Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published 1934
Published in Penguin Books 1953
Reprinted 1954, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1971
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd
Set in Monotype Garamond
To RAYMOND NEEDHAM, K.C. with affection and admiration
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