torn, and dogs-eared. iful to a genuine lover of reading are t appearance, nay, t forget kind feelings in fastidiousness, of an old quot;Circulating Libraryquot; tom Jones, or Vicar of akefield!  urned over t! -- of tress, er oil, running far into midnigco steep  ting contents!  less soiled?  better condition could o see them in?

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