A Ring of Roses

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First published by Jonathan Cape 1965 Published in Penguin Books, 1968 Copyright © John Blackburn, 1965

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt Barnard & Co. Ltd, Aylesbury Set in Monotype Plantin

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