Hardback. Thin quarto. Unpaginated. Original pictorial boards matching the dust jacket design. Full number line on the copyright page (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2) confirms the first printing status of this Briggs classic. Condition:

• Book: Fine. Crisp, tight, and unread. Corners are sharp. Pages are clean and bright without inscriptions.

• Dust Jacket: Good Plus. Price-unclipped. Shows some visible shelf wear and minor rubbing to the edges and corners.

A highly collectable, fresh copy of Briggs' brilliantly funny and beautifully illustrated prehistoric tale. Summary Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age is a humorous graphic novel about a bright prehistoric boy who thinks ahead of his time. Ug is frustrated by the cold, heavy, and hard reality of stone-age life, where even his bed, blankets, and trousers are made of solid rock. To the confusion of his conservative parents, he uses his caveman ingenuity to invent better alternatives, dreaming up soft bedding, warm clothes, and even the wheel. Though his advanced ideas constantly clash with the stubborn, literal-minded world around him, Ug's funny and poignant quest for a more comfortable life beautifully explores the timeless spark of human innovation.