Today I dis-bound this book with a metal cover, so that it can go to the commercial bindery and get a new cover (the cover has gotten rather sharp and has been referred to as a ‘shiv’ by our cataloging department). Don’t worry, we have another pristine copy in special collections! This copy was our circulating copy.
However, I don’t know if I’m more proud that I was actually able to dis-bind it (those were RIVETS, not screws!) or that I was able to do so without stabbing myself in the hand.
The book is “The machine; as seen at the end of the mechanical age” by K. G. Pontus Hulteń, and it was a catalogue of an exhibition to held at the Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 25, 1968-Feb. 9, 1969; University of St. Thomas, Houston, Mar. 25-May 18, 1969; and San Francisco Museum of Art, June 23-Aug. 24, 1969.