Raymond Briggs (1934-2022) was an award-winning illustrator and cartoonist. There was also a successful play, first staged at the end of 1983. The soundtrack included contributions from David Bowie, Genesis, and Roger Waters. The book was adapted in a BBC radio drama (broadcast in February 1983) and an animated film in 1986. An article in The Times described the book as "a delightful cartoon strip about an elderly English couple dying from radiation sickness after nuclear attack". Demand for the book was such that a reprint was required before publication and the book was the subject of a motion in the House of Commons. Briggs's comic strip tale of a nuclear attack on Britain, with the consequences of Jim and Hilda Bloggs taking advice from British propaganda pamphlets caused a media and political sensation on publication. Her papers are held in the Department of Special Collections, University of California. She also published the journal Growing Point from 1962 until a few months before her death in 1992. Fisher wrote two influential and authoritative guides to children's literature: Intent Upon Reading (1962) and Matters of Fact (1972). The recipient was the literary critic and academic, Margery Fisher (1913-1992). First edition, second impression ("reprinted before publication"), presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For MARGERY FISHER With best wishes from Raymond Briggs 1983".
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