in boards ( in-board binding, in-board forwarding )
1. A book which has had its edges cut after the
boards have been laced-in. In-board forwarding,
although infrequently used today, was the
principal method of craft bookbinding for
centuries and in many respects is still the finest
technique of forwarding, as it treats bookbinding
purely as a craft. It also enables the bookbinder
to achieve more accurate SQUARES . It is an
abbreviation of "cut in boards." Cf: OUT OF BOARDS . 2. A
term occasionally applied to an economical style
of binding common in 18th and early 19th
centuries, consisting of pasteboards covered with
paper, usually blue sides and a white spine. (343 )
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