What a cool piece of someone's history! Kinda like old photographs you find at a lot of the antique marts and such. A glimpse into a moment in time.
+1 I purchased some cookbooks secondhand, and in the inside cover of some of them were statements that indicated they were Christmas gifts, Father's Day gifts, et cetera. Actually, as to have a couple SAKs, too, but that's another matter. What I really enjoy, though, is my non-marked first edition of The Aliens with an inside signature indicating the book was printed in its first year, and a rough 1910 Latin biography on Julius Caesar with a lot of characterization.
