{"id":10,"date":"2026-10-03T03:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/looking-after-second-hand-books\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T03:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:45:26","slug":"looking-after-second-hand-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/looking-after-second-hand-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking after second-hand books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A second-hand book has already had one life. A little care helps it last for the next reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Keep them out of direct sunlight.<\/strong> Light fades spines and makes paper brittle over time.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Avoid damp and heat.<\/strong> Do not store books in a basement, an attic or against an outside wall. Steady, dry room conditions are best.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Shelve them upright<\/strong>, with books of similar height next to each other, or lay large heavy books flat.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Do not pull a book out by the top of the spine.<\/strong> Push the neighbouring books back slightly and take it by the middle.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Dust gently<\/strong> with a soft, dry brush or cloth, from the spine outwards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Musty smells and loose pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A musty smell often fades if the book is left to air in a dry room for a while. If you see mould, keep the book away from your other books and ask for advice before trying to clean it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avoid sticky tape on loose pages or torn covers: it yellows and damages the paper. A bookbinder or a bookshop that deals in old books can tell you whether a repair is worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple ways to keep older books in good condition at home: light, damp, dust and how to handle them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-margina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}