Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, Signed (6 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Like New. Signed, 1995 edition, blue and purple boot cover. Signed By Author.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Debi Milligan (Author photograph), and Matt Mahuri (illustrator). Later printing. Format is approximately 5.125 inches by 8 inches. [12], 299, [9] pages. Decorative front cover. Signed by the author on a half-title page( eleventh page in), after the title page and verso. No dust jacket issued. For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships. When Hoffman was twenty-one and studying at Stanford, her first short story, At The Drive-In, was published in Volume 3 of the literary magazine Fiction. Editor Ted Solotaroff contacted her, and asked whether she had a novel. At that point, she began writing her first novel, Property Of. It was published in 1977. A section of Property Of was published in Solotaroff's literary magazine, American Review. Hoffman's first job was at Doubleday, which later published two of her novels. She was the recipient of a New Jersey Notable Book Award for Ice Queen. She won a Hammett Prize for Turtle Moon. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Again a scrim of magic lies gently over her fictional world, in which lilacs bloom riotously in July, a lovesick boy's elbows sizzle on a diner countertop and a toad expectorates a silver ring. The real and the magical worlds are almost seamlessly mixed here, the humor is sharper than in previous books, the characters' eccentricities grow credibly out of their past experiences and the poignant lessons they learn reverberate against the reader's heartstrings, stroked by Hoffman's lyrical prose. The Owens women have been witches for several generations. Orphaned Sally and Gillian Owens, raised by their spinster aunts in a spooky old house, grow up observing desperate women buying love potions in the kitchen and vow never to commit their hearts to passion. Fate, of course, intervenes. Steady, conscientious Sally marries, has two daughters and is widowed early. Impulsive, seductive Gillian goes through three divorces before she arrives at Sally's house with a dead body in her car. Meanwhile, Sally's daughters, replicas of their mother and their aunt, experience their own sexual awakenings. The inevitability of love and the torment and bliss of men and women gripped by desire is Hoffman's theme here, and she plays those variations with a new emphasis on sex scenes--there's plenty of steamy detail. The dialogue is always on target, particularly the squabbling between siblings, and, as usual, weather plays a portentous role. Readers will relish this magical tale.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing, signed by Hoffman on publisher's limitation page. Fine in fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SCARCE SIGNED! DELUXE EDITION! FIRST EDITION, first printing STATED. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by the author, Ms. Hoffman, directly to specially bound Publisher's page. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffmannow in a gorgeous deluxe hardcover edition. This deluxe edition of Practical Magic includes: A beautiful new jacket featuring embossing and a full sheet of foil Solid black endpapers Deckled edges For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them backalmost as if by magic. "Splendid.Practical Magic is one of [Hoffman's] best novels, showing on every page her gift for touching ordinary life as if with a wand, to reveal how extraordinary life really is."Newsweek "[A] delicious fantasy of witchcraft and love in a world where gardens smell of lemon verbena and happy endings are possible."Cosmopolitan. Signed by Author(s).

Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). 304pp. Gilt decorated dark brown morocco. A.e.g. Signed by Alice Hoffman. A fine, as new copy, still in publisher's original shrinkwrap and shipping carton. This work is still in-print at The Easton Press for $132. "The beloved novel of enchantment personally signed by Alice Hoffman. Reputed to be part of a family of witches, sisters Gillian and Sally Owens were forever outsiders in their Massachusetts town. All they wanted was to escape. Now the bonds they share will bring them back almost as if by magic." (Publisher).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Practical Magic **UNUSUAL TWICE SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS FIRST PRINTING IN PRISTINE CONDITION** ** This is the 2023 SIGNED FIRST PRINTING of Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. Flat signed on front free end paper by Alice Hoffman AND ALSO SIGNED BY ALICE HOFFMAN ON THE TITLE PAGE! Book and dust jacket are in AS NEW PRISTINE condition. Barnes & Noble SIGNED EDITION sticker on front of dust jacket. **A GORGEOUS GIFT QUALITY SIGNED COPY**. Signed by Author(s).