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The conservationist told me that some items sold as archival on eBay and elsewhere use nonarchival adhesive. He didn't say which brands. I took it to mean that I (we) should investigate before we buy...

The paper conservationist I mentioned in an earlier post brought up some interesting points/problems that he has seen in his years of working in the field. These were mostly related to "acid free"...

You should dust your books periodically if they are open shelves. I learned that from Roy Robbins several years ago. Get a good quality paint brush with soft bristles and brush the top page edges...

I don't think a slipcase provides much or any protection from shelf wear or wear to the lower edges of the boards. The book may not be resting on the shelf but it is resting on the inner surface of...

There is some time and work involved. But once I get started I begin to enjoy it. Often the dusting process is the only time I look at and handle most of these books. It never fails to bring back a...

I spent quite a bit of time on the phone this morning with George Sargent of Dragonfly Bindery. He does book restoration/repair and is a paper conservationist specializing in 18th century and earlier...

Dust is a problem. All of my "valuable" books are in enclosed bookcases and dust doesn't accumulate on them. But I have many, many books of lesser value (primarily anthologies, books with King...

What are you saying here? I'm not a paper conservationist and don't know all the details but isn't aging of a text block due to the acid in the paper and it's effects over time? How can a slipcase...

What are you saying here? I'm not a paper conservationist and don't know all the details but isn't aging of a text block due to the acid in the paper and it's effects over time? How can a slipcase...

I'm with you, John. I have slipcases/traycases for the early Doubleday books and one for my remarqued Duma Key, but that's it. If the book has some value, I can certainly see getting a slipcase,...

I'm with you, John. I have slipcases/traycases for the early Doubleday books and one for my remarqued Duma Key, but that's it. If the book has some value, I can certainly see getting a slipcase,...

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jonp is correct. Only the lettered was published by Lord John Press with a slipcase.

Someone several years ago (I think it may have been Camelot Books) commissioned and sold black slipcases for...