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Every wood yellows and then browns with age. The only way to keep a finish light in color is to use a pickle finish. Just a white stain. You can also find waxes with a whitish base mixed in, those would be the easier DIYer recipe.
Be careful with waxes on bookshelves. The solvants mixed in will transfer to the books and cause futher deterioration. The only finishes good for books are polyurethanes, polyesthers and epoxies, the two latter being almost impossible to master for most people.
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