28 Interesting Things People Found In Second-Hand Books

Books are the real windows to the world and can really bring you back in the time of history or into a future no one has ever tread. When you love to read, going to these bookstores that keep, care for, and sells back old books can feel like a place surrounded with treasures. The kind that cannot be measured by any amount of money.

And reading appears to not be the only way you get to enjoy stories. These old books which had owners often keep memories of their own – scribbles, drawings, and even ancient money bills are often slipped in between pages. Green Lemon decides to share interesting things that people keep in between the pages of old books.

#1 I Found This In A 1949 Children’s Book I Bought Today

#2 Nothing Like Picking Up A Book And Finding A Photo (And Autograph) Of The Author Inside

#3 These 4 And 5 Leaf Clovers I Found In This Nearly 200-Year-Old Book

#4 I Found A Little Surprise In The Library Book

#5 Could Someone Explain What These Save Buttons Are Doing In The Back Of My Book?

#6 Note Found In “The Book Of Outdoor Gardening” By Smith And Hawken

#7 My Son Found A Report Card From Nearly 100 Years Ago In His Library Book

#8 Somewhere Back In Time, The Former Owner Of These Glasses Is Still Looking For Them

#9 Found A Dried Lizard Between My Book’s Pages

#10 I Found This In A Random Book On The Shelves Of A Cafe

#11 A 1970’s Plane Ticket

#12  Found In An 1860’s Bible

#13 In A Vintage Hemingway

#14 Found Tucked Between The Pages Of A Secondhand Textbook I Bought

#15 Found This Neat Little Metal Bookmark In “The Life Of Colonel Paul Revere” From 1909

#16 Beautiful Photo Found In A Copy Of “Birds Of Alaska”

#17 Found This In House I’m Tearing Apart In A Book Like Someone Wanted To Keep Them Don’t Think It’s Real Money

#18 We Found This Lovely Lady In A Book We Listed Yesterday. She Has Been Trimmed From A 19th Century Women’s Periodical Or Magazine

#19 My Mother Found A 108-Year-Old Ticket To A Fair In An Old Book Being Used As A Bookmark

#20 A Message And A Coin

#21 Received At Our Donation Center. Someone’s Drug Stash In A Book

#22 Found A Cool Surprise In My Library Book

#23 Found In An 1860’s Era Bible

#24 Found A Dog License From 1919 In “The Oregon Trail”

#25 A Guy In My Japanese Class Found This In The Back Of His Book. Can Relate

#26 Dead Bookworm Found In A Late 16th Century Book

#27 One Key, Tied To A String. Found In A Sealed Envelope From The Gladstone Hotel In New York City

#28 Things I Have Found In Books