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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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"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."

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

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

"Beware of the person of one book."

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