An Experiment

Here's the set up: bought a load of books this morning, a gentlemen had dropped them off yesterday when I wasn't in the store. Looked through them, gave him a call with an offer, he said yes and that he'd be down later on to pick up the cash.

As I was looking through, I found this in one of the books:

The bookmarks are a small photo of a man and boy with the label "Chic" as well as a agreement card from a bank regarding a Second Liberty Loan, which I discovered were developed around 1920 or so, according to The New York Times.

The book is "Bringing in Sheaves" by A.B. Earle, published by James H. Earle, Boston, 1869.

When the gentlemen comes in later, I'll see if he can fill in any details about today's find, and see if he'd like them back. I'll update later on today.
at

9 comments:

  1. Robertson FrizeroSeptember 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Your blog is one of the most interesting things I have recently found on the web. Such a great idea!

    Sometimes I find amazing things inside my own books. It is like a glimpse of the past right here, right now, all of a sudden. It is refreshing. Makes me feel books are the greatest human invention.

    When will you find a photograph like this forgotten inside a...Kindle, for example?

    Thanks for sharing it. Long live to paper books!

    ReplyDelete
  2. PamSeptember 2, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    How cool that you might actually be able to get more information on these bookmarks. Looking forward to your update.

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownSeptember 2, 2009 at 1:05 PM

    I just love all of the things that you find in these books, it is just so fun to think about the owner of the book, the life of these books, how these treasures and secrets were buried between pages. I can only imagine the excitement of opening books to discover all of these items.

    ReplyDelete
  4. DanielleSeptember 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM

    I would have to agree that your blog is so interesting. How do people not know that these things are left in their books?

    ReplyDelete
  5. betty-NZSeptember 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    I just found your blog and I'm so glad I did! What a wonderful place you work to find such great things from the past! I am so jealous!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. KathleenSeptember 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    If only it were so easy to apply for a loan these days! Remarkable.

    ReplyDelete
  7. EmilySeptember 3, 2009 at 12:47 AM

    I think this blog is the most unique one I've seen. As a lover of books myself this fascinates me. I will be back another day. :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    That is certainly a gem!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Rinkly RimesSeptember 6, 2009 at 5:04 AM

    This could be the start of your great novel!

    ReplyDelete