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This is another example of water damage. This book has become partially wet. Because its pages were made of clay-coated paper and the book was not properly dried, the clay fused pages together where it came in contact with moisture. In this image you can see areas where paper fibers have torn where someone tried separating the pages. Separating these pages further would cause extensive damage to the book. This may not have been the case if it had been dried properly at the time it got wet.
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