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Australia: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Victoria
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First published in the U.S.A. 1959
Published in Great Britain by Herbert Jenkins 1960
Published in Penguin Books 1963
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Copyright © Philip Macdonald, 1959
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Made and printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Company, Ltd Bungay, Suffolk Set in Monotype Bembo
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