I've just completed a library of all the great literary works with a combination of Easton Press, Franklin Oxford and Folio Society high end and limited edition books... many worth over $1000 ... and now I'm obsessed with preserving it for generations to come... wish there was more content like this on RU-vid.
You and me both! I have only recently gotten into building my library with some very nice HC and leatherbound classics and I want to make sure they last a loooooong time.
Thank you for this! As with other viewers, I wish there were more channels addressing how to actually treat books correctly so that we aren't damaging our beloved collection.
You know what the best thing about a book is besides the contents? The smell. I love how a new book smells but older books and manuscripts have an almost nutty and musty scent that permeates the mind with the captured memories of history!
Would that method eventually damage the pages, especially if they are tightly shelved? You probably recommend not tightly shelving books, but sometimes there just isn't enough room. Maybe you have done this before, but is putting books upright the best way, or is laying them down better? Thanks.
It should not damage the pages. Shelving too tightly causes splay, which I have also done a video about: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0HuFTL_a2Mk.html
