Men in groups Tiger 1969 Submitter: Today’s submission is one of the worse condition books I have ever seen on a shelf. I know budgets are stretched thin, but there seems little reason to put so much effort in to this
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Immature Humor Alert!
Billy, the Condominium Cat Slobodkina 1980 Submitter: “Billy, the Condominium Cat” – what could go wrong? Holly: This is a children’s book, so hopefully they won’t catch the joke because they won’t know what a condom is. On the other
All that was left was a carcass…
Guinness World Records 50th Anniversary Edition 2005 Submitter: I can’t give any other pictures of this book, because the front and back covers were ALL I found on the shelf. Seriously. They were shelved correctly, I guess, but there’s not much
RIP Anne Frank
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Frank
This edition: 1993
Here’s a good example of a book that every public library should have, regardless of its copyright date. There is no question as to its usefulness to patrons. When you find an item like this on your shelves, though, it needs to be replaced. It is quite literally falling apart. The pictures here only show the front and back cover, but the pages were stained and brown and falling out too. I’m embarrassed to admit that this example is from my very own, beloved library. That’s right, folks, we’ve got skeletons in our closet too. We weed regularly, and we lay hands on our items through physical inventory regularly, too.