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    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)
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    Music & Arts, Humour & Satire

    The Tours of Dr Syntax (1809–1821)

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)
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    Customs & Culture

    Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)
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    Customs & Culture

    William Elliot Griffis’ Korean Fairy Tales (1922)

    Nonsenseorship (1922)
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    Customs & Culture

    Nonsenseorship (1922)

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)
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    Politics

    First Edition Pamphlet of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” (1852)

    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)

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)
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    Music & Arts

    Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus (1827)

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)
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    Customs & Culture

    Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time (1896)

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)
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    Animals & Beasts, Emotion & Expression

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)
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    Stories

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)

    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)

    Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)
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    Natural World, Architecture

    Richard Deakin’s Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855)

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)
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    Music & Arts

    Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (1853)

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love
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    Love & Lust, Communication

    Glossary of Censored Words from a 1919 Treatise on Love

    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)

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Nooks and Corners of Old New York (1899)

    Six Plays of the Yiddish Theatre (1916)
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    Customs & Culture, Music & Arts

    Six Plays of the Yiddish Theatre (1916)

    George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature (1864)
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    Natural World

    George Perkins Marsh’s Man and Nature (1864)

    Adalbert Stifter’s Rock Crystal (1846)
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    Natural World

    Adalbert Stifter’s Rock Crystal (1846)

    Eskimo Folktales (1913)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Eskimo Folktales (1913)

    The Cubies’ ABC (1913)
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    Music & Arts, Communication

    The Cubies’ ABC (1913)

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

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

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)
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    Travel & Exploration

    Dorothy Wordsworth’s Journal of a Few Months’ Residence in Portugal (1847)