Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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wallet edge

A type of limp binding which has the covering of the lower cover, along the entire length of the book, overlapping the fore edge of the book, terminating in a tongue which is inserted through a slot in the upper cover. See also: YAPP STYLE . (140 )




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