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A dark pink cloth cover with black text. A skeleton smoking a pipe leans against a tombstone with an angel at the top.

The sociable ghost

Date1903
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A journalist is invited to a banquet by a ghost, held in a land populated by the deceased. Upon his return, he writes down the story of the events that transpired there.
Medium
Hardcover books
DimensionsCover size: 14 cm x 19 cm (5 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
Language
CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131118704055D
Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=3037385
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