ON BAGGING BOOKS
Numismatic bookseller Fred Lake writes: "Having received
books from consignors for over twelve years now, I have
seen just about every method used for trying to protect a
book.
Experience has shown that books stored in small plastic bags
are most apt to have started to mildew or show some "foxing."
Any moisture trapped in these bags is deadly to a book.
One way to kill silverfish is to place the book in a microwave
and "nuke" it on high setting for three or four seconds. Do
NOT do this for a longer period of time or you will melt the
glue in the binding. Experiment with a book that you really
don't care much about. When I was a younger and braver lad,
I tried formaldehyde and Thymol, but I wouldn't touch the
stuff now."
Wayne Homren, Editor
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