/lit/ - Literature

Day 4 and the fair is over. This thread has been way more popular than I expected. Before it gets nuked, I've made an address where any of you can reach me in case you have any other questions or, God forbid, you'd like to buy a book. Here it is - bookshopguy@protonmail.com.

>>20126387
Georgian, I think. At first it looked like Coptic to me but it's not. It's a manuscript and I can't read Georgian. Sorry.
Picrel 15c Old Church Slavonic.

>>20126542
It is possible that a book looks like fresh out of the press even if it's 50. For older books it's usually easier unless there is no date. If there is no date then you must find some salsa referring to the date of print of the book or at least the decade.
That's symptomatic for French and English books. Always use the last date available, alternatively, try finding it on WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/ . Compare the number of pages of the various editions and you should be able to identify it. As I mentioned earlier, I don't work much with 20c books so I don't have this problem. Almost forgot, you should be able to see the various editions of the book by the ISBN, that should expedite your search.
Anon, as soon as you realized that you wasted time, you won't waste it again, right?

>>20126845
I am not sure about the physics behind the practice but it should alleviate the pressure from the strings that keep the spine and the textblock together. This in turn should prevent spine cocking and panel detachment. I've seen more than one experienced bookseller doing this for long term storage but I'm not entirely sure how and why exactly.

>>20126548
Post the title page and I will identify / appraise it for you. Most of the digitalization is done by libraries that are either state-run or university libraries. I don't think you can just walk in and demand something to be digitalized, you'd have to donate/sell them the book for them to get in the system. Alternatively, see google books, there should be a page describing the process of posting digitalized books.