library binding

American  

noun

1. a tough, durable cloth binding for books.

2. the production of books that are bound with library binding.

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Etymology

Origin of library binding

First recorded in 1900–05

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library binding

A brilliant young librarian recognised the Bodleian library binding and the scars of the chains: it cost them £3,000, also raised by a public appeal, to get the book back.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2012

In library binding the term generally means that all edges have been trimmed even.

From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey

Perhaps more money can be wasted through ignorance of the comparative values of different kinds of leather which it is permissible to use in library binding, than in mismanagement of any other part of binding.

From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey

Perhaps nothing better shows the difference between old methods of library binding and new than this one item of back-lining.

From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey

In the original Everyman's edition these were entirely unsuited for library use, but in 1910 they were all put into a strong library binding.

From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey

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