Night Flight.

This is Harmsworth's scarce first issue with the marbled blue 'night' endpapers and better quality cloth binding. A spectacular piece of book design and a brilliant novel. Selected by by Cyril Connolly as one the hundred key books of the modern movement. Although this may appear slightly heretical, and the genius of the Little Prince notwithstanding, this is the author's best book.
The author's 1931 Femina Prize Novel concerns the perils of pioneer aviation. It was also the basis for the MGM film directed by Clarence Brown and featuring Clark Gable.