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First published in the United States of America by Ivan Obolensky, Inc. 1962
This edition with a foreword by Laird Barron published in Penguin Books 2015
Copyright © 1962 by Ray Russell
Copyright renewed 1990 by Ray Russell
Foreword copyright © 2015 by Laird Barron
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ISBN 978-1-101-62713-6
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