The Long Halloween pages are way too delicate

Bro I swear this book is falling apart in my hands. I just started reading The Long Halloween and literally the first few pages are already trying to escape the binding. Like, I barely even opened it all the way and they’re just sliding out.

It’s such a masterpiece of a story, but damn—how are the pages this fragile? I feel like I need to wear gloves and turn the pages with tweezers or something. I get that it’s an older print, but still, it’s crazy how delicate it feels.

Anyone else have this issue? Or did I just get cursed with the world’s most fragile copy?