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    A Pantomime and Masquerade: *Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London* (1716)
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    Humour & Satire, Travel & Exploration

    A Pantomime and Masquerade: Trivia: or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London (1716)

    *Shadows from the Walls of Death* (1874)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine, Death

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s *Preliminary List* (1900)
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    People, Music & Arts

    Black Bibliography: Daniel Murray’s Preliminary List (1900)

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)
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    Natural World, Science & Medicine

    The Kumatologist: Vaughan Cornish’s Wave Studies (1910–14)

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s *A Pickle for the Knowing Ones* (1848)
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    People

    Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1848)

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)
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    Design & Typography, Science & Medicine

    Phantom Bouquets: Two Books on the Art of Skeleton Leaves (1864)

    Agnes Giberne’s *The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars* (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Agnes Giberne’s The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars (1898)

    *Shores of the Polar Sea* (1878)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Shores of the Polar Sea (1878)

    The Discarnates: *Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World* (1920)
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    Death, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    The Discarnates: Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World (1920)

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1857–1915)

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)
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    Love & Lust

    Harris’s List of Covent-Garden Ladies (1757–95)

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: *A True and Wonderful Narrative* (1763)
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    Strange Phenomena, Politics

    “A Sword was Seen in the Sky”: A True and Wonderful Narrative (1763)

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s *New Theory of Colours* (1808)
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    Design & Typography

    “The Rainbow for their Guide”: Mary Gartside’s New Theory of Colours (1808)

    Knowledge by the Pound: *The Renowned History of Giles Gingerbread* (1768)
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    Communication

    Knowledge by the Pound: The Renowned History of Giles Gingerbread (1768)

    Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633)
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    People

    Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

    *Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion* (1889)
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    Sport & Exercise

    Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion (1889)

    James Sowerby’s *British Mineralogy* (1802–17)
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    James Sowerby’s British Mineralogy (1802–17)

    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: *Composition* (1905 edition)
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    Music & Arts

    Arthur Wesley Dow’s Floating World: Composition (1905 edition)

    Judith Sargent Murray’s *On the Equality of the Sexes* (1790)
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    Politics, Love & Lust

    Judith Sargent Murray’s On the Equality of the Sexes (1790)

    William James on the Stream of Consciousness (1890)
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    Science & Medicine, Communication

    William James on the Stream of Consciousness (1890)

    Hieroglyphics of a Rope-Dancer: *The Book of Fate* (1822)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Hieroglyphics of a Rope-Dancer: The Book of Fate (1822)

    Resurrection on Repeat: *Rules and Orders of the Humane Society* (1787)
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    Death, Science & Medicine, Technology

    Resurrection on Repeat: Rules and Orders of the Humane Society (1787)

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate
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    Customs & Culture, Communication, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Reciting Pictures: Buddhist Texts for the Illiterate

    *Odd Showers* (1870)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Odd Showers (1870)