http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/12/the-secret-content-of-secondhand-books/ AbeBooks book blog Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:51:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/12/the-secret-content-of-secondhand-books/comment-page-1/#comment-160638 Beth Carswell Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:54:47 +0000 http://www.abebooks.com/blog/?p=17951#comment-160638 Perhaps estate sales and church rummage might be a better bet to find notes and treasures hidden between pages. I think you’re correct that booksellers know to get there first, now.

]]> http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/12/the-secret-content-of-secondhand-books/comment-page-1/#comment-153271 Aging Lit Major Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.abebooks.com/blog/?p=17951#comment-153271 After reading your blog piece a couple of years ago, I purchased Forgotten Bookmarks by Michael Popek. For years I’d curated things found in the pages of used books in my book journals but of late I’m finding the booksellers are getting there first! Not as many surprises anymore, like the 1920s baby’s picture in a vintage edition of Robinson Crusoe. Outside of bookmarks bearing the names of the shops where they were purchased, the most common items were receipts from neighborhood bodegas.

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