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pauliewotsit t1_ixh53pn wrote

I leave it on, the value isn't that high to begin with (when was the last time you saw a first edition hardback in a library?) I also leave the label inside too, as trying to remove that just tends to rip the page it's stuck to.

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HeyItsTheMJ t1_ixh6cuc wrote

Just about every hardback in my library system is a first edition. They typically purchase books straight away and then there are donations. Any damaged book goes in the shop to sell.

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DuurtMcguurt OP t1_ixh5mtb wrote

I travel a lot for work and you would not believe some of the things being destroyed because they either don't care or don't have resources to preserve them, just a few recent pickups include:

  • a First edition UK printing of the crying of lot 49 -A first edition of ritual by pinner -A first UK edition of Jules Verne's the Danube pilot -A limited of 1000 (mine is 799) edition of great expectations printed in 1880

It's absolutely heartbreaking to see how these books are treated if you don't get to them in time.

Also thanks, I generally leave them on also but I've been curious recently. Maybe I can have a professional in restoration do it so I don't screw it up.

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