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. 1948
Published in Great Britain by T.V. Boardman 1958
Published in Penguin Books 1964
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Copyright © Stanley Ellin, 1948
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Made and printed in the Netherlands
by N. V. Drukkerij Bosch Utrecht
Set in Intertype Baskerville
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