This hardback, published in 1973, is in Used Very Good Condition. Hard covers are orange red with no wear on edges or corners. No writing in the book; slightly yellowed white pages. B/W photos of the manor house. Strong, straight spine. DJ shows some wear on edges and corners. No tears and not price-clipped ($6.95) Please see photos. This hardback is the First American Edition of a British narrative first published in Great Britain in 1973 by Lucy Boston, the author of the Green Knowe stories for children. This is a story of the restoration of her Norman manor at Hemingford Grey (which is Green Knowe). The story is the memoir of Mrs. Boston who purchased the house in 1939 and it is filled with "an abundance of colorful details: the comical neighbors, the neighbors who damned her as a spy, the creation of the garden; the eccentric servants, the concerts held by candlelight for pilots during the war; the friends and enemies who shared her life at the manor and the books she wrote there- all inextricably bound to the remarkable house."