Re: SHARE: New life for used books CAUTION

[Sandra Dews <SandraDews@AOL.COM>]

I sent this earlier, but it hasn't appeared.  Apologies if it gets posted
twice.

Back in the 60's, my dad and I once found boxes of old hardcovers by dumpster
in back of a library.  We took them home and looked through them, but they
were really old.  We washed the covers and my dad brushed some adhesive on the
inside covers and the loose sides.

Then he separated the books into piles by thickness.  Sometimes, two thin
books would equal one thicker book.  Then he got a bunch of plywood and began
laying the books out like a jigsaw puzzle, gluing them to the plywood.  He had a
layer of plywood, then a few layers of books, all glued together.

Anyway, he created a really neat set of end tables and a coffee table in the
end, with all the books spine out around the sides.  They were covered with
glass.

Sandra Dews
Teen Services Librarian
EPL, Cleveland, OH
Sandradews@aol.com



Then, he got a bunch of plywood and began

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