Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things – Various Artists
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For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things . . .: That Aren’t as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn’t Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out by George Saunders, Nick Hornby, Jonathan Safran Foer , Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Jon Scieskza, Richard Kennedy and others. First Edition unstated, 2005 McSweeney’s Books. First Printing with no subsequent printing.  Each story features full-color illustrations by artists including Barry Blitt, Lane Smith, David Heatley, and Marcel Dzama.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, illustrated boards with a wrap-around design, small title ink on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild edge wear and the price intact on the back.

Interspersed with charts, graphs, and various crossword puzzles, A Book of Noisy Outlaws, Evil Marauders, and Some Other Things . . . features some of today’s best authors spinning new tales ranging from the spooky to the strange. George Saunders, Nick Hornby, Jonathan Safran Foe , Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Jon Scieskza, Richard Kennedy and others. The dust jacket, designed by Chip Kidd, folds into a unique aerogram, which factors into a special contest involving a story written partly by Lemony Snicket, partly by thousands of children.