Roycroft
An old term applied to full leather or paper-bound
books bound by the Roycroft Bindery, in East
Aurora, New York, and founded by Elbert Hubbard in
1896. The books were not backed and had the covers
glued to the lined spine. The covers were flexible
and were not turned in but overlapped the head,
tail, and fore edge. Sometimes the covers were not
attached to the text block by any other means
other than cords laced through holes drilled from
front to back of the entire text block at the
binding edge. This style was popular for suede
leather bindings. (256 ).
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