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First published in the U.S.A. by Harper Bros. 1962 Published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton 1962 Published in Penguin Books 1965
Copyright © John Dickson Carr, 1962
Made and printed in Great Britain by Petty and Sons Limited, Whitehall Printeries, Leeds Set in Times Roman
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