Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
hanging-in
A technique used in edition binding in which the
TEXT BLOCK
and its endpapers are joined to the case. The text block is positioned in the casing-in machine; the cover drops down over it; and the two are pressed to form the book. (
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