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Penguin Classics paperback found near Allentown library
Lehigh Valley
Found
listing
Posted
about 2 months
ago
Description
I found a well-loved Penguin Classics paperback this afternoon around 3:15 pm outside the Allentown Public Library courtyard on N 7th Street. The book is a green-spined edition of Pride and Prejudice, with dog-eared corners and a small blue lighthouse sticker on the back cover. A few pages have blue highlights and a couple of quotes underlined in blue ink in the margins. It seems like someone cared for it and it's got that 'spent a lot of time with this one' feel. If this is yours, drop me a message here and we can figure out a meetup by the library steps.
Approximate found location
Lehigh Valley
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