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This book accessory became almost obsolete now, but a hundred years ago or so you simply could not be a respectable book owner without owning at least on of these. Most books were published using a technology that required pages to be cut after binding, typically by the reader. Undoubtedly, there was something sentimental about cutting pages of a newly purchased book, as testified by this poem I found in an old magazine:
AN IVORY PAPER-KNIFE
John L. Spalding
O snow-white blade, thou openest for me
So many a page filled with delightful lore
Where …
