Stephen Morris — Stephen Morris

London, Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this book of two linked novellas about the pioneer flying days following WWI. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This work comprises two short novels by Nevil Shute, 'Stephen Morris' and 'Pilotage, the first novels Nevil Shute wrote after writing poetry and short stories. The stories, featuring many common characters, are set in the budding post-war aviation industry in Britain.As well as being a novelist, Shute was an aeronautical engineer who used his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with only fading to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is very smart, with sunning to the spine and edge wear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.