Sorting through thousands of books at the Red Cross Book Fair unearthed a book worth more than $400.
In amongst the Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy paperbacks, a mid-1800s Holy Bible sat on a table, attracting much interest from bookworms.
With a hand engraved cover and coloured illustrations, the bible was donated to the book fair much to the volunteers' delight.
Red Cross book fair volunteer David Garland said the bible was fascinating.
Though the binding was in need of repair and some fragile pages had come loose, it was in pretty good nick for its age, he said.