Michael Popek
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Michael Popek is the author of FORGOTTEN BOOKMARKS: A Bookseller’s Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages. He studied literature at Bennington College before rejoining his family’s used-book business, Popeks Used and Rare Books in Oneonta, New York. For more information, go to www.forgottenbookmarks.com.

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The Weirdest Objects Found Inside Books (PHOTOS)

Posted November 3, 2011 | 10:10 AM (EST)

Digging through boxes of books is the best part of my job as a used-book seller. I love the fact that I can come across nearly anything: a moldy copy of "Ulysses," a Victorian-era scrapbook filled with trade cards, a first edition of Steinbeck. This daily treasure hunt led directly...

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