itsmeagain Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) I've bought quite a lot of second-hand books and have found various 'bookmarks' in them including a postcard with a George VI (I think) stamp on it and a small clump of shamrock. I always flick through my library books as I return them and one of our librarians told me that one of his colleagues had found a rasher of bacon in a book that someone had been using as a bookmark! I got a letter a few years ago, containing the bank statement I had used as a bookmark when I returned it to the library! Person gave no details, just said "You left this in a book I just borrowed. Best wishes."I am looking at a sales receipt for the massive book, The Raj Quartet, that fell from said book , recently. W.Hartley Seed, book vendors, of West Street, Sheffield, sold said tome brand new on 26.11.1984, at 12.32pm. Edited May 1, 2015 by itsmeagain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I thought we had a thread like this, but I've searched to no avail!Anyway, I often buy books second-hand. Today, I pulled As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee to read next, and out fell a red paper heart with the word 'Mum' written on one outside half. Inside it reads... Hi Mum,I just wanted to say 'how did you doin darts?'One more thing thanksfor everything and I just wanted to say I love youtell dad I love him too!Love KatherinexxxxP.S Good night!Awwwwww!I've found a few bookmarks before (including quite an old one from Penguin books) but never anything personal like that. It made me think about Katherine and wonder what she's like (and how old she is, when it was written...).Have you ever found anything like this inside a book?ETA: That's so sweet!!Little does Katherine know her sweet message is on a book forum now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I found the best gift of all in a book....."Enjoyment". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 The severed paw of a monkey. Things that I wanted started to happen after that, but in the most twisted and perverse ways possible . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The severed paw of a monkey. Things that I wanted started to happen after that, but in the most twisted and perverse ways possible . . . Hmm...that's a plot from something, isn't it? Was it a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode (in which case, probably copied from something else)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicedrinkwater Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Yes. This old book I just borrowed from the library! It's called Ship of Theseus by V.M. Straka. It has a ton of papers in it; written letters, postcards, a sheet of paper that says "Confidential", a map drawn on a napkin, and there's a bunch of writing in the margins of the book, written in different shades of ink. Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) I found some white paper, with black writing printed on it. Edited July 28, 2015 by itsmeagain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I keep finding library receipts in library books, it's interesting to see when and what these people borrowed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Looking through a book in the charity shop and found a cheque for £70. Not blank unfortunately... also 12 years old . The staff were a bit bemused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Looking through a book in the charity shop and found a cheque for £70. Not blank unfortunately... also 12 years old . The staff were a bit bemused Amazing what people leave in books isn't it? I once found a card with details of Erotic chat, an email raunchy writing group. Needless to say I didn't bother..hahahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timebug Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 As I have bought a lot of my books from Charity Shops over the years, I have found a few 'interesting' things inside some of them. A Five pound note once, a pound note (remember those?) an envelope with a stamp and a written address,unused,and containing no letter. Bus tickets by the score, presumably used as bookmarks,and once, a pressed flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh2oman Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I found an newspaper clipping in a Bible of President Roosevelt giving a national thanksgiving prayer. Not sure we will ever see something like that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I just found an old postcard tucked into Sam Selvon, Moses ascending.In pencil someone has written a shopping list on back of the postcard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I've found rail tickets, old postcards, folded Post-It notes. Nothing unique. From time to time I find scribbles from the previous owner. A secondhand Agatha Christie novel I recently bought had a page at the back showing the titles of many of her previous novels. The last owner had carefully ticked off all those they had read, and underlined others. I bought a secondhand copy of Jean Genet's 'Querelle' many years ago, where a vast number of the sentences had been underlined and asterisked. I found it to be a little distracting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh2oman Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 the underlining and highlighting would definitely be distracting. i just bought an old copy of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder that had a small paper with child like horse sketches in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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