Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood Victoria, Australia
First published by Hamish Hamilton 1958 Published in Penguin Books 1964
Copyright © Raymond Chandler, 1958
The stories in this book are taken from The Simple Art of Murder
Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt Barnard & Co. Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Monotype Bembo
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