Chris Ware Building Stories HC! 2012 Acme Novelty Library Set Sealed SIGNED RARE

Description: Details: Building Stories, signed by Chris Ware (first printing, 2012) Collects ACME Novelty Library issue 18 with material from issue 16, other periodicals, and new material.Measures about 17" x 12" x 2" and weighing in around 6lbs, this guy is massive! Still shrink-wrapped except for where signed on the front near the top-right corner.Slight scuff on the edge of the top-right corner of the box, another light scuff on the bottom-right corner.Otherwise this copy is in excellent condition. See pictures for details! I will combine shipping at no extra charge, thanks for looking and feel free to ask questions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The New York Times Book Review, Top 10 Book of the Year Time Magazine, Top Ten Fiction Book of the Year Publishers Weekly, Best Book of the Year 2013 Lynd Ward Prize, Best Graphic Novel of the Year 4-time 2013 Eisner Award Winner, including Best Publication, Best Writer/Artist and Best Graphic Album Newsday, Top 10 Books of 2012 Entertainment Weekly, Gift Guide, A+ Washington Post, Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2012 Minneapolis Star Tribune, Best Books of the Year Cleveland Plain Dealer, Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year Amazon, Best Books of the Year/Comics Boing Boing, Best Graphic Novel of the Year Time Out New York, Best of 2012 Entertainment Weekly, Best Fiction of 2012 With the increasing electronic incorporeality of existence, sometimes it’s reassuring—perhaps even necessary—to have something to hold on to. Thus within this colorful keepsake box the purchaser will find a fully-apportioned variety of reading material ready to address virtually any imaginable artistic or poetic taste, from the corrosive sarcasm of youth to the sickening earnestness of maturity—while discovering a protagonist wondering if she’ll ever move from the rented close quarters of lonely young adulthood to the mortgaged expanse of love and marriage. Whether you’re feeling alone by yourself or alone with someone else, this book is sure to sympathize with the crushing sense of life wasted, opportunities missed and creative dreams dashed which afflict the middle- and upper-class literary public (and which can return to them in somewhat damaged form during REM sleep). A pictographic listing of all 14 items (260 pages total) appears on the back, with suggestions made as to appropriate places to set down, forget or completely lose any number of its contents within the walls of an average well-appointed home. As seen in the pages of The New Yorker, The New York Times and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Building Stories collects a decade’s worth of work, with dozens of “never-before-published” pages (i.e., those deemed too obtuse, filthy or just plain incoherent to offer to a respectable periodical). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All large format books are shipped with the minimum protection of being bagged and sandwiched between two pieces of thicker cardboard. Extra space is left at the corners in case the envelope is dropped, and "DO NOT BEND" will always clearly written on both sides. This applies to all large format books shipped, regardless of price, destination, or chosen shipping speed. PLEASE check return policy, and feel free to contact if there are errors in listing condition, packages failing to arrive, clear signs of USPS negligence, or if you have any problems at all. My goal is always to make sure that at the end of every transaction, all parties are satisfied. Thanks for looking and feel free to ask questions! RETURN POLICY: If the package arrives showing significant mistreatment, PLEASE photograph pre-opening, providing evidence of postal negligence. If USPS damages your shipment, please send photos of the effected items. Follow-up pictures aren't as effective in reporting negligence, but can still help. Returns/refunds gladly/ONLY accepted in cases of errors in listing condition, or if USPS negligence is clear and follow-up is possible. Thank you!!!

Price: 199.99 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

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