Wild Muse Notes ♣ Aria Nadii’s Weblog

I lust for old books, especially the damaged and tattered ones that aren’t really worth anything to book collectors. I call them “well rubbed” like in The Velveteen Rabbit. I love books are that in far worse shape than these. Usually the books and print that I want most are the ones people throw away. […]

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Bookbinding tape is ridiculously expensive. I know it’s archival but it is just tape. I am tempted to improvise with some wood glue and a roll of black ribbon. The good news is that I have my hands on an entire lot of early readers, spellers, and primers from the turn of the century that […]

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This little treasure was abandoned on a dusty shelf in a junky thrift shop among cheap paperbacks and magazines. There was a comical sticky note on the cover which is worn and weathered red leather. The note said “belonging to an old person who liked to cook” and the price on it was .25 cents. […]

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