Unusual collectible (5)
(Other definitions for novel that I've seen before include "Romance - new" , "Unusual; book" , "Kim, eg" , "Fictitious prose work" , "She, for example" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">unusual collectible</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for curio that I've seen before include "Rare thing sought for collection" , "Object that is interesting, being rare or unusual" , "Object of interest because it is a rare or unusual" , "Oddity, rarity" , "Unusual, intriguing object" .)