1st Edition 3rd Imp 1953. A lovely inscription from the author to a close friend. Signed by the author. Hartley's famous novel about a young boy's summer at a friend's grand estate in Norfolk, where he becomes an unwitting messenger in a tragic love affair, encapsulated by the famous opening line: "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked, Small loss to edges with a small number of closed tears. Rare signed.