The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel [1st PRINT/SIGNED & DATED]

Hoffman, Alice

ISBN 10: 1451693567 / ISBN 13: 9781451693560

Published by Scribner, 2014

About this Item

Scribner 2014, New York. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Unstated first edition ("First Scribner hardcover edition February 2104"), first printing with a full number line starting at "1". 9-1/4" tall, 368 numbered pages includes "Further Reading" and "Photography"; plain black boards with black textured quarter binding, gilt lettering on spine; end pages have orange-on-white photograph of a crowd dwarfed by a huge portal with an equally giant statue near the archway; fore edge is trimmed. Book is new and pristine: it is square, binding perfectly clean, hinges tight, corners not bumped, no dings on edges, heel of spine lightly creased. The interior is also pristine: it is perfectly clean and free of writing (other than the author's), stray marks, stains or discolorations of any sort or paper damage of any type; paper is very lightly toned, very flexible and not at all brittle. Jacket is clean; no tears, folds or fading; no scratches or scrapes; raised letters of author's name and title on front panel evident (they have not been crushed); publisher's original price of "U.S. $27.99 / Can. $32.00" listed on the upper right corner of front flap. Condition of book and jacket consistent with being brand new and not read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed in black ball point pen by author in the middle of title page, above her printed name, and dated ("3.5.14") below her printed name; done in my presence at Saint Louis County (Missouri) Library headquarters on March 5, 2014, after a 7 PM talk about her books, particularly "The Dovekeepers", a reading from parts of Chapter 1 of this book, and a question & answer session. An unusual and memorable pre-WW I immigrant tale & love story, complete with a Fagin-like father.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel [1st PRINT/SIGNED & DATED]
• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1451693567
• ISBN 13: 9781451693560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

From the beloved, bestselling author of The Dovekeepers, a mesmerizing new novel about the electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century.

Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman’s The Museum of Extraordinary Things is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century.

Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the sinister impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a Coney Island boardwalk freak show that thrills the masses. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father’s “museum,” alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a one-hundred-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man taking pictures of moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.

The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father’s Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as a tailor’s apprentice. When Eddie photographs the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the suspicious mystery behind a young woman’s disappearance and ignites the heart of Coralie.

With its colorful crowds of bootleggers, heiresses, thugs, and idealists, New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her trademark magic, romance, and masterful storytelling to unite Coralie and Eddie in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is Alice Hoffman at her most spellbinding.

About the Author

Alice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The World That We Knew, The Rules of Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, Practical Magic, The Red Garden, the Oprah’s Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.