Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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Extra thick

A term used by library binders to indicate a book greater than a stated specified thickness, usually 2 1/2 inches. The significance of the term is that library binders generally impose an additional charge for each inch or fraction thereof in excess of the prescribed "normal" thickness.




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