There are many streets in London
containing shops dealing in book-selling.{{U}} (36) {{/U}}the best known
of these is Charing Cross Road in the very.{{U}} (37) {{/U}}of London.
Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes{{U}} (38) {{/U}}to be found,
from the celebrated one which{{U}} (39) {{/U}}to be "the biggest
bookshop in the world" to the{{U}} (40) {{/U}}dusty places which seem
to have been{{U}} (41) {{/U}}over from Dickens's time. Some of these
shops{{U}} (42) {{/U}}, or will obtain (获得), any kind of book, but
many of{{U}} (43) {{/U}} feature (特征,特写) secondhand books, art books,
foreign books or books on philosophy (哲学), politics or any other of the{{U}}
(44) {{/U}}subjects about which books may be written. One shop in
this area specializes only{{U}} (45) {{/U}}hooks about ballet(芭蕾舞)!{{U}}
(46) {{/U}}it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to{{U}}
(47) {{/U}}books, Chafing Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the{{U}}
(48) {{/U}}cheap secondhand books, the collector must try some{{U}}
(49) {{/U}}places, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East
central{{U}} (50) {{/U}}of London. Here there is nothing so
magnificent as bookshops.{{U}} (51) {{/U}} the book- sellers come
along each morning and throw out their{{U}} (52) {{/U}}of books on to
small carts which line the road.{{U}} 53 {{/U}}the collectors, some
professional (职业的，专业人员) and some amateur (业余的, 业余爱好者) , who have been{{U}}
(54) {{/U}}for them, rush upon the dusty books. In places like this one can
still,{{U}} (55) {{/U}}pick up for a few pence an old edition that may
be worth many pounds.