When shopping for used/ rare books, one sometimes comes across a usually old book with small yellow brown spots or blotches on the book's paper.
The Victorial and Albert Museum of art and design offers considerations on the ownership of a foxed book:
The cost of neglect and poor quality repairs is high. Because books are not usually decorative objects in their own right, and thus not displayed, there is often a resistance to the cost of professional conservation.
Damp conditions in your home library would encourage mold growth, and will cause iron contaminants to rust.
(http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/caring-for-your-books-and-papers/)
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