side sewing
A method of securing the leaves of sections of a
book with thread near the binding edge, from front
to back through the entire thickness of the text
block. When a book is said to be side sewn, it is
implied that the text block does not consist of
individual sections which are first fastened by
themselves and then to each other, but that all of
the leaves are sewn through at one time. Side
sewing is an extremely strong form of sewing;
however, it affords very little openability,
unless the inner margin is very extensive, the
paper is very flexible, e.g.,JAPANESE SEWING , or
the book is very large, e.g., an unabridged
dictionary. Also called stab sewing. Cf: SIDE STITCHING .
(92 , 183 , 320 , 339 )
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