Category: Condition/Processing Fail
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Eat Dirt!
Soil Testing Manual: Procedures, Classification Data, and Sampling Practices Day 2001 Submitter: I work in an engineering library. This is the sort of book vandalism only engineering students would do- please note the careful workmanship. The knife never punctured the cover, and the letters were lifted off without tearing them…
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The Joy of Home Winemaking
The Joy of Home Winemaking: Create Your Own Vintage Wine Stein 1973 Submitter: This gross specimen comes from my local library. It clearly has been used in the wine making process. Look at those stains! I know wine should age, but I am not sure this is what they had…
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Chew on this!
Everyone Eats Kuo 2012 Submitter: I think this one wins the Irony of the Year award. One of my colleagues asked whether we should bother re-ordering this one. I suggested maybe we see if there’s a more sturdy, less appetizing version first. Holly: The irony just drips!
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RIP Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables Montgomery 1987 (paperback) original copyright 1908 A friend sent me some scans of this poor book from an elementary school library. It was only recently weeded, but had looked awful for years. This paperback had been in the collection for years and had great circulation. Obviously…
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Well I Never!
(No idea what book this is…) Submitter: This came in from Brodart today. A real smack in the face! Holly: Ha ha! So it’s presumably “F” for Fiction and “You” is either the first three letters of the author’s last name, possibly the entire author’s last name, or maybe the…
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Label-Palooza
(No idea what book this is…) Submitter: I think you might enjoy this photo of a book with a serious case of label overload. It appeared in the book drop today. It’s a discard from a public library’s book lease collection. Holly: What I want to know is where you…
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