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... FOLDED Unsewn , unstitched ; usually of leaflets and the like , if the implication is that the piece was so issued ; but occasionally referring to some accidental failure to complete the process of book production ; e.g. ' a remarkable ...
... FOLDED Unsewn , unstitched ; usually of leaflets and the like , if the implication is that the piece was so issued ; but occasionally referring to some accidental failure to complete the process of book production ; e.g. ' a remarkable ...
Page 91
... folded to form its constituent leaves : modified when necessary by the subsequent make- up . Thus in a folio each sheet has been folded once , in a quarto twice , in an octavo three times ; the size being thus respectively a half , a ...
... folded to form its constituent leaves : modified when necessary by the subsequent make- up . Thus in a folio each sheet has been folded once , in a quarto twice , in an octavo three times ; the size being thus respectively a half , a ...
Page 94
... folded to the size of the book and before it is combined in proper order with its fellows for binding . The SHEET is the printer's unit , the LEAF the bibliographer's : the gathering is the binder's . In octavos the gathering normally ...
... folded to the size of the book and before it is combined in proper order with its fellows for binding . The SHEET is the printer's unit , the LEAF the bibliographer's : the gathering is the binder's . In octavos the gathering normally ...
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19th century advertisements antiquarian auction bibliographical bibliophile binder binder's term blank boards book-collecting books printed booksellers bound British Museum calf called CANCELS catalogues century books COLLATION collectors COLOPHON colour common commonly covers decoration described distinct dropped letter dust-jacket earliest edges EDITION-BINDING Encyclopædia Britannica endpaper English engraved errata slip examples facsimile folded folio FORE-EDGE PAINTING GATHERING gilt half half-title ideal copy illustrations impression INCUNABULA inserted issued labels LAID paper leaf leather LEVANT loose manuscript MARBLED margin MCKERROW means Michael Sadleir misprints modern books MOROCCO normally number of copies occasionally octavo pamphlets PART-ISSUES plates printed books printer PRIVATE PRESS proofs publication published PUBLISHER'S CLOTH quarto QUIRES rare rarity re-backed RE-CASED RE-JOINTED reference book sections signed seldom sewn sheet SHORT-TITLE signature sometimes specialised spine style of binding tion title-page TRADE BINDING uncut usually variant vellum volume word wrappers