A nice thing about second hand books

I often find things in them, one time it was a dried flower along with a very old metro ticket. Many different and interesting things I've found actually...

Does it happens to anyone else?

I find a lot of photographs in books. I'm guessing that the previous owners used them as bookmarks and then forgot about them.

I love second hand books. Aside from the fact that they are cheap and I can buy many more, I love to read any notes or comments that a previous reader may have made about the book. Sometimes they offer a unique perspective or just a quip. I haven't found any cool items yet, but maybe one day I will.

Yes, I've found all sorts of things, from receipts to classy book markers. Most of all though, I love the smell of a well aged (not moldy though) book. I love shopping for used books!

I don't necessarily have to go to second-hand books to find treasures! The other day I opened a book that I studied for in my Finals Year and a four-leaf clover fell out - I remembered that I found it while revising in the sunshine sitting on the lawn just outside my residents' block and thought it a lucky omen so I picked it and slipped it inside the back cover of the book. (Yes, I passed! Lucky clover or sunny revision - who knows?) I often find bus tickets that remind me of the journeys to and from college/work I made whilst reading that particular book - did that journey really only cost that much in those days? - and postcards often fall out of the page they have been marking for goodness knows how many years bringing distant places, times and friends back to my mind. (Hmmm - there's a book in there somewhere, I think? :) )

yes, I always find old postcards, which I love.

Second-hand books are inevitably cheap and can be found in the bulk of book sales which is much more relishing than pristine books.Pristine books are sold quite prohibitive,I had seen a $30 book and disdain at that price.Though second-hand books are antique,cheap is the vital thing.

On occasions I will find things, though I haven't really found anything that interesting as of yet. I always think it is interesting to see the kind of notes that others leave in the books.

I work in a charity bookshop- and I found a love letter in a book! Well, sort of- it was this woman writing to another woman saying 'steve is not worth fighting about. we love you and we want you to come home'. On a further page was a one-way ticket to Cardiff.
I couldn't take them because my supervisor was watching me- and I was so annoyed!

Oh, I found a wine receipt for 3000 francs worth of wine!

I've found all sorts of things. One book that I picked up had an inscription in pencil of the Serenity Prayer on it. I've found business cards and receipts (probably book marks). Whenever I buy a book though I leave the receipt in the pages just because. I too love the smell of second hand books.

So do I!

No I have not found anyting in an old book, but I can happily spend an hour or two browsing for that perfect used book. Ahh, my idea of a good time!

I found some old wedding photo's in a library book once the great thing was they were able to find out who they belonged to and get them back home. I have never found anything interesting in a second hand book though

I love the inscriptions written in the front of second hand books, when they're from one person to another. I HATE other people's annotations though.

I hate other people's annotation especially that they're often some kind of high school annotation with different colors for time, location, etc. indications...