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First published in book form by Hutchinson, 1968 Published in Penguin Books 1971 Copyright © Harry Kemelman, 1967
Copyright Acknowledgements: ‘The Nine Mile Walk’, Copyright, 1947, by The American Mercury, Inc. ‘The Straw Man’, Copyright, 1950, Mercury Publications, Inc. ‘The Ten O'Clock Scholar’, Copyright, 1952, Mercury Publications, Inc. ‘End Play’, Copyright, 1950, by The American Mercury, Inc. ‘Time and Time Again’ (The Man with Two Watches), © 1962, Davis Publications, Inc. ‘The Whistling Tea Kettle’ (The Adelphi Bowl), © 1963, Davis Publications, Inc. ‘The Bread and Butter Case’ (A Winter’s Tale), © 1962, Davis Publications, Inc. ‘The Man on the Ladder’, © 1967, Davis Publications, Inc. The stories in this book are reprinted by permission of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Mr Kemelman’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.
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