"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
London: Hutchinson and Co., n.d. [1936]. [Nautical Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (23 x 18cm), pp.160. With six lithographic illustrations by "Cuneo", including a frontispiece. In publisher's blue cloth with darker blue titles to spine and upper board. Black ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy external wear; titles faded to spine. Fair. Best-known for his classic British thriller 'Rogue Male' (1939), this is Household's first novel. Written for young adults, it was published as 'The Spanish Cave' in America. Item #49760
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