The Speciality of the House And Other Stories

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Inc, 3300 Clipper Mill Road, Baltimore 11, Md 21211, U.S.A. Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia

First published as Mystery Stories in the U.S.A. 1956 Published in Great Britain by T. V. Boardman Ltd, 1957 Published in Penguin Books as The Speciality of the House and other Stories, 1968 Copyright © Stanley Ellin, 1956

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt, Barnard & Co Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks. Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Monotype Times Roman

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