Subject: Terminology: wrappers, limp bindings
... [This question is from Elma Sanders, the fine arts editor at the Art and Architecture Thesaurus ] She has been working on the Documents Types hierarchy [of the AAT] which includes books. She had a specific question re. wrappers. Here goes. "Is there a difference between 'limp bindings' and 'wrappers' with regard to books? Does 'wrappers' imply some thing temporary or unfinished? Are wrappers attached, bound onto the text block?" Colleen **** Moderator's comments: I'm not sure whether or not responses to these terminological questions should be sent privately to Colleen or posted to the DistList. For the time being, use your own judgment and restraint. If people don't complain, I'll post whatever comes in. To get it out of the way, and to save others the trouble, the RBMS thesaurus _Binding Terms_ gives Wrappers [A physically attached flexible cover for a book. Cf. Dust Jacket] UF Paper Wrappers NT Cloth wrappers Printed wrappers Vellum wrappers RT Limp Bindings NB it is pointed NOT: BT Publishers' bindings *** Conservation DistList Instance 5:51 Distributed: Friday, April 17, 1992 Message Id: cdl-5-51-005 ***Received on Friday, 17 April, 1992