Fungus the Bogeyman. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.  First Edition. Small folio. Pp, 42. Laminated pictorial boards. A nice bright copy.

Fungus the Bogeyman follows one day in the life of the title character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings.

English illustrator and children’s book author Raymond Briggs is best known for his ‘books without words’ told entirely though full colour illustrations.