Flat Signed 1st/1st Hubert's Freaks by Gregory Gibson

Gibson, Gregory

ISBN 10: 0151012334 / ISBN 13: 9780151012336

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

About this Item

Listed as VG due to shelving observed on book top and bottom spine as well as on DJ. See last four photos. Otherwise, book/DJ is tight, unread and in like new condition.

Signed by author on title page! 1st Edition/1st Printing! Book/DJ in like new/unread condition! Not ex-lib/bce/price-clipped/remaindered item! Ships daily except weekends and holidays! Stored in humidity controlled/odor free/smoke free room! Ships daily except weekends and holidays! FREE USPS delivery confirmation!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flat Signed 1st/1st Hubert's Freaks by Gregory Gibson
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151012334
• ISBN 13: 9780151012336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 14.61W x 21.59H x 3.18D centimeters 14.61 centimeters width by 21.59 centimeters height by 3.18 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1.24 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Bob Langmuir is an obsessive dealer with a remarkable eye for treasure who makes the discovery of a lifetime when he chances upon a trove of never-before-seen prints by the legendary Diane Arbus. From the moment he purchases a trunk containing the archive of Hubert’s Dime Museum and Flea Circus—a midcentury Times Square freak show frequented by Arbus—and discovers some intriguing photographs, he knows he’s on to something. Furthermore, he begins to suspect that what he’s found may add a pivotal chapter to what is now known about Arbus and the “old weird America,” in Greil Marcus’s phrase, that Hubert’s inhabited.

Langmuir’s ensuing adventure, filled with bizarre coincidences, turns into a roller-coaster ride that takes him from memorabilia shows to the curator’s office at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Will the photos be authenticated? How will the Arbus estate react? most important, can Bob, who has seen more than a few promising deals head south, finally make his one big score?

About the Author

GREG GIBSON is the author of the critically acclaimed Gone Boy: A Walkabout and Demon of the Waters: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe. An antiquarian-book dealer, he lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.