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Title, author, and playwright's name in red text on a black cloth cover. 
A message from Mars : a story
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Title, author, and playwright's name in red text on a black cloth cover. 

A message from Mars : a story

Date1912
Names
FormatBook
Notes
A Scrooge-like young man is visited on Christmas by an enlightened being from Mars. Novelization of the play "A Message from Mars" by Richard Ganthony. Lester Lurgan is a pseudonym of Mabel Winifred Knowles. She also wrote as May Wynne.
Medium
Hardcover books
DimensionsCover size: 19 cm x 13.5 cm (7 1/2 in. x 5 5/16 in.)
Language
CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131054480009D
Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=2280782
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