我向旧书商卖了一卷我所珍藏的书，尽管口袋里有了些钱，反而觉得更加贫穷了。

I had sold to a second-hand bookseller a volume which I prized, and was so much the poorer for the money in my pocket.

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一个旧书商人获得了这些书籍，因为我有时候从他这里买书，他认识我，所以就把它们送到我这里来。

A dealer in old books met with them, and knowing me by my sometimes buying of him, he brought them to me.

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海莲·汉芙在寄给“马克思与科恩”书店的第一封信写到：“‘古旧书商’的字眼着实吓了我一跳，在我的印象里，‘古旧’和昂贵没什么区别。” 随信，她寄去了自己想要的书目。

In her first letter to Marks &Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wish list, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares me somewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive."

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