Deety was back in a moment with a well-worn black book - which surprised me.

Harry's sitting room is a place of artistic disorder, littered with papers, cigar ash, wine bottles, and well-worn books.

Mr. Jordan reached for a well-worn book on numerology and the Bible, paging quickly to the entry for the number three.

"On the contrary, I like it very much, dear," looking from the dusty rosary to the well-worn little book, and the lovely picture with its garland of evergreen.

As he did so, he gazed around at the neat rows of well-worn books: overflow from his cabin.

Under the candles, seated on a work stool, was Len, dressed in a full-length white gown, in bare feet, with a thick, well-worn book on his knees.

I flipped through the address book, a thick leather-bound and well-worn book of good quality, written in a neat hand.

Michael reaches over to a well-worn book, "Zen and the Martial Arts," a present from Mr. Smith.

His gaze passed quickly over all the items, including one slim, well-worn book that might have made the casual observer pause and stare, wondering that such a mundane item was kept with objects of arcane value.

The next day, next to the cappuccino machine, I found a thick, well-worn book: How to Do Brain Surgery.