Caring For Your Books

by Michael Dirda

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This little book published by the book of the Month Club and given to members as a bonus is a useful book for the novice book collector, but offers little new information for the long time collector. But the best part was the chapter about book collections that grow too large. I read parts of this out loud to my wife and we both laughed as it fit me to a "T". All the steps in the book I have gone through from over stacking shelves, double shelving, and finally boxing books until more space can be found, which never seems to happen. We are going through the process of moving this year and found boxes that were packed 8 years ago and never opened since. So this book does have good information and is worth reading especially if you are a show more collector or want to be one. show less
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Unintentionally funny (see the quotations I've added to CK); not particularly useful.

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Du, James (Illustrator)

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Original publication date
1990
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People with more than a thousand or so volumes might want to hire a structural engineer to be sure that the flooring in a room or apartment will support the extra weight.
So how can you preserve a paperback collection? The answer is simple but not especially welcome: Don't read the books.

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Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
002Computer science, information & general worksComputer science, knowledge & systemsBooks (Science and history of the book)
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Z701 .D52Bibliography, Library Science and Information ResourcesLibrariesThe collections. The booksPhysical parameters, preservation, conservation and

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