April 14, 2004

Found Items

There's a fascinating topic in tbe books conference called "Items Found in Used Books" that was started back in 2001.

Recently someone posted a description of an amazing item found in a used 1907 edition of the Iliad: a World War II-era flyer that had evidently been released by American planes passing over Germany, it was written in German, and assured the reader of America's honorable intentions in winning the war, and supplying Britain with ships, airplanes, tanks, etc.

Earlier posts include how one person found $200 inside a library book, and how another person knew someone who'd left $20 in their master's thesis at a library, and upon going back years later, discovering the money hadn't been removed.

Posted by brian at April 14, 2004 09:03 PM | TrackBack

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