Inscribed first edition of Ware's most ambitious work, a non-linear graphic novel completed over ten years and incorporating myriad techniques and forms.
Near fine.
Price: $200.00
Recalling the work of Joseph Cornell and Marcel Duchamp, BUILDING STORIES is a physical, tactile work made of individual pieces that the reader must assemble together to tell the story of an unnamed woman living in a three-story brownstone in Chicago. Martha Kuhlman said of the work, "The project—to document the multiple perspectives of these characters—aspires to a graphic novel on the scale of James Joyce's Ulysses." A monument.
First printing. New York: Pantheon, 2012. Illustrated paper-covered box measuring 11.5" x 17.75" approx. containing fourteen individual items including volumes in cloth, paper boards, broadsides and booklets. Inscribed to box lid interior (copyright page) "To Nick, best of luck! C. Ware./2012.". Original interior shrinkwrap opened but present. Minor wear to box at edges. Paper at front cover lifting slightly. Two tiny stains at one edge. Contents pristine.
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