How to Open a New Book

In honor of the new moon, May 11?

• How to Open a New Book

“If a book be large one, take it gently in both hands, and hold it with the back on a smooth or covered table. Allow the front cover to open and then the other, holding the leaves in one hand, while you open a few leaves at the back. Then open a few leaves in the front, and so on, alternately opening the front and the back, gently pressing open the sections until you reach the center of the volume. Do this two or three times and you will obtain the best results. If you open the book carelessly or violently in any one place you will quite likely injure the volume, break the back bindings and loosen the leaves.

• Harper and Brothers, NYC

How to Open a New Book

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My books are available online or in Austin at the Rock Shop.

The image is from one of the coolest bookstores, antiquarian, collectible, and just plain esoterica?
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Cheever Books
3613 Broadway
San Antonio, TX
210/824-2665