The Venus of Konpara

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood Victoria, Australia

First published by Michael Joseph 1960 Published in Penguin Books 1965 Copyright © Bengal-Rockland Inc., 1960

Made and printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk Set in Linotype Baskerville

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