Meaning of used-book store | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“In the way of patronage at the local used-book stores it is about a stand-off between women and men. Many Civil War veterans haunt these still airs of literary sanctuaries. They lean principally to the “Bloody Shirt” stuff. Soldiers of the Spanish-American imbroglio usually thumb over works bearing on the Philippines. Elderly women, in nine cases out of ten, pore over religious books.”

“A used-book store has been opened on the first floor at Central High School, with members of the Friendship Club, a high school social organization, acting as book “brokers.” Students desiring to sell used books turn them in at the store, with a specified price, the store functioning as a clearing house.”

“Duplicate books at used-book stores are not expensive and may save a lot of uneven shoulders later.”

“I have assembled an extensive collection of issues and copies of issues from the 1930s by visiting used-book stores and several private and public collections in New York, Boston, and Bloomington, Indiana.”

“This issue, I urge you to visit a used-book store. It can refer you to a bookfinder, who can scrounge up old issues of The Forbes Four Hundred.”

“Thrift stores, used-book stores, and yard sales are treasure troves for book lovers.”

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