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I love this. As someone who buys a lot of books I've often wondered about the previous owners. Sometimes you get a glimpse of them when you find a book with t
by CSMastermind 3y ago
I love this.
As someone who buys a lot of books I've often wondered about the previous owners. Sometimes you get a glimpse of them when you find a book with their names written on it.
Recently I've been gathering a collection of first edition/first print Goosebumps books and unsurprisingly they're a lot more likely to have markings on them than your average book (being targeted at 4th grade students).
One night I searched the internet for a few of the full names I found in the books just to see where the owners were today.
One of the first I turned up was an obituary for a woman that had died two years ago. It said she had a lifelong love of reading.
- bombcar 3y agoThis could itself be the beginning of a Goosebumps story.
- late25 3y agoI am mid-thirties and purchased all the Goosebump books on my Kindle. I still love them. But, nothing beats those original covers!
- skipkey 3y agoI picked up a copy of Old Mr Bostons cocktail guide that was printed in the sixties. From a note written in the front, it was clear that the book was a gift to a son for high school graduation. Times sure were different then.