hardback
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At a ranch high up in the Sawtooth mountain range, students sat on hardback chairs in the middle of a mountain meadow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Penguin Classics hardback is a lovely 853-page brick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
"It's very easy to say you don't like hardback books because they're heavy," he said.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Richard Jones, co-founder and publisher for Tangent Books in Bristol, said hardback brings huge financial value to the industry.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
My secret journal was an old hardback copy of The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, in which I spent hours writing in a tiny script between the tightly printed lines.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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