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First published by Hamish Hamilton 1976
Published in Penguin Books 1981
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This volume copyright © Georges Simenon, 1976
Translations copyright © Georges Simenon, 1976
All rights reserved
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Maigret’s Christmas and Seven Little Crosses in a Notebook first published in France 1951 under
the titles Un Noël de Maigret and Sept Petites Croix dans an Carnes, copyright © 1951 by Georges
Simenon; Maigret and the Surly Inspector, T_he Evidence of tbe Altar-boy_, The Most Obstinate
Customer in the World and Death of a Nobody first published in France 1947 under the titles
Maigret es L’Inspectenr Malgracieux, Le Temoignage de L’Enfant de Cboeur, Le Client le plus obstiné
du Monde and On ne tupasles pauvres types, copyright © 1947 by Georges Simenon; Sale by
Auction and The Man in tbe Street first published in France 1950 under the titles Vente à Bougie
and L’Homme dans la Rue (from Maigret et les petits cochons sans queue), copyright © 1950 by
Georges Simenon; Maigret in Retirement first published in France 1949 under the title Maigret
se Fäche, copyright © 1949 by George Simenon
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