Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Australia: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Victoria
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First published by Chapman & Hall 1952
Published by Michael Joseph 1960
Published in Penguin Books 1963
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Copyright © Henry Cecil, 1952
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by Cox and Wyman Ltd
London, Reading, and Fakenham
Set in Monotype Baskerville
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