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Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm, xii, 218 pp, 12 plates, 36 ills. From the preface: "It is the author's hope that this work will have a threefold appeal - at least. Firstly, he trusts that it will prove helpful and interesting to librarians, collectors and antiquaries, and in fact to all those members of the general public who are sufficiently fond of books and documents to want to know something of the age, history and origin of the materials which comprise them, the extent to which these materials are likely to resist the ravages of time, and the best ways of assisting them to do so. Secondly, the book is addressed to scientific workers, amateur or professional, whether engaged in academic or industrial pursuits, whose work involves a study of these same matters as scientific problems ; and thirdly, to all those concerned with the manufacture and production of books or documents, namely, paper-makers, ink-manufacturers, printers, binders, publishers, and of course authors." Contents: Part One: the Dating of Books and Documents: Chapter ; I. The History of Paper-Making; II. Dating Evidence from Paper; III. Dating Evidence from Ink and Other Sources; IV. Experimental Dating Tests; V. Fluorescence in Ultra-Violet Light As a Simple Aid to the Dating and Examination of Books and Documents. Part Two: The Permanence and Preservation of Books and Documents: I. The Nature of the Problem; II. Paper-Making, from the Point of View of Permanence; III. Ink Manufacture, from the Point of View of Permanence; IV. Tests for the Permanence of Paper and Ink; V. The Influence of Light, Heat and Air on Permanence; Books and Documents; Chapter; VI. The Permanence of Bindings; VII. The Selection and Specification of Permanent Papers and Inks; VIII. Permanent Records : Methods of the Future; Subject and Name Index. Gluestain on front pastedown endpaper where bookplate removed, head of spine slightly bumped, otherwise Near Very Good. Seller Inventory # ABE-29447
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