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Things Found in Old Books, season thirteen , volume 1

Things found in old books is a weekly segment where we show you curious ephemera that we’ve discovered while processing used books. This week’s Things Found in Old Books features
Three things found in old books: a William Castle “Ghost Viewer” from 13 Ghosts, a 1950 Saskatchewan refugee photograph tied directly to a postwar immigration history, and a Philadelphia automat matchcover tucked inside a murder paperback. We are a general used bookstore in Orange California. We opened the doors in 1990.

Things Found in Old Books, season twelve , volume 25

Things found in old books is a weekly segment where we show you curious ephemera that we’ve discovered while processing used books. This week’s Things Found in Old Books features — a blank piece of locomotive company stationery tucked into a British railway volume, a Kellogg’s Honey All-Bran Pudding recipe card hidden inside a Nebraska community cookbook and a crumpled “Things To Do Today” list found inside a book about planetary catastrophe theories. We are a general used bookstore in Orange California. We opened the doors in 1990.

Things Found in Old Books, season twelve , volume 24
This week’s Things Found in Old Books features a fading 1979 charge receipt for a mysterious lamp purchase, a mid-century “doghouse” marriage joke card, a handmade rose painting tucked inside a Leonardo da Vinci book, and an Elvis Presley novelty driver’s license hidden inside an Elvis memoir.