Search Results: A Name For Evil by Andrew Lytle

Avon, 1969. Softcover. Very Good, line scored down front cover

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1947. Hardcover. Good/Fair. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings; heavy rubbing and edge wear to jacket, edge wear to boards, some light soiling; "Regeneration is far more difficult than generation," Andrew Lytle wrote to his friend and fellow writer Allen Tate. With this thought in mind, A Name for Evil examines the question of whether an individual can, through sheer force of will, recover the past. During World War II, Henry Brent and his wife Ellen buy a deteriorating Tennessee mansion named The Grove, intending to restore it and the land surrounding it to its former glory. The land, however, is imbued with the spirit of its former owner, Major Brent, a malevolent presence which hangs over The Grove, appearing to Henry as a ghostly shade throughout the run-down house. A psychological study of egotism, tradition, and progress, A Name For Evil is a tragic examination of man's consuming desire to overcome mortality by… Read More

Chattanooga, TN: Stillhouse Hollow Press, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Originally published in 1947. 215pp. Light rubbing to covers. A fine copy. ; Octavo.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. The cover shows some rubbing. The dustjacket flap was pasted inside the front cover and has been removed leaving a remnant.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed, else near fine dust jacket. A nice copy of a poorly manufactured book, and one of the author's scarcer titles.