Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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moisture proofness

The ability of a material to resist the passage of water, either in the liquid or vapor form. In book materials, generally, it indicates a material with unusually low WATER-VAPOR PERMEABILITY . See also: WATERPROOF ;WATER RESISTANCE .




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