Ivor to school that the trouble really starts. . . 'IVOR THE INVISIBLE' accompanies the film of the same name produced by Screen First for Channel 4.For the first time,Raymond Briggs has written a story especially for the screen and this book uses images based on his original drawings,selected and compiled by Sue Tong. Raymond Redvers Briggs (b.1934).Born in London, son of a milkman.Studied at Wimbledon School of Art (at the age of fifteen,1949-53) and completed a typography course at the Central School of Art.And after National Service,he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1955- 57).Since 1957,he has been a full-time illustrator and author,mainly of children's books; since 1961,he has been a part-time lecturer in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for 'The Mother Goose Treasury' (1966) and 'Father Christmas' (1973),the first book for which he adopted the distinctive strip-cartoon format that he has since used frequently. 'The Snowman' had no words,and was adapted by him for television (December 1982); 'When the Wind Blows',a powerful condemnation of nuclear defence (for adults),was adapted for radio (February 1983) and the theatre (April 1983).An accomplished draughtsman,he works in line and watercolour,gouache, pencil and crayons. Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists,and went on to produce a notable treasure trove of work.Characters that he's created are now icons for generations of children,include 'Fungus the Bogeyman', 'Father Christmas' and,of course,the beloved 'Snowman.' The biography of his parents in graphic novel form,'Ethel & Ernest',also became a bestseller in the UK,and an animated feature film based on the novel will be released in 2016.Briggs has won many other awards over his career including the Kurt Maschler Award, The Children's Book of the Year, the Dutch Silver Pen Award. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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