VGC.Hodder & Stoughton,1988.First edition-first printing.Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(tear on the edge of the back Dj cover,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges,light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear inside the Dj cover.428pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: This novel is set in New York in 1878 where Noel Tremont, the daughter of a wealthy family, lives in Stuyvesant Square. She falls in love with Englishman Ned Fitch, but their love becomes blighted and entangled with the mysterious death of Carrie Rendall, a woman abortionist; and besides, Noel has a secret that would cause enormous scandal at a time when society's attitude towards women was at its most hypocritical. Margaret Lewerth is also author of a cycle of four books entitled The Roundtree Women.