Near fine condition.Doubleday,1991.First edition-first printing.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the front cover) with Dj(small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages with two nicks on the outer edges,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,name written inside the edge of the front cover.Nice and clean book.463pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: A story set in Boston, the Irish countryside and war-torn London, which tells of the friendship between two very different girls who love the same man. Ellie is American to the core, well-behaved and beautiful, and Artemis, crippled by a riding accident, is spirited and very English.