The Little-Known ‘Slow Fire’ That’s Destroying All Our Books

Sometimes you find books with yellowed, stiff pages. The old dog-eared folds break off in triangles, flutter to the floor. These books can't be helped by simple repairs — they're acidified, dying and the opposite of unique. In fact, they're examples of a large-scale catastrophe that's been quietly building in libraries for decades.

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October 17, 2019 at 05:12PM
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The Little-Known ‘Slow Fire’ That’s Destroying All Our Books