Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
hard bound (
hard binding
)
A book bound in cloth- or paper-covered stiff boards, as opposed to a book or pamphlet in a
SELF-COVER
, or a
LIMP BINDING
.
The term is not generally applied to handbound books covered in leather.
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