F. V. Morley — East South East

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1929 . Cloth. The first edition of Morley"s exiting maritime adventure, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original pale blue cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  First edition.  With a signed presentation inscription from the author F. V. Morley to one Mrs C. K. Broadhurst, dated London, 1929, to the front free endpaper. Illustrated with a map frontispiece of the fictional Bristow"s Island. Collated, complete.  A maritime adventure novel following a boy who runs away in 1806 and joins a whaling voyage before becoming embroiled in a treasure hunt.   In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Author's presentation inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight soiling to wraps with one or two marks. Slight edge wear resulting in the odd very small crease and closed tear to extremities. Very slight sunning to spine. Light scattered spotting to verso of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two light spots to fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.