Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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pulls

Metal handles, or pieces of tape or ribbon, attached to the tail of a book or the base of a shelf, case, or file box for convenient removal. Pulls were used frequently on large blankbooks in which case they were usually riveted or laced to the center band.




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