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Question on books with mildewy smell - Edit 1

Before modification by Tom at 14/10/2013 09:08:40 PM

I have about three books that I really, truly like that smell sort of mildewy ("old book smell". I have heard that freezing will destroy the smell but "not the spores". My library is very dry - humidity is probably around 25% - but I don't want spores all over it. I already have the spots for the books in places where they will have limited exposure to other books, but am I running a risk? Is there anything else I can do? I've read about this on the Internet but haven't gotten any definitive answers.


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