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• Alexandria was famous for them
• Large, heavy book
• Any volume of the Oxford English Dictionary
• Reference work, usually
• One with an extra-wide spine
• Book
• "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," e.g.
• Strong-spined volume
• Large reference book
• Plenty of volume?
• Learned volume
• Many a saga
• A weighty book
• Large scholarly books
• A hefty book