Yep, the glue in
spines of those old books could deteriorate and crack.
Blogger and artist Mary Green (of the Green Paper blog) made these wonderful bookmarks from
the spines of old books.
Not exact matches
Twilight has already thickened into Prussian blue, and candlelight gutters against the
spines of many
books; the coffee table is an
old hatch cover, highly varnished but scarred beneath the gloss.
There were the turn -
of - the - century bronze - and - silver vases and the
old books with worn leather
spines that I'd collected at flea markets.
So now I can contribute to the Hardy Boys franchise all over again by buying the
books, this time in e-book format instead
of those wonderful
old Blue
Spines.