Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex Australia: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road Mitcham, Victoria __
First published in the U.S.A. 1934
Published in Great Britain by Gollancz 1935
Published in Penguin Books 1963
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Copyright © Ellery Queen, 1933
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Made and printed in the Netherlands
by N.V. Drukkerij Bosch Utrecht
Set in Monotype Bembo
The author wishes to express his gratitude to Red Book, ‘Great Detective’ and Mystery League for permission to include certain stories which appeared in these publications
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