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Preventing Books from Becoming Musty

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 23, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 12.

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Preventing Books from Becoming Musty

An effective way to prevent books from becoming musty and possibly moldy in moist weather is to place a few drops of oil of lavender and Canadian balsam in a back corner of each shelf. This will not injure the bindings of leather books as sulphur compounds do, but helps preserve the bindings. The two substances are easily obtained.—Scientific American.