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First published in the United Kingdom by Macmillan London Limited, 1975

First published in the United States of America by Greenwillow Books, 1988

Published by Firebird, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2012

Excerpt from Fire and Hemlock copyright © Diana Wynne Jones, 1985

Excerpt from A Tale of Time City copyright © Diana Wynne Jones, 1987

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Copyright © Diana Wynne Jones, 1975

Introduction copyright © Neil Gaiman, 2012

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