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    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s *Weird Islands* (1921)
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    Distortions and Grimaces: Jean de Bosschère’s Weird Islands (1921)

    Edith Wharton’s *Italian Villas and their Gardens* (1904)
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    Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904)

    Tom Seidmann-Freud’s *Book of Hare Stories* (1924)
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    Tom Seidmann-Freud’s Book of Hare Stories (1924)

    The Age of Impoliteness: *Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners* (1774 edition)
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    The Age of Impoliteness: Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners (1774 edition)

    Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s *Millions of Cats* (1928)
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    Unwashed Furry Masses: Wanda Gág’s Millions of Cats (1928)

    Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie's *My Lady Nicotine* (1896)
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    Never-again Land: J. M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine (1896)

    The Afterimage of Death: *Dr. Berkeley's Discovery* (1889)
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    Crime & Law, Death, Science & Medicine

    The Afterimage of Death: Dr. Berkeley's Discovery (1889)

    *Books Fatal to Their Authors* (1895)
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    Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895)

    Wreathed in Pastiche: Max Beerbohm’s *Christmas Garland* (1912)
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    Wreathed in Pastiche: Max Beerbohm’s Christmas Garland (1912)

    Modernity in the Rainforest: *Man and his Desire* (1917)
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    Modernity in the Rainforest: Man and his Desire (1917)

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
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    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster

    A Melting Cauldron: *The Book of Hallowe’en* (1919)
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    A Melting Cauldron: The Book of Hallowe’en (1919)

    *Pantographia*: A Specimen Book of All the Alphabets Known on Earth (1799)
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    Pantographia: A Specimen Book of All the Alphabets Known on Earth (1799)

    *A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words* (1860)
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    A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (1860)

    George Washington Williams’ *History of the Negro Race in America* (1882–83)
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    George Washington Williams’ History of the Negro Race in America (1882–83)

    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: 
C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)
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    A Distinct Phenomenon in Itself: C. V. Raman’s Discovery of Why the Sea is Blue (1921)

    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)
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    “Those Disturbers of my Rest”: The First Treatise on Bedbugs (1730)

    *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race* (1851)
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    The Comic Natural History of the Human Race (1851)

    In the Mind of Marie: A Haunting Encounter in the Gardens of Versailles (1913)
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    In the Mind of Marie: A Haunting Encounter in the Gardens of Versailles (1913)

    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

    *Indian Sign Talk* (1893)
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    *Punctuation Personified* (1824)
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    Punctuation Personified (1824)

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: *A Book of Sundial Mottoes* (1903)
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    “Though Silent, I Speak”: A Book of Sundial Mottoes (1903)

    *Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth* (1833)
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    Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth (1833)

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