The Care of Fine Books

by Jane Greenfield

Book Overview

Jane Greenfield, advisor in rare book conservation at Yale University Library, is a leading authority on preservation and repair. After attending the New York School of Applied Design, she operated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558210032
• ISBN13: 9781558210035
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Book Care

If you know the right book and can condition it properly a $25 buy can be worth hundreds of thousands. This is an excellent how-to book. The Prof.

Excellent Buy

I wish everybody had the enthusiasm for caring for books that Jane Greenfield does. Too many are classic, valuable tomes thrown into used bookstores and decimated over time. This book is an excellent guide to caring for your books, and making them valuable over time.