Edge decoration and marbled endpapers on an 18th century French binding.
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More paste paper found on one of our library books. Red, black, and gold paint that’s still shiny!
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Really digging the typography on this book’s cover. That intertwining C and S!
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Is occult sciences something they still offer in library school these days? Always wanted to take that class but I couldn’t fit it in with all my conservation classes.
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German paste-paper appreciation post. All of these books were found in my library’s circulating stacks, by the way. I just went down the rows and pulled out the ones that caught my eye, photographed them, and released them back into the wild! 🙂
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Remember my post from yesterday? http://conservethis.tumblr.com/post/131514951634/this-box-just-got-delivered-to-preservation-today Well, turns out they were bedbugs AND cockroaches AND they were STILL ALIVE!! Also, this bug poops on camera, just for you! In conservation, we refer to insect poop as “frass”. (Source: https://embed.tumblr.com/)
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This box just got delivered to preservation today. What a great way to start the week! T_T (The sign on the box says “Contains remnants of bugs, possibly ticks”, and inside was a plastic bag with several books in it that were apparently full of (dead, I hope?) bugs when they were turned back in to […]
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A card catalog with a modern flair to it, probably from the 1970′s or so.
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Spotted in the library: Nick Offerman.
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The library’s conservation lab is ready for Halloween! PS that is a sample book from our commercial library bindery, not an actual library book! I would NEVER put tape on a library book! Not no how, not no way!