Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic

Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Size: 5x1x8; Since the 1950s, our country's greatest libraries have, as a

Size: 5x1x8; Since the 1950s, our country's greatest libraries have, as a matter of common practice, dismantled their collections of original bound newspapers and so-called brittle books, replacing them with microfilmed copies. The marketing of the brittle-paper crisis and the real motives behind it are the subject of this passionately argued book, in which Nicholson Barker pleads the case for saving our recorded heritage in its original form while telling the story of how and why our greatest research libraries betrayed the public trust by auctioning off or pulping irreplaceable collections. The players include the Library of Congress, the CIA, NASA, microfilm lobbyists, newspaper dealers, and a colorful array of librarians and digital futurists, as well as Baker himself-who eventually discovers that the only way to save one important newspaper is to buy it. Double Fold is an intense, brilliantly worded narrative that is sure to provoke discussion and controversy.

Size: 5x1x8; First edition stated. Slight outward slant to front board and a

Size: 5x1x8; First edition stated. Slight outward slant to front board and a faint isolated small stain (water? ) to top edge of text, but overall book is very sharp cornered, clean and crisp including dust jacket in mylar. Lightly read if at all.

First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. (libraries, newspaper, paper, conservation, microfilms)

First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. (libraries, newspaper, paper, conservation, microfilms)

First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.

First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.