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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24604060, member: 26430"]I usually store my fragile and older (19th century) volumes flat. I think people do store them upright sometimes, especially if they're in good shape and you have other similarly sized books to stack them comfortable against on the shelf. But my favorite is to use a "clamshell" or "book box." (Partly because then you can safely stack them, otherwise flat books take up a lot of space.) There are archival ones made of non-acid boards or plastic. But I also just make DIY clamshells with an appropriate size box, adding some felt or sometimes a plastic sheet/bag (unsealed so it can "breathe"). To customize I print copies of the title page, etc., and glue or tape them to the cover & spine. The one below isn't exactly antiquarian, but my BMC Corinth (1889) used to be G.F. Hill's (1867-1948) & then Hermann Lanz's (1910-1998), so I take special care of it. Nothing pretty, this is just a normal cardboard book box; the lid also doubles as a nice book stand; can stand upright on shelf if arranged properly: [ATTACH=full]1563392[/ATTACH] I use these for old/fragile stuff, also certain thick folio types that are too heavy for their own weight, or anything I just want to be extra careful with (like the inscribed Sellwood Sassanian shown in a comment above).[/QUOTE]