For me personally, being around books and being able to buy dirt cheap books, just means so much more after youve lived in countries that didnt offer oppurtunities to do the same. No school or university libraries worthy of any mention (barely can call themselves libraries), rare book shop finds good enough for a visit and finally places to buy off books cheap and stock up the book shelves. Most people probably think, oh big deal so shes found avenues to purchase and own books. Ohhhh trust me on this, you learn to appreciate it more once you've longed for it and finally get it, or something along those lines lol.
Now we just look at our books and we're smiling like this :-)
My husband says the books are so cheap they might as well pay as to rid them of the books, lol, I like that!
Good find:
I came across an article and I wonder if the letter was worth anything. Id probably have found out if it was worth anything just to quelch my curiosity and then frame it and hang it up the wall.
Its a letter from a world war 1 soldier, found after 91 yrs.
'A volunteer with Lifeline for 31 years, Mrs Symons said many unusual items had been found inside books over the years, including century-old photographs and postcards.'
Volunteer Mabel Symons with the letter she found inside a Bible, written by Sergeant Harry Michael Dean in 1917.
Picture: Wayne Venables (from Illawara Mercury)
site: http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/wwi-soldiers-letter-found-91-years-later/1248492.aspx
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