A Contract With God by Eisner, Will - 1997

Princeton, Wisconsin : Kitchen Sink Press, 1997 First Edition Thus. Signed, Limited Edition. Number 166 of 600 signed and numbered copies. Signed by the author on an illustrated limitation slip attached to the front free end paper. This slip has a B&W image of a man starting to climb steps up to a tenement building. Additionally inscribed by the author on the front paste down: "To Wayne, from Will Eisner". Quarter brown cloth and cream paper over board covers, with silver gilt title to cover, clean and unmarked, with no noticeable shelf wear. Dust jacket is clean and unmarked, in mylar sleeve. Binding is square and solid. Un-paginated. A collectible copy of Eisner's ground breaking graphic novel. First published, in English, by Baronet in 1978, Eisner revolutionized the comics medium with the publication of this book, long considered the first graphic novel. Eisner is considered by critics as the grand-father of graphic novels in America. This semi-autobiographical work captures with pen and ink the drama of the city and its all-too-human inhabitants.