Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
overcast cloth joint
A reinforcement used to strengthen the attachment of the cover to a text block. One side of a strip of cloth is sewn to the shoulder of the text block and the other side is pasted to the inside of the board. (
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