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An unused (possibly front row) ticket to the 1951 Davis Cup Doubles final between the USA and Australia found in a first edition copy of no. 524 Wuthering Heights (owned by Barbara Megan Maddox of Killara in December 1946). |
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The Cadbury Roses menu insert (with chocolate wrappers which seem to date from the '50s) in a 1959 edition of no. 825 When the Going Was Good by Evelyn Waugh. |
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In the same book, a car sticker (for display on the rear window) from Alice Springs. |
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Perth tram tickets in a 1940 edition of Penguin Special S64. The trams ceased to run in 1958. |
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London bus tickets in a 1951 copy of Penguin Handbook PH15 owned by David Pollard of Everton Drive, Stanmore. |
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From a 1969 copy of no. 2988 The Cabala. Hand-typed on the back of the photo: 'Poor mothers, living in the slums, bring their little children to the DON BOSCO MISSIONS to receive a loaf of bread and a small coin: it helps them to keep body and soul together. We pray for our beloved Benefactors.' |
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| In Pelican A524: Electronic Computers |
And thanks to Adam for the following links:
The secret history of secondhand books
The secret contents of secondhand books
Karyn, how interesting - thanks for sharing these. I always check library books & second-hand books for forgotten markers. But I don't tend to leave things in my own books - do you?
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DeleteEach of the items I've found I've left in the books for someone else to find in the future, but I don't think I've ever added anything of my own. Partly because I try very hard to finish every book I start, and partly because there are so few tickets issued these days.
Thirty years in and around the used book biz and I've never once found any money in one.
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