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    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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    Death, Customs & Culture

    Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895)

    A Melting Cauldron: *The Book of Hallowe’en* (1919)
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    Customs & Culture, Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

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

    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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    Stories, Death

    Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

    “Though Silent, I Speak”: *A Book of Sundial Mottoes* (1903)
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    Death, Design & Typography, Wisdom

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

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

    Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)

    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)

    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)

    The Story of Napoleon’s Death Mask (1915)
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    Death

    The Story of Napoleon’s Death Mask (1915)

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    William Wood’s The History and Antiquities of Eyam (1848)

    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)
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    Death, Science & Medicine

    London's Dreadful Visitation: A Year of Weekly Death Statistics during the Great Plague (1665)

    Frances Power Cobbe’s “The Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death” (1882)
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    Death

    Frances Power Cobbe’s “The Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death” (1882)

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    John Reynolds’ Book of Murder Tales (1621–1635)

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (1884)

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)
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    Travel & Exploration, Death

    The Tragedy of the Seas (1841)

    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)
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    Death

    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
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    Animals & Beasts, Death

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)
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    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)

    The Newgate Calendar (1795)
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    Death, Crime & Law

    The Newgate Calendar (1795)

    Nekrokēdeia or The Art of Embalming (1705)
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    Death, Customs & Culture

    Nekrokēdeia or The Art of Embalming (1705)

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)
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    Science & Medicine, Death

    A Treatise on Adulteration of Food and Culinary Poisons (1820)

    The Life and Death of Mr. Badman Presented to the World in a Familiar Dialogue Between Mr. Wiseman and Mr. Attentive (1900 edition)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    The Life and Death of Mr. Badman Presented to the World in a Familiar Dialogue Between Mr. Wiseman and Mr. Attentive (1900 edition)

    A History of Mourning (1890)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Death

    A History of Mourning (1890)

    Hydriotaphia/Urn-Burial and The Garden of Cyrus (1658)
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    Death, Customs & Culture

    Hydriotaphia/Urn-Burial and The Garden of Cyrus (1658)