BRIGGS (Raymond).
Father Christmas.
First edition of Raymond Briggs' grumpy Father Christmas.
A lovely copy of Raymond Briggs popular story of a rather grumpy Father Christmas. In an interview for The Guardian in 2014 Raymond Briggs said of the story: “I’ve always enjoyed taking something that’s fantasy – like a bogeyman or Father Christmas – and imagining it as wholly real. Take Father Christmas. What do we know about him? Well, he’s got a white beard, so he must be quite old. He’s rather fat, so he probably likes his food. He’s got a red face and a red nose, so he probably likes his drink. And he’s been doing this dreadful job for donkey’s years: going out all night long, in all weathers. He’s sick to the back teeth of it: who wouldn’t be? So it follows, naturally, that he’s going to be grumpy.”
A near fine copy, with a little creasing along the top edge of the jacket.
