Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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manila

A color and finish of a paper resembling that at one time obtained in paper manufacture from manila fibers, but which contains no manila, i.e., hemp stock. Manila paper is sometimes used for the covers of brochures and like publications, and for lining the boards of leather bookbindings. (17 , 339 )




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