Alas tho' the hours grow late, as I reread the thread of this horrid memory and ponder the thoughts of jco, narf, aussie, yoc, darwin and cimmerian I could do not but retrieve my KO KOMICS from it's casketed tomb to revisit the analysis of the grade since attentiveness to detail was not in the forefront of my thoughts at that moment of dire transgression.
So here I sit with tome in hand
to study yet again... again.
The definition of browning to brittleness before given in an intended offhand way not meant to specify that particular of a detail has seemingly come full circle to a presentation as truth which gives me cause to cry once more.
Tho' the cover retains a goodly amount of gloss and pliabilty with a definite lack of browning in comparison to the interior pages the results of those interior pages are not so positive to report.
I see now that those interior pages do have a strong browning and edge brittleness which before was easy to glance over the seriousness of it since the book itself with the solid cover and tightness of the staple presented itself as an old but still solid book.
The removal of the staple certain was akin to the opening Pandora's box as the 4 outer pages of the spine being weakened by the rough handling of the antistaple maniac caused the separation of the spine on those pages.
and it would not be that hard to see it continue thru the rest of the pages I fear.
It is interesting to see the exterior cover paper's strength in comparison to the interior, the interior weaknesses must just being due inherent to age and average general exposure, the paper quality at manufacture probably not being worth bragging rights in the first place.
I suppose I have now calmed enough since time heals all wounds to carry a more level re-evaluation of the episode.
The fact that I took a readable book, ie meaning on which could be held in hand, pages turned, albeit with much care, and replaced in it's mylar seemingly unscathed
and ended up with four loose split pages and an unstapled book cannot be looked at in any way except a boner move. The fact that it containing a Kirby cover and a designation of scarce 20 to 100 copies in existance doesn't help the matter any
but I have resolved the issue somewhat in that the book being defective to start with removes a certain portion of the pain so the heart does not bleed quite so profusely as at first
and the balm provided by the peers does promote a certain soothing coolness so I may speak in thanks to you all for your attentiveness.
HEY, we all love these things or what?? A book like this is going to retain some value regardless of who mucked it up so i'll just chalk it all up to experience and have a better go at it next time!
So back it goes to it's mylar complete with a little spec of paper floating there. If it ever comes back out again it will be for trade or sale purpose I surmise.
Cheers
and long live all scanners.