Henry Alford at the New York Times has a lovely piece about the strange things that people leave in books - objects accidentally forgotten, the deliberately placed and those used as aide-mémoire.All together now - You can't do this with an e-book!
Henry Alford at the New York Times has a lovely piece about the strange things that people leave in books - objects accidentally forgotten, the deliberately placed and those used as aide-mémoire.
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A few years ago Harper's magazine published a list, compiled by librarians, of objects found between the pages of returned books -- I remember my very favourite item on that list was A CHICKEN BONE. Yum. Nothing like finding that while reshelving.
-- Preeta
A chicken bone bookmark?
my favourite bookmark was the dried frog found between the pages of a C16th book of witchcraft ... i'd have been truly spooked if i'd found it!
A used bookstore in downtown Denver, Colorado called Capitol Hill Books (it's located behind the State Capitol!) has a wall dedicated to things they've found in books. Some are relics, I must say!
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