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| Title | Gaslight and Daylight: With Some London Scenes They Shine Upon Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature |
| Author | George Augustus Sala |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall, 1859 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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