Do not cut books except with a proper ivory paper knife.
It is ruination to a good book not to cut it right through into the corners.
Do not turn the leaves of books down. Particularly, do not turn down the leaves of books printed on plate paper.
If you are in the habit of lending books, do not mark them. These two habits together constitute an act of indiscretion.
It is better to give a book than to lend it.
Never write upon a title-page or half-title. The blank fly-leaf is the right place.
Books are neither card-racks, crumb-baskets, or receptacles for dead leaves.
Books were not meant as cushions, nor were they meant to be toasted before a fire.
Valets and maids appear to take kindly to the packing of everything except books. I will therefore say that only small quantities (twelve volumes to twenty) should be packed in a parcel. Boxes, either wine-cases, or boxes specially made, should be used. Books being very solid and heavy should be packed in strong cases, and the method of packing them should be to place them upright alternately on back and edge in layers. By this means they can be fitted tightly to the case they are meant to travel in. Leather bound volumes should be wrapped up singly before being packed, and the box should be carefully lined with paper so that any roughness on the wood of the box may not damage the volumes.
Book and parcel post volumes should have three or four thicknesses of paper, and if bound volumes a strawboard on either side as well as paper.