Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

first binding

The original binding of a library book. The term is not generally used with reference to the binding of serial publications. but to the binding of pamphlets in self-covers, paperback books, sewn books in temporary covers, or books in gatherings. (129 )

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Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

first binding

Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology