Archivist Neil Dickson with one of the newfound volumes (image via Greenock Telegraph)
As you’ve seen from some of my previous posts, books can turn up in odd places, even within the confines of a museum, shop, or library. Greenock’s Watt Library in Scotland has recently made quite a discovery within their own walls. Neil Dickson, an archivist, was working his way through the museum’s holdings when he came across an old cupboard, which was obscured by a chest and appeared to have been shut for the last thirty years. Dickson was amazed to see the untouched cupboard and he was dumbfounded when he carefully opened it and saw the books it contained. (more…)
