I found a beautiful book the other evening. I was with my Sister(Sarah), Maddie, and her younger Sister Emily. 

   I was looking through some old books at our GoodWill the other evening. I was going to purchased an old copy of the book "The collection of Shakespeare" and a copy of the book "Mrs. Miniver" When I came across one of my favorite books "Sentimental Tommy" by J.M. Barrie. I did not really care the age of the book because I really love this book and this was the first time I could find a copy of it.

  When we brought it home my father wanted to look at the book to see if it was in good shape. When he opened the cover he found a privite library seal on the inner page. The seal read this:

"Alpha Sigma Delta Fraternity, Los Angeles, Cal., Incorporated, Sept. 13th, 1926"

This is the book.

The seal.(it has a bit of a blur to it as it is hard to take pictures of a white page)

   I guessed the age of the book was from the 50's or so but as we continued to look through it we guessed the age to be from the late 20's to the late 30's. I hope to go back to the GoodWill and purchase the books I mention before.

Well I need to depart. In the words of William Shakespeare "Be great in act, as you have been in thought."

Sincerely,

~Mary-Ann~

(P.S. I encourage you to look at the other entries in "The Treasures in the Trunk".)

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Posted by maa

Good for you!!! I love old books. Once a person bought an old book at an auction and when he got it home he looked through the pages. Inside the pages he found 100 dollar bills, lots of them.Every since I heard that story I leaf through the pages of books at second hand stores.I have found old pictures, notes, and recipts.I guess people use to hide money around their houses like this.

Beele has signed up for the paperback swap,so we can get some more books. Have you been there?
maa's mom

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Posted by maa

I am glad you found some good stuff! I love goodwill shopping.
Belle~homesteadgirls

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