This book was brought to us last Friday. Somebody found it, soaking-wet, outside the bathroom on Thursday night. This is definitely one we’ll be ordering a straight-up replacement for, rather than trying to fix. Please note the fly.
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Ghost soldier. From “The American portrait gallery : with biographical sketches of presidents, statesmen, military and naval heroes, clergymen, authors, poets” by Lillian C. Buttre, [1877-1880].
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Tape removal using a wood-burning tool.
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Cleaning a book spine, to prepare it for a new lining. Printed binder’s waste was used for the original spine lining. The book is “From grave to gay; being essays and studies concerned with certain subjects of serious interest, with the Puritans, with literature, and with the humours of life” by J. St. Loe Strachey.
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“From grave to gay; being essays and studies concerned with certain subjects of serious interest, with the Puritans, with literature, and with the humours of life” by J. St. Loe Strachey
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From “Economics of Fashion” by Paul Nystrom. 1928. Both our copies were victims of oversewing, vandalism, and acidic paper. I rather like the graffiti on this page, because it looks like she’s speaking a magic spell or something.
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*impotent scream of rage* File this away in “Bad Ideas to Not Repeat in Modern Times.” From: Huntting, H. R., co., inc., Springfield, Mass. Book Mending; Some Short Cuts And Labor Saving Devices. Springfield, Mass.: The H. R. Huntting company, 1938.
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Gloopaste. Just say it out loud. I guarantee you can’t not laugh while doing it. GLOOOOOOPASTE. From: Huntting, H. R., co., inc., Springfield, Mass. Book Mending; Some Short Cuts And Labor Saving Devices. Springfield, Mass.: The H. R. Huntting company, 1938.
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Animated book boxes, aka four-flap wrappers aka tuxedo boxes aka preservation enclosures.
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Useful books, for weakly puppies and dainty feeders. (Ads in the back of a 19th century book.)