Griffith Leon Odell (6 results)

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Southern fiction, race relations).

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. Solid binding. Boards show some signs of bowing. Minimal, but noticable damage due to wetness. Binding is somewhat loose. Leaves are starting to separate from the binding. Minimal, but noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Small wrinkles in the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. …

Octavo, khaki cloth and illustrated brown boards (hardcover), [244] pp. Good, with foxing (age darkening) to endpapers, former-owner stamp to endpaper; in a Good, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear and foxing (age darkening). From dust jacket: "A small Florida town absorbs a stranger and heals itself during a day of violence." To the people of Creighton, Florida, Hugh Lee was a northerner and a stranger, which would have made him an outsider even if he had not been rebellious and a little aloof. Hugh was accepted because his wife Anne had been born and raised right in Creighton, a town where everyone knew everyone else's business. But Hugh was a fighter and a crusader who, even as he tried to maintain his identity and individuality, gradually forced his wife into a position where she found herself siding with the people of the town. Luke Lott, the local banker, represented the new wealthy class along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, but he ached to be a part of the old aristocracy that still ruled there. "No individual," said Luke, "is worth more than a town and the rules for living in Creighton were made a long time ago." Anne had to choose -- either she would side with her husband or with the people of her home town. And then, in one day of violence and change, the choice was made for her. Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historic Fiction, Floridiana, Florida islic.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover book in bright green cover with gold lettering on spine. The book shows browning on the free end paper and light foxing on the pages. The jacket has light foxing on the inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. very good +. First Edition. 110p, octavo. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket covers are scuffed and rubbed, with minor wear to extremities - creasing, and a few short closed tears.