The part of the book nearest the fold

The application of glue on the spine of the book after which gauze is apply follow by a second layer of glue whereby the head and tail band together with the crepe paper are attached

To trim the edge of printed material so as to cut into the print area

The chipboard forming the internal structure of the case

The main part of a book

see cover material

Adhesive-bound using a burst or perforate back

A cover consisting of two boards, a hollow and a cover material

Forming the case by gluing the boards to the cover material

Gluing book into a hard cover, as with textbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias

Inserting the book block into the case

A centre opening where the print travels across two pages

A board made up of pasted layers of pulp. Used for the cases of a case bound book

Bringing together the folded signatures/sections in their proper order of a book i.e gather and collate

The paper, card or board to which the body of the book is secured. The cover of an casebound is called a "case"

Cover for case bound either of woven cloth or paper base

Paper attached at the back lining stage over head and tail bands to add strength to the spine

To stamp in such a way as to leave a depressed area on the finished piece

A soft cover glued to a book block

A plain paper test copy

The cut edges of a book

see casebound

To stamp in such a way that a raised image is left on the finished piece

A sheet folded once use to glued to the outside signatures used for casing-in

Large printed sheet folded to produce a signature of 4,8,12,16,24 or 32 pages

The bottom of the book

The front of the book; the margin on the outside edge

To apply a thin golden foil on the edges of a book

A paper cover glued to the back of a book

The direction in which the majority of fibres lie in a sheet of paper

An imposition term; internal gap between facing pages

see Quarter-bound

The top of the book

Decorative ribbons attached to the head and tail of the spine of a case bound book

The distance between the edge of a folded signature and the final trim at the head of a book. Minimum 1/8", often 1/4 "

The joint of a flexible-covered book; see Joint

A score approximately 1/4" up from the spine of a soft cove book, designed to allow the cover to open without stressing the glue that holds it to the text

A strip of board in the centre of a case to stiffen the spine

Arranging the pages of a book for printing; this determines how folding is done

A glued-in section or two signatures saddled into one

Paper dust-cover over the case

The parts on either side of a book block on which the boards hinge; the abutments formed for the case in rounding and backing

Oblong loose or folded sheet or book having its longer sides as head and foot

Two backing pages of a book

Binding with a soft cover

see Imposition

A method of sewing a book-through the sides instead of the backbone

The grinding of the spine usually about 1/8" in perfect binding

A coarse variety of muslin which forms the first lining of a casebound book

Pressing book blocks after sewing to remove bulk and air

One book per clamp, as in magazine binding. see two-up

Edges adhesively bound for easy peel-out

One side of a leaf

The page number of a book

Unsewn binding in which collated text are roughen and milled at the back and hot adhesive applied and cover drawn on.

Adhesive binding, where signature folds are not cut off but perforated

Holes punched to let out air or let glue in

An upright image or page

A casebound book with stronger back and corners

A case bound book that with the foredge concave and the spine edge convex

A method of stitching by placing them open astride a saddle-shaped and stitching through the back normally with chromed wire

To mechanically press a grove onto heavy paper or board to make it easy for folding

A cover printed on the same sheet of paper on the text page

Fastening together the sections of a book with thread

A projection by rounding and backing to help to hold the book in the case

To bind by wiring or sewing the sheets together sideways

A box, usually cloth-covered board , which holds a book or a set of books leaving spines exposed to view

Pressing a book in a machine , after sewing to compress the pages and expel air between them. Also know as "nipping"

see limp binding

The bound edge of a book or its cover

The back of a book that is bound but not rounded also call flat back

The impression of letters, normally gold or silver

The bottom edge of the book

see Smyth sewing

A book cover glued to the body of the book at the back

Gluing a separate sheet on or in

The trimming of the head, tail and foredge of a book block

Binding in units of two which are subsequently cut in the middle making two books

The edges of the cover material which overlaps the cut edge of the book block, as e.g in a soft bible