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  • In minutes the maid returned with a large morocco-bound album, laying a white cloth on the table before she set the book before her mistress.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • In minutes the maid returned with a large morocco-bound album, laying a white cloth on the table before she set the book before her mistress.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • Forth issues from his mansion the family of the decent tradesman, the small children in the advance; then the citizen and his comely spouse, followed by the grown-up daughters, with small morocco-bound prayer-books laid in the folds of their pocket-handkerchiefs.

    The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

  • She ran her fingertips over the tide tooled in the morocco-bound cover, beguiled by its rich texture — Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe.

    Thief Of Hearts Medeiros, Teresa 1994

  • It was a morocco-bound edition of Omar's _Rubaiyat_, which she had often noticed at the apartment in Vivian Court, yet she studied the title deliberately, and also the frontispiece, before she turned to the pages that enclosed the letter.

    The Rim of the Desert Ada Woodruff Anderson

  • Marrakesh expressed the hope that Lord Northsquith was not disappointed with the Morocco Atlas, and the illustrious stranger wittily rejoined, "No, but you should see my new morocco-bound _Times_ Atlas."

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 Various

  • Sam prospected among the shirts, collars, and trousers in the bag and presently came upon a morocco-bound volume.

    The Girl on the Boat 1928

  • Sam prospected among the shirts, collars and trousers in the bag and presently came upon a morocco-bound volume.

    Three Men and a Maid 1928

  • Her name was duly inscribed on the proper page of the little volume, and in course of time the customary morocco-bound copy reached her.

    Shandygaff Christopher Morley 1923

  • Sam prospected among the shirts, collars and trousers in the bag and presently came upon a morocco-bound volume.

    Three Men and a Maid Wodehouse, P. G. 1922

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