tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post3203234012256835030..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Found TenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-81564507521659094062015-03-05T04:02:12.479-05:002015-03-05T04:02:12.479-05:00I stumbled upon your wonderful blog. I am intrigue...I stumbled upon your wonderful blog. I am intrigued by #1 - what did the letter say?mi-v designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154172592295684354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-82284985402610697272011-08-10T11:29:28.206-04:002011-08-10T11:29:28.206-04:00I love finding items in used books also. It is the...I love finding items in used books also. It is the bonus prize after buying a used book. I've never found money...yet!Metiki Galhttp://themetikigal.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-28711458644969804352011-08-09T21:56:13.539-04:002011-08-09T21:56:13.539-04:00Anonymous wrote: USB?????
Oops, my bad. That sho...Anonymous wrote: <i>USB?????</i><br /><br />Oops, my bad. That should be UBS (used book store).the authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220786472896283714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-16794354910172440032011-08-09T20:00:47.054-04:002011-08-09T20:00:47.054-04:00USB?????USB?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1051795638469303652011-08-09T05:27:43.253-04:002011-08-09T05:27:43.253-04:00I have found several bookmarks, many boarding card...I have found several bookmarks, many boarding cards, postcards, movie and theatre ticket stubs, a few photographs, some money, and on one occasion a letter. Also stamps and any number of dried flowers and four-leaf clovers. The sweetest was a child's drawing, and the ickiest was a used hormone patch - ugh! <br />The letter, photographs and money I found inside library books, which is why I always check inside the books I check out before I return them.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-54234256431715301322011-08-08T13:09:37.689-04:002011-08-08T13:09:37.689-04:00Nice finds Lynn! I once found a pen that I used du...Nice finds Lynn! I once found a pen that I used during my childhood. The brand doesnt sell anymore. Its almost like antique.<br /><br />Best,<br />Suma.Suma Subramaniamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07450646116499708661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-56262681890954619752011-08-08T08:30:24.738-04:002011-08-08T08:30:24.738-04:00I once found a card with the opening schedule for ...I once found a card with the opening schedule for the night emergency pharmacy service in a nearby town in 1976 in a paperback of Daphne Du Maurier's <i>House on the Strand</i>. At the time, the local pharmacies had a rotating schedule which one would keep open at night in case of emergencies.<br /><br />In a paperback edition of Virginia Woolf's <i>A Room of One's Own</i> I found the ticket for a theater play based on the essay as well as a newspaper clipping of a review of the same play, both dating from the early 1990s. <br /><br />I also once opened a paperback edition of <i>Looks and Smiles</i> by British author Barry Hines to find that it was signed by the author.Corahttp://corabuhlert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-16432419701149681972011-08-08T05:39:03.829-04:002011-08-08T05:39:03.829-04:00It makes me sad that in these days of Kindles, eBo...It makes me sad that in these days of Kindles, eBooks and the suchlike, finds like these are a dying thing. If I physically buy a book for a person, rather than ordering it online, I'll scribble a note in the front for posterity. I used to write notes further into books that I bought my wife.<br /><br />I have never been lucky enough to find anything inside an old book - yet.John Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593973456394123461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-79621230182026475402011-08-08T04:16:22.206-04:002011-08-08T04:16:22.206-04:00I have a 1956 first edition SF novel by William F....I have a 1956 first edition SF novel by William F. Temple. Pasted in the front there's a bookplate for a school award, and tucked inside there's an old bill for motorbike parts in pounds, shillings and pence.<br /><br />I've never seen another copy of this book, either on ebay or AbeBooks (I had notifications set up for 4 or 5 years before I finally scored this one.)<br /><br />The bits and pieces inside just make it that much more special.<br /><br />Here's an article I wrote on the series, and finding the last book:<br />http://www.spacejock.com.au/Magnus.html<br /><br />Since posting it five or six years ago I've been emailed by the author's widow, a grandson, and a daughter.Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-14347234256979871582011-08-08T04:01:48.788-04:002011-08-08T04:01:48.788-04:00I found a piece of notepaper from a hotel in Los A...I found a piece of notepaper from a hotel in Los Angeles in a library book that I took out here in Ireland and that (I checked) was manufactured in the UK. I also found a train ticket from London in a library book. I guess people often use whatever is closest for a bookmark!Aoife.Troxelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08557613486797904602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-48750326946330338902011-08-08T01:58:33.398-04:002011-08-08T01:58:33.398-04:00Hee! I've used the bags with buttons as bookma...Hee! I've used the bags with buttons as bookmarks as well.<br />JulieBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-59732225471176917882011-08-08T01:10:01.406-04:002011-08-08T01:10:01.406-04:00Those are amazing finds! Especially that photo. I ...Those are amazing finds! Especially that photo. I usually find bookmarks, though once I found an index card with notes on how to plot a novel. The handwriting was beautiful and the notes were useful. I imagine someone must've been taking down notes from a how-to writing book, or perhaps from a blog and then used it as a bookmark.<br /><br />Do you know the blog Forgotten Bookmarks? Check it out: http://www.forgottenbookmarks.com/ The blogger works in a used bookstore and posts all the wonderful items he finds in books.Laura S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13934230198562773803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-18576557074529190862011-08-08T00:47:48.300-04:002011-08-08T00:47:48.300-04:00I work in a USB, and find the weirdest things. I&#...I work in a USB, and find the weirdest things. I've found a pilot flight log, a marriage decree, divorce settlement and naked pictures of people. But I think the saddest was in a donation that featured a birth certificate and an obituary in a bible of a little boy who was only 4. Terribly weird things people leave in books though. Never have found money or a winning lottery ticket.DeeCeenoreply@blogger.com