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A Book for All Readers
Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Bookworms, damp, gaslight and careless hands: Spofford, who ran the Library of Congress, knew every enemy a book can have. Here is his guide to building and keeping a collection, from restoring damaged volumes to taming pamphlets and periodicals. Practical wisdom from a man who shelved a nation's reading. Open it and learn to guard the books you love.
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76 chapters
- 1CHAPTER 4.
- 2Preparation for the Shelves: Book Plates, etc.
- 3CHAPTER 5.
- 4The Enemies of Books.
- 5CHAPTER 6.
- 6The Restoration and Reclamation of Books.
- 7CHAPTER 7.
- 8Pamphlet Literature.
- 9CHAPTER 8.
- 10Periodical Literature.
- 11CHAPTER 9.
- 12The Art of Reading.
- 13CHAPTER 10.
- 14Aids to Readers.
- 15CHAPTER 11.
- 16Access to Library Shelves.
- 17CHAPTER 12.
- 18The Faculty of Memory.
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