The works of Francis Bacon. Edge marbling, hand-tied endbands (only half of which remain), a nifty facsimile of a handwritten letter, and some interesting text layouts.
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The door to the conservation lab, decorated for Valentine’s Day. We sure do love William Morris!
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Watch out for danger cart!
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A really good example of a terrible cover-up job by a patron. We didn’t fall for it. Please note that they have colored in, with colored pencils, the filled-in area AND the roughed-up original boards. Also, the icing on the cake…the title of this book is “Too Big to Fail”.
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Here is a book a patron tried to repair…as if we wouldn’t notice the “fix”. Their dog ate the corner of this book, then they tried to “fix” it by gluing a piece of board into the hole and coloring over it with colored pencils. Our eagle-eyed circulation staff caught it, however, and the book was […]