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Raymond Briggs
Raymond Briggs (1934-2022)

illustrator

  • University College London, Slade School of Fine Art

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Ethel & Ernest
Shackleton's epic voyage
Ethel and Ernest
Nuvolari and the Alfa Romeo
Notes from the Sofa
Jimmy Murphy and the white Duesenberg
The snowman
When the wind blows
The Bear
Fungus the bogeyman
Father Christmas
Ug
The snowman story book
Father Christmas goes on holiday
The Mother Goose treasury
Building the snowman
Gentleman Jim
Richthofen, the Red Baron
The Puddleman
Fungus the Bogeyman
The Man
The Tin Pot Foreign General
Walking in the air
Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas
The Snowman Storybook
The Puffin Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
This little puffin--
Jim & The Beanstalk
The fairy tale treasury
The tin-pot foreign general and the old iron woman
The Snowman
The Bear
The Party (Raymond Briggs' the Snowman)
The Fungus Big Green Bogey Book
The Snowman-Mini Edition
Father Christmas
Ring-a-ring o' roses
The strange house
Snowman
Fee fi fo fum
Oje, du fröhliche / Was macht der Weihnachtsmann im Juli?
Lindbergh
Lindbergh, the lone flier
Ivor the Invisible
The "Snowman" (Activity)
The Snowman Shaped
Unlucky Wally Twenty Years on
UG
The Snowman Clock Book
SNOWMAN 2 B MIXED MEDIA PRODUCT
Father Christmas
The white land
The Bear
The snowman
Father Christmas Goes on Holiday
The Snowman
All in a day
The Father Christmas "it's a blooming terrible joke"book
The Man
Snowman Buggy Book
The Snowman
Jimmy Murphy and the white Duesenberg
Snowman
When the Wind Blows
The Father Christmas Blooming Terrible Joke Book
The snowman tell-the-time book
UG - Wunderkind aus der Steinzeit.
Time for Lights Out
Christmas Activity Books
Fungus the Bogeyman: The 35th Anniversary Edition
Snowman Address Book
Snowman
The snowman
Raymond Briggss Christmas Little Library
The Christmas Collection
Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman
Arth, Yr
The Mother Goose treasury
Elephant and the Bad Baby
Snowman and the Snowdog
Glasgow Snawman
The Bear
UG
Father Christmas Games Book
The Snowman Birthday Book
Father Christmas
Bear 21 copy Dumpbin
Mein Schneemann
Midnight adventure
Sacré père Noël
Dear Father Christmas (Letter Writing Kits)
Ug - Signed
The party
Father Christmas Having a Wonderful Time
The Snowman Book of Fun
Fungus the Bogeyman Plop Up Book
Raymond Briggs' the Snowman
The Snowman (Raymond Briggs' the Snowman)
Father Christmas Sticker Story Book
Snowman
Ivor the Invisible
The White Land. A Picture Book Of Traditional Rhymes And Versus
The Snowman (Cloth Book)
The Snowman (The Snowman)
Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas
Ug Boy Genius of the Stone Age
Snowdog
Dressing up
When the Wind Blows
The Snowman 20th Anniversary Picture Book
Snowman Sound Book
Dressing Up (Raymond Briggs' the Snowman)
Elephant and the Bad Baby
Le bonhomme de neige
The Mother Goose Treasury
Raymond Briggs' The snowman
Snowman Birthday Book
The Snowman and the Snowdog (Step into Reading)
Father Christmas Words Raymond Briggs
The White Land
First up Everest
Bear
The Complete Father Christmas and Father Chritmas Goes on Holiday
Oje, du fröhliche
The Snowman and The Snowdog
Time for Lights Out
Blooming Books (Signed)
Snowman - A Puppet Play Book
The Snowman: The Book of the Film (Book & CD)
Dyn Eira a'r Ci Eira, Y
Snowman and Snowdog Book and Pyjama Set
Sacré Père Noël prend du bon temps !
Father Christmas
Weather
Numbers
The Snowman Christmas Book (Christmas Books)
Fungus the Bogeyman
Big Billy's Scrapbook
Snowman and the Snowdog
Ethel and Ernest
Was macht der Weihnachtsmann im Juli?
El ninot de neu
UG
Papa Noel/Father Christmas
Pare Noel
Sledges to the rescue
Snowman advent calendar
El Mundo Oculto de Los Cavernoso
The Complete Father Christmas
Snowman and Snowdog
El Muneco De Nieve
Ethel y Ernest
SNOWMAN BK & DOLL PKG
Gentleman Jim
Mother Goose Treasury (Ltr109c)
The Snowman Book and Snowglobe
The Hamish Hamilton book of magical beasts
Was macht der Weihnachtsmann im Juli?
The Father Christmas Blooming Diary
Snowman Touch and Feel Book
Blooming Books
Snowman Pop-Up
Snowman and the Snowdog Pop-Up Picture Book
Snowman (J926p)
Dyn Eira, Y
Snowman and the Snowdog Activity Book
The Snowman and Snowdog Book and Cd
John Coates
Der Schneemann. Ein Bilderbuch mit Musik.
Even More Revolting Recipes (CSS)
The mother goose treasury
Postcards From The Snowman and the Snowdog
The Puffin Mother Goose bedtime rhymes
The Snowman Flap Book
The Mother Goose treasury
Snowman Stationery Pack
Raymond Briggs Signed Collecto
Sion Corn
Puffin Mother Goose Treasury,The
Briggs Raymond
Opposites
The Snowman Board Book of the Story Book
The Snowman Address Book
Unlucky Wally
Rius
Rius (1934-2017)

caricaturist, painter, comics artist, illustrator

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Marx para principiantes
Mao for beginners
El hermano Sandino
AbCHÉ
Lenin para principiantes
Carlos de Nicaragua
ABCHE
Abche/Abche-Political Satire
El diablo se llama Trotsky
Carlos para todos
Lastima de Cuba
Cuba para principiantes
Machismo Feminismo Homosexualismo/ Machismo, Feminism and Homosexuality
Los Agachados de Rius/ The Stooped Ones of Rius (Obras De Rius/ Rius Works)
Nicaragua for Beginners (A Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Book)
El mito guadalupano
La mamá del Quijote
Manual del perfecto ateo
Con perdón de Doré
Machismo, feminismo, homosexualismo
500 años fregados pero cristianos
Los Moneros Antiguos
RecetaRius
Descubriendo a Colón
Glorias Del Tal Rius (Obras De Rius)
Toros sí, toreros no
La interminable conquista de México
Un siglo de caricatura en México
Panuchos. Los
Gúia incompleta del jazz
Los panuchos
El Supermercado de las sectas
Tropicaleces, barroquerías, y más turbaciones
El Libro De Las Malas Palabras
Los dictaduros
LA Basura Que Comemos/ the Garbage We Eat
The myth of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Rius para principiantes
La Revolucioncita Mexicana/ The Little Mexican Revolution
Pequeño Rius Ilustrado / Little Illustrated Rius
Cómo acabar con el país (sin ayuda extranjera)
Herejes, ateos y malpensados
Las glorias del tal Rius
La revolucioncita mexicana
El Amor En Los Tiempos Del Sida
El Catolico Pregunton
La joven Alemania
Filatelia para cuerdos
Lenin for beginners
Mis Supermachos
100 [i.e. Cien] plantas que se comen
Compa Nicaragua!
La Vida De Cuadritos / The Life of Cartoons
Herejes, ateos y mal pensados/heretics, atheists and dirty minds
La deuda (y cómo no pagarla)
500 Anos Fregados Pero Cristianos
Puré de papas
La revolución femenina de las mujeres
La trukulenta historia del kapitalismo
Diabluras
Diccionario De La Estupidez Humana/ Dictionary of Human Stupidity
De Aborto, Sexo Y Otros Pecados
Los Moneros De Mexico (Obras De Rius)
La Biblia, esa linda tontería
Filatelia para cuerdos/ Philately for The Sane
Horoscopo, tarot y otras tomadas de pelo
Todo Rius/ All Rius
Rius en Proceso
LA Revolucion Mexicana
Hitler para masoquistas
500 Anos Fregados Pero Cristianos
Jesús, alias el Cristo
La panza es primero
El otro Rius
La poca lipsis que nos viene/ The Arriving Apocalypse
El santo humor de Rius
LA Droga Que Refresca
FILOSOFIA PARA PRINCIPIANTES
La perestroika
Devilishness
Su majestad el PRI
100 plantas que se comen
La Biblia Esa Linda Tonteria
Osama Tio SAM
Historia rapidisima de España
El mundo del fin del mundo
Marihuana, cocaína y otros viajes
Quetzalcoatl no era del PRI
Toros Si, Toreros No
Recetarius / Recipes
Manual del perfecto ateo
Como acabar con el pais (sin ayuda extanjera)/How to end the country (without foreign help)
El cocinero vegetariano
Pobrecito Japón
Osama Tio Sam
La Basura que comemos
Kama Nostra
52 Sonrisas / 52 Smiles
El yerberito ilustrado
Lexikón economikón
Supermercado De Las Sectas
Osama Tíosam
El Supermercado De Las Sectas
El católico preguntón
Posada
Compa Nicaragua, 11a. Edicion
Lýstima De Cuba
Mao en su tinta
No consulte a su Medico
Pure De Papas/ Mashed Potatoes
Pequeno Rius Ilustrado
De aborto
Los agachados
El arte irrespetuoso
La interminable conquista de Mexico/ The Never Ending Conquest of Mexico
Cuba libre
Mis supermachos
Libre Pensamiento Afines ( de Siglo )
Posada, El Novio De La Muerte
LA Comida Verde
Economía para ignorantes (en economía)
Los comics naturistas de Rius
Lenin para principiantes
Marx für Anfänger
La cultura no muerde
Cristo de carne y hueso
Jesus, Alias El Cristo
Pequeño Rius ilustrado
Cómics naturistas de Rius
Manifiesto comunista
La panza es primero / The belly is First
Lástima de Cuba
El fracaso de la educación en México
Cariacaturas rechazadas
The Chicanos
Todo Rius (Obras De Rius)
52 Maneras De Reir Con Rius/52 Ways to Laugh
La vida de cuadritos
Como dejar de comer (mal)
Filosofia Para Principiantes
De músico, poeta y loco
Mundo Del Fin Del Mundo
Economía al alcance de todos
Introducing Marx
Votas y te vas/ Vote and Leave
LA Medicina Verde
La turbulenta historia del Kapitalismo
Palestina, del judío errante al judío errado!
Vera historia del Tío Sam
La medicina verde
La revoluncioncita mexicana
El fracaso de la educación en México
Marx para principiantes
La Trukulenta Historia Del Kapitalismo / the Truculent History of Capitalism
Marihuana y otras debilidades
Machismo, feminismo & homosexualismo
Marx aloittelijoille
Juicio a Walt Disney
El fracaso de la educación en México
Publicidad, televisión y otras porquerias
De dónde vienen los niños?
Patty Pravo
Patty Pravo (born 1948)

singer, recording artist

  • Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia

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Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719)

painter, art historian, copper engraver, graphic artist, illustrator, drawer, visual artist

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De groote schouburgh der nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
Lives of Rembrandt
De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
Stichtelyke zinnebeelden
Stichtelyke zinnebeelden gepast op deugden en ondeugden in LVII tafereeellen vertoont
Arnold Houbraken's Grosse Schouburgh der niederländischen Maler und Malerinnen
Stichtelyke zinnebeelden gepast op deugden en ondeugden in LVII tafereellen vertoont
De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
Dichtkundige bespiegelingen op LVII gepaste in koper gebragte zinnebeelden
De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
Toneel van Sinnebeelden
Jean-Baptiste Descamps
Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1714-1791)

art historian, painter, teacher, drawer

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James Baker
James Baker (1847-1920)

traveler, journalist, poet, illustrator

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Literary and biographical studies
Pictures from Bohemia drawn with pen and pencil
Austria
Reminiscent gossip of men and matters
Report on technical and commercial education in East Prussia, Poland, Galicia, Silesia, and Bohemia
Literary and biographical studies
Multum in parvo
Mathieu Blanchot
Mathieu Blanchot

drawer

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Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916-1991)

translator, painter, playwright, music historian, composer, biographer, scenographer, graphic artist, interpreter, editing staff

  • Frensham Heights School

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Mozart
Mozart
Wo wir uns wohlfühlen
Die allerneueste klassische Sau
The collected stories of Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Marbot
Wolfgang Hildesheimer, "ich werde nun schweigen"
Mitteilungen an Max über den Stand der Dinge und anderes
Marbot
Die Verspätung
Rede an die Jugend
Lieblose Legenden
Das Ende der Fiktionen
In Erwartung der Nacht
Schönheit als Therapie
Vergebliche Aufzeichnungen
Biosphärenklänge
Tynset
Das Opfer Helena
Endlich allein
Hauskauf
Die Theaterstücke
Der ferne Bach
Schule des Sehens
Landschaft mit Phoenix
Exerzitien mit Papst Johannes
Gesammelte Werke, 7 Bde., Bd.5, Hörspiele
Nachlese
Zeiten in Cornwall
Die Verspa tung
Die Hörspiele
Warum weinte Mozart?
Interpretationen
Masante
Mit dem Bausch dem Bogen
Der Drachenthron
Gesammelte Werke, 7 Bde., Bd.2, Monologische Prosa
The jewishness of Mr. Bloom =
Hörspiele
Mitteilungen an Max über den Stand der Dinge und anderes. Mit einem Glossarium und 6 Tuschzeichnungen des Autors
Spiele in denen es dunkel wird
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Was ist eigentlich ein Escoutadou?
Bibliothek Suhrkamp, Bd.84, Lieblose Legenden
Klage und Anklage
Herrn Walsers Raben
Paradies der falschen Vögel. Roman
Die Eroberung der Prinzessin Turandot / Das Opfer Helena
Mary Stuart
Theaterstücke ; Über das absurde Theater
Tynset
Wer war Mozart?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Idomeneo: 1781-1981 : Essays, Forschungsberichte, Katalog mit der Rede zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung von Wolfgang ... Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) (German Edition)
Enrico Della Torre
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Aves del Paraiso Tambien Son Falsas, Las
Mozart V591
Begegnung im Balkanexpress
Gesammelte Werke in sieben Bänden
Paradies der falschen Vögel
Betrachtungen über Mozart
Ich trage eine Eule nach Athen
Ich trage eine Eule nach Athen
Lieblose Legenden
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Wer war Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
In Erwartung der Nacht
Lieblose Legenden
"Die sichtbare Wirklichkeit bedeutet mir nichts"
Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Collagen
"Alles andere steht in meinem Roman"
Begegnung im Balkanexpress
Die Verspätung
Janssen und wir
Hörspiele
Herrn Walsers Raben