lurker question re: book durability

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "jillily3g" <jillily3g at y...> 
wrote:
> I was directed here after trying to post on the main list. [must 
try 
> to keep topics straight...]
> 
> I would like to replace my many-times-lent hardcover copies of CoS 
> and PoA that have sections falling out, yet what I see on the 
> shelves appears to be just like what I have. Does anyone have any 
> suggestions on durable copies? Do the paperbacks last just as well?
>  
> Beth

You lent your books MANY TIMES?  AARGH!
You need to make your borrowers wear white gloves and read your 
copies in a dust-free, laminar airflow, climate-controlled room.

-Haggridd (who advises you to buy new copies, preferably of the 
Bloomsbury clothbound children's editions.)