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Book cover; grey with an orange design enclosing the author's name. The design is a shield shape with a scroll on top. The author's name is in the scroll and a large flower is on the shield. A triangle made of six tassels hangs from each end of the scroll. The design is crowned by a hat with a wide brim.

With the immortals

Date1888
Names
FormatBook
Notes
Augustus Chard's electric machine makes the dead visible to him and his companions. Thus follows a series of conversations with the ghosts of famous historical figures.
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    Medium
    Hardcover books
    DimensionsCover size: 21 cm x 15 cm (8 1/4 in. x 5 7/8 in.)
    Language
      ProvenanceGift of I. Rogers.
      CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131054496104
      Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1031397
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      Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864
      between 1850 and 1860
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      5/16/1977
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      Hawkins, Alfred, 1792-1854
      1841
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      Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities
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      1789
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      Brown paper covers ruled and titled in red and black and tied with tartan ribbon.
      "The immortal memory"
      Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
      1901