Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published in the U.S.A. 1958
Published in Penguin Books 1964
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Copyright © Ed McBain, 1958
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Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt Barnard Printing Ltd, Aylesbury Set in Intertype Times
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