Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published by Gollancz 1961
Published in Penguin Books 1964
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Copyright © Godfrey Smith, 1961
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Made and Printed in Great Britain
by Cox and Wyman Ltd,
London, Reading, and Fakenham
Set in Monotype Bembo
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