Building Stories

Chris Ware - FIRST EDITION LARGE FORMAT BOXED & SEALED

ISBN 10: 0224078127 / ISBN 13: 9780224078122

Published by Jonathan Cape, 2012

About this Item

A stunning huge and heavy publication that's difficult to classify. Essentially this is a 'concept art' project. 14 distinctively discrete books, booklets, magazines, newspapers and pamphlets. Hard to describe but simple to appreciate! This is a high quality assembly inside a large box. It is still sealed, so all the examples photographed are on the outside of the box. It may require extra postage depending on the destination. Seller Inventory # ABE-1539107725932

Bibliographic Details

Title: Building Stories

Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

In Chris Ware's own words, '"Building Stories" follows the inhabitants of a three-flat Chicago apartment house: a thirty-year-old woman who has yet to find someone with whom to spend the rest of her life; a couple who wonder if they can bear each other's company for another minute; and finally an elderly woman who never married and is the building's landlady...' The scope, the ambition, the artistry and emotional heft...

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