Was delving through some old packing cases that had not been unpacked since we moved in 1972 and came across this old book from 1834 called Lakes of Scotland published by Joseph Swan of Glasgow.
It's got a little dampish and hopefully I have rescued it in time.
I have another similar book but with water colours - it is safe and secure and in good condition.

Frontispiece


The first article is on Loch Lomond where I grew up

wow, what a find! There are some good ways to preserve these books, even with some water/moist damage. Moist can easily damage books - either directly or indirectly (breeding place for molds and insects) so they must be treated well.
At least it's from 1834 - paper quality was still good then.

If I had known it was in the box I would not have put it in the cellar!

There were a few books there, that one was the earliest, others are dated 1860, 1895, 1899, 1905, 1911.

Even found a passenger list for 2nd Cabin Passengers on the RMS Campania sailing from New York to Liverpool Oct 21 1905 and my uncle and aunt are listed as passengers.

Edit: RMS Campania had quite an interesting history, at one time holding the Blue Ribbon for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic and then in WW 1 being eventually converted into n aircraft carrier.
The first ever purposely built sea plane for aircraft carrier use was named after this ship the, Fairey Campania

HMS Campania
Fairey Campania
RMS Campania:


Passenger leaflet:

What a great find that Capania passenger List is. Just reading the Back page "Information for Passengers" Just look at that exchange rate for Dollars to Pounds £1 = $4.95 wow

SD