shelfworthy

comparative more shelfworthy · superlative most shelfworthy

1. Good enough to be kept or displayed on a shelf.

   All materials must be shelfworthy for deposit at the SRLF. Volumes may be boxed or enclosed in archival containers if necessary.

   1999, Jutta Reed-Scott, Library Storage Facilities, Management, and Services

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   On the other hand the small, individual ones, especially those shaped as fruits, pagodas, cottages etc., though eminently shelfworthy, are very expensive.

   1964, John Bedford, Looking in junk shops, page 220