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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."

— Mark Twain

"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."

— Abraham Lincoln

"“Books are a hardbound drug with no danger of overdose. I am the happy victim of books.”"

— Karl Lagerfeld

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

— Ernest Hemingway

A Universal Etymological English Dictionary

BAILEY, N. [DICTIONARY]

London, 1745. Thick octavo, pages un-numbered, 1 advert to front, and 1 advert to rear. Finely bound in recent full brown calf, raised bands and red label to spine. Some browning to first and last leaves, else internally clean. Very good indeed. Item #24670

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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."

"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."

"“Books are a hardbound drug with no danger of overdose. I am the happy victim of books.”"

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

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