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Copyright

Copyright © 1974 by Jack H. Harris Enterprises, Inc.

All rights reserved under International and

Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

ISBN 0-345-27727-9

First Printing: October, 1974

Third Printing: October, 1978

Cover art by Michael Herring

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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