Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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The INNER MARGIN , or the margin between the point where the sections or leaves are joined and the edge of the print. In books that read from left to right it is the left-hand margin of a printed recto, corresponding to the right-hand margin of the verso. Also called "gutter margin." (102 )




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