Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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library corners

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A book corner in which the covering material, instead of being cut and abutted, has the excess taken up in two diagonal folds, one under each turn-in. The library corner is the standard corner used by library binders in the United States. Also called "Dutch corner. Cf: SQUARE CORNER . See also: CORNER MITERING ;ROUND CORNER .

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