I recently purchased a 4-volume set about the history of NJ published in 1902. Some of the pages are still folded and not yet cut apart how is the best way to cut them. I am not a book collector but something this old should in my option be handled with care. Any advice would be appreciated.
Old NJ history books
- Thread starter JIMBO
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Do you mean that when the book was bound some pages were not cut correctly?
I may be wrong but I believe that printing errors like that make the book more valuable.
I may be wrong but I believe that printing errors like that make the book more valuable.
My "Down Jersey" book has pages like that. I stupidly pulled them apart while reading it. My advice is to pull a sharp razor along the concave side in multiple strokes until it pulls apart. That is if you are not worried about it losing value for the change in condition.
Thanks yes it is a binding error, I am not really worried about value and all of the pages look cut after binding not neatly sliced like modern books.