"Old or new, the only sign I always……" — Alberto Manguel

Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my… - Alberto Manguel

"Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that malignant booksellers attach to the backs. These evil white scabs rip off with difficulty, leaving leprous wounds and traces of slime to which adhere the dust and fluff of ages, making me wish for a special gummy hell to which the inventor of these stickers would be condemned."

— Alberto Manguel

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