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. 1954
First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph 1954
Published in Penguin Books 1963
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Copyright © Paul Gallico, 1954
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd
Aylesbury and Slough
Set in Monotype Plantin
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