Rogues' Wedding by Griggs, Terry - 2002

Random House Canada, 2002. ...Wine coloured boards with gilt on spine, headband, tight clean and square, no names, dust jacket is in NF condition. "A private suite in the best hotel in London, Ontario, sometime in 1898. A wedding night, in which the bride is more eager than the groom, who is frankly paralysed with fright at the thought of the conjugal duties that await him. Griffith Smolders has managed to take his jacket off, and his shoes, when salvation arrives in the form of ball lightning. Recognizing a sign when he sees one, Grif jumps out the window and runs, leaving Avice in the lurch, staring at a few scorched spots on the rug. Like Odysseus in reverse, Grif keeps on running - away from home, from himself and most especially from Avice. Handsome, indigent and pursured by all the furies of a woman scorned, he inevitably runs into trouble. When, at last, Avice runs him to ground, the colision between the two is even more electric than the lightning that began it." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.