Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Australia: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Victoria
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First published in the U.S.A. 1956
Published in Great Britain 1963 by Penguin Books
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Copyright © Ed McBain, 1956
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Made and printed in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman Ltd London, Fakenham and Reading Set in Monotype Times
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