Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
AUSTRALIA: Penguin Books Pty Ltd, 762 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham Victoria
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First published in the U.S.A. 1947
Published in Great Britain by Secker and Warburg 1948
Published by Penguin Books 1963
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Made and Printed in Great Britain
by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd
Set in Linotype Juliana
All the characters of this story are wholly imaginary and have no reference whatsoever to actual people
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise disposed of without the publisher’s consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published