Yes, here were bargains, surely.

He stacked a number together as if he desired to secure them.

Dorian becoming fearful, slipped the other volume of the Conquest under his arm and made as if to gather a number of other books under his protection.

He must have some of these before they were all taken by others.

The salesman now came up to him and asked: "Find something you want ?" "O, yes, a lot of things I like" replied Dorian.
"They're bargains." Dorian needed not to be told that.
"They're going fast, too." "Yes, I suppose so." His heart fell as he said it, for he realized that he had no money to buy books.