Soooooooooooo, I was doing some research and stumbled across an article from a 1989 issue of Library Journal, titled “ Nuke ‘Em! Library Pest Control Using a Microwave“. (The article isn’t available for free online, but you can probably find it in your local library) Oh, what could possibly go wrong? Well, fortunately for you, dear […]
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NO! Nooooooooooooooo! This is ONE book, y’all. One poor, 19th century book that has been tortured by tape. TAPE IS EVIL. (Source: https://vine.co/)
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What tape does to paper. You can see my fingers through the tape, which has made the paper translucent.
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Someone folded up their library check-out receipt into a paper crane, and left it in the back of this book.
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Leather coloring that reminds me of autumn leaves. The inside is just as brittle as crisp autumn leaves, too, which is a shame.
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They did WHAT?
When I hear the phrase “we fixed it with some tape”…
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Someone “fixed” this with some poorly placed pieces of double-sided tape. Sigh.
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Little Monday morning surprises found squashed in the margin of a book I’m resewing.
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Don’t read and drive, folks.
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Welcome to the 18th century, where the ex libris are made up and the straightness of your tooling doesn’t matter.