Adelaide / Caring for older books
Support a fragile volume
A focused guide from Shelf Care on Caring for older books.
Guide 01 / Adelaide
Put the idea to work.
Open a stiff book only as far as it moves comfortably. Support both covers and avoid flattening the spine for a photograph. Clean hands are usually more useful than improvised gloves.
A short practice plan
- Open a stiff book only as far as it moves comfortably.
- Support both covers and avoid flattening the spine for a photograph.
- Clean hands are usually more useful than improvised gloves.
Continue exploring.
The other Caring for older books guides look at different parts of the practice. Take one useful idea into your next session.