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Why Pick on Me? was first published in 1951 by Jarrolds, London, under the pseudonym Raymond Marshall, one of the pen names of Rene Raymond (James Hadley Chase); first edition copies therefore carry the Raymond Marshall name. It is a Martin Corridon novel. The Jarrolds edition is the true first and predates ISBNs. Later British editions are easy to tell apart: a Hamilton & Co Panther paperback, London, 1961 (Panther books no. 1178, 160 pages), a Panther reprint of 1969, a Robert Hale edition of 1976 and a Corgi paperback of 1978 (ISBN 0 552 10877 4, 202 pages); the Panther and Corgi paperbacks are catalogued under the Chase name. A 1954 Harlequin edition is North American. No source we could open describes the Jarrolds binding or jacket, so confirm a first by Jarrolds and 1951 on the title page and the Raymond Marshall name.
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Jarrolds, in 1951, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 11 November 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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