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Our past preserved : a history of American library preservation, 1876-1910

Title
Our past preserved : a history of American library preservation, 1876-1910 / Barbra Buckner Higginbotham.
Author
Higginbotham, Barbra Buckner.
Publication
Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1990.

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Description
vii, 346 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Professional librarian series
Uniform Title
Professional librarian series
Subject
  • Amerika Haus Berlin Video Lending Library
  • 1800-1999
  • Library materials > Conservation and restoration > History > United States > 19th century
  • Library materials > Conservation and restoration > History > United States > 20th century
  • Books > Conservation and restoration > History. > United States
  • Libraries > United States > History
  • Books > Conservation and restoration > United States
  • Library materials > Protection > History > United States > 19th century
  • Library materials > Protection > History > United States > 20th century
  • Books > conservation & restoration
  • Libraries > history
  • Books > Conservation and restoration
  • Libraries
  • Library materials > Conservation and restoration
  • Bestandserhaltung
  • Bibliotheksbestand
  • Konservierung
  • Bibliotheksbestand > Bestandserhaltung > USA > Geschichte 1876-1910
  • Bestandserhaltung > Bibliotheksbestand > USA > Geschichte 1876-1910
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA > Bibliotheksbestand > Bestandserhaltung > Geschichte 1876-1910
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-323) and index.
Contents
In the beginning: mission, ethic, and training -- The environment as enemy -- The library: a collection;s first defense -- Precautions for readers -- The preparation and maintenance of library materials -- Binding: its importance and economics -- Binding materials: costs and choices -- Hand binding -- Cleaning and repair -- Publisher's bindings -- Library editions and binding specifications -- Paper and ink -- Pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, and maps -- The influence of rare books, documents, manuscripts, and works of art on paper -- Looking forward, looking back: 1910.
ISBN
  • 0816119325
  • 9780816119325
LCCN
90035860
OCLC
  • ocm21409379
  • 21409379
  • SCSB-1895902
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library