My grandparents were married in this house, now filled with dog-eared books and broken dishes.

Then he ferreted out the folded and dog-eared book of matches he had been lighting his smokes with.

She glanced across at the dog-eared book of maps that lay on the passenger-seat beside her.

Stavia, who was only playing with a salad of early lettuce, looked down at the dog-eared book.

"Welcome to Mount Omega", she said, handing him a small, dog-eared book held together with a rubber band.

"Try this," he said, handing me a dog-eared little book.

In a travelbag beneath the desk he found a dog-eared book of horoscopes.

The books, increasingly dog-eared, were a cultural oasis as well as entertainment.

Proof I couldn't do without the Classics is that it's the most dog-eared book in my collection.