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For new works, some publishers print unbound manuscripts which a binder can collate and bind, but often an existing commercially bound book is pulled, or taken apart, in order to be given a new binding. Once the text block of the book has been pulled, it can be rebound in almost any structure; a modern suspense novel, for instance, could be ...
The title-page of the Shakespeare First Folio, 1623 Single folio from a large Qur'an, North Africa, 8th c. (Khalili Collection). The term "folio" (from Latin folium 'leaf' [1]) has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing: first, it is a term for a common method of arranging sheets of paper into book form, folding the sheet only once, and a term for a book ...
Binding waste can also help to provide a date, and in some cases a location, for the manuscript or printed texts which it accompanies. Binder's waste, derived from discarded books, has been distinguished from 'printer's waste' ( proofs and misprinted sheets) and 'bookseller's waste'.
In double-sided printing, each leaf has two pages – front and back. In modern books, the physical sheets of paper are stacked and folded in half, producing two leaves and four pages for each sheet. For example, the outer sheet in a 16-page book will have one leaf with pages 1 (recto) and 2 (verso), and another leaf with pages 15 (recto) and ...
Restoration involves returning a book or manuscript to as close to new condition as possible with the use of more invasive techniques and less retaining of original materials. [5] Preservation is an umbrella term which encompasses conservation and restoration; however, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably when referring to library and ...
Modern model of Coptic binding with eight sections. In bookbinding, a section, gathering, or signature is a group of sheets folded in half, to be worked into the binding as a unit. [1] Twelve gatherings can be seen in this spine-side view of a book being bound. The section is the basic building block of codex bindings.
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