| Used books are fascinating treasures themselves for | | | | Mickey Mantle rookie baseball card, a diamond ring, |
| individuals and can normally be purchased for less | | | | several handwritten poems, and a letter written by |
| than five dollars. However, there are many hidden | | | | the author of the Narnia series. Throughout the |
| treasures that can be found in used books due to | | | | summer I found several clippings out of a variety of |
| what the previous owners have used as bookmarks. | | | | newspapers and magazines for all types of recipes, |
| Used books can be found in a wide variety for any | | | | some of which, I felt, were worth adding to my |
| reader including adventure, action, romance, western, | | | | recipe box. I found several one dollar bills that |
| literature, cook books, and so many more. Used | | | | summer and even was lucky enough to come across |
| book stores can be a treasure hunt for collectors and | | | | two ten dollar bills and three twenty dollar bills, which |
| avid readers as well. Another great place for the avid | | | | my boss let me keep. |
| reader to purchase used books is at yard and garage | | | | I found a couple of obituary clippings from |
| sales. Throughout the years readers of used books | | | | newspapers that had turned yellow through the |
| have found every thing from money to love letters | | | | passing years. In one book I found a post card from |
| to baseball cards. | | | | Ireland, a receipt where a credit card had been used, |
| Readers have opened up books and uncovered all | | | | a grocery list, a picture of a little boy, and a voided |
| kinds of treasures throughout the years such as a | | | | check. Since the check had the phone number on it I |
| grocery list found in a novel by Louis L'amour or | | | | decided to call the number and see if it was still the |
| ticket stubs to a Aerosmith concert in an old Zane | | | | same number as the person on the check. When the |
| Grey novel. I know it may sound crazy, but you | | | | lady answered the phone and I told her I was going |
| would be amazed at the stories used book stores | | | | through a used book and asked her if the name on |
| owners could tell you. In fact, one summer I worked | | | | the check was hers, I was really excited when she |
| at a used book store to help out a friend of my | | | | said yes. I wanted to be sure so I asked her if she |
| boss. My job was to flip through the pages of the | | | | could give me her address and it matched the one on |
| used books to make sure there were no hidden | | | | the check. After several minutes of conversation, I |
| surprises inside that offend his customers. | | | | found out the little boy was her grandson and she |
| While flipping through millions of pages of these used | | | | had given a bunch of her used books to charity. I |
| books throughout the summer I found an array of | | | | told her that I would mail all the items I found in that |
| treasures that were hidden within the pages. Some | | | | book to her, and she was thrilled. |
| of these treasures were comical, while others where | | | | Some bookstores have created their own special |
| quite disturbing, but all in all this was very interesting | | | | display within their bookstore that display items that |
| job to say the least. These used books had | | | | have been discovered in used books throughout the |
| apparently been purchased from a variety of sources | | | | years that they have been in business. Some of |
| from all over the world and were an interesting | | | | these items include an airline boarding pass that was |
| assortment to say the least. | | | | from West Africa to Texas, recipes, dollars, many |
| I had read articles about different items that were | | | | newspaper clippings, and much more. |
| being left inside of books, which consisted of a | | | | |