MURDER IN BLACK LETTER
POUL ANDERSON
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · CHICAGO
DALLAS · ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO
LONDON · MANILA
IN CANADA
BRETT-MACMILLAN LTD.
GALT, ONTARIO
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1960
POUL ANDERSON 1960
[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence
that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
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First Printing
Library of Congress catalog card number: 59-5690
The Macmillan Company, New York
Brett-Macmillan Ltd., Galt, Ontario
Printed in the United States of America
To him whom I shall ever regard
as the best and wisest man whom
I have ever known
DISCLAIMER
Except, of course, for Taffimai Metallumai, all characters in this bookare fictitious, without intentional resemblance to any actual person,living or dead. The events described are made up out of whole cloth.The hotels, restaurants, companies, and other business enterprisesherein mentioned are equally nonexistent. Two real institutions occur:the University of California and the Berkeley Police Department. Thereis no implication intended that either of these would condone all theactions and opinions of the imaginary people I have wished onto theirpayrolls.
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