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Torley
11/21/08

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These are kind of like inverse pop-up books in that the covers are pop-up but the insides, for the most part, appear to have been kept as-is. Very creative!
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
11/21/08

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STOP CUTTING OLD BOOKS APART FOR "ART'S SAKE"!

Sorry. Do it with repros. Same with stmpnk ruining cool old machinery
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Grey_Area
11/21/08

@Evil Tortie's Mom: I think these are goregeous but share your problem with the process too. The cut edges do look unaged, these may be print bound on pages of newsprint. I hope so, although I probably wouldn't bother reading any of these titles the sight of these pieces would cause any self-respecting pulp-novel collector to reach for his pearl-handled .45.
It might be like those horrid speculators that cut up antiquarian atlases and natural histories to sell individual plates in galleries. Seems awful but honestly, can you or I afford to buy one of the original volumes in its entirety?
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bakana
11/21/08

@Grey_Area: He probably gets these things for like 25 cents a pop at a used book store. It's not like he's pulverizing a Ming vase to make something out of.

These books are hardly one of a kind, not literary treasures, and not worth getting all precious about.
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Grey_Area
11/21/08

@bakana: True dat. Still gives a bibliophile like me some mixed feelings and thoughts. But ain't that one of the reasons for art.
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Grey_Area
11/21/08

@Grey_Area: It's not like he's burning books. If anything, this celebrates books and may make the viewer want to read some two-fisted tales of yore.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
11/21/08

@bakana: Funny, my local used bookstore puts these in a locked case and sells them for way more than a quarter.
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Grey_Area
11/21/08

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YAAYY! I'm helping!
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