Pearls are a Nuisance

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia __
First published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton 1950 Published in Penguin Books 1964 __
Copyright © Raymond Chandler, 1950 __
The stories in this book are taken from The Simple Art of Murder __
Made and printed in Great Britain by Cox and Wyman Ltd, London, Reading, and Fakenham Set in Monotype Bembo

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