"The Snowman" by Raymond Briggs - Hamish Hamilton, London - 1978 first UK edition first printing - 25cmx18cm - condition: good, original binding, some wear to edges, library stamps, some rubbing,, all illustrations present, few marks on cover Rare true first UK edition of this children's book classic. The Snowman is a wordless children's picture book by British author Raymond Briggs, first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the United Kingdom, and published by Random House in the United States in November of the same year.[1] The book won a number of awards and was adapted into an animated television film in 1982 which is an annual fixture at Christmas. The book is entirely wordless, and illustrated with only coloured pencils.[2] Briggs said that it was partly inspired by his previous book Fungus the Bogeyman: "For two years I worked on Fungus, buried amongst muck, slime and words, so... I wanted to do something which was clean, pleasant, fresh and wordless and quick