Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
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First published by Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946
Published in Penguin Books 1968
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Copyright © Mervyn Peake, 1946
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This is the first volume of a trilogy.
The other two volumes are Gormenghast and Titus Alone
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Made and printed in Great Britain
by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd
Set in Linotype Pilgrim
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