A number of my paperback books have this inside the front cover:
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This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
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which might at first glance look like it's a prohibition against lending (amongst other things), though I think what it's actually against is some sort of re-packaging of the physical book.
It's in a number of my older paperbacks, the latest I can find is a copy of The Thief of Time Discworld book from 2001.
Other books have a different disclaimer
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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor otherwise be circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
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The intent seems roughly the same however.