quarter-bound

British

adjective

(of a book) having a binding consisting of two types of material, the better type being used on the spine

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This cloth quarter-bound hardcover book is printed on tactile, uncoated papers, and will be available to purchase at this release event.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

A standing rule of every printing and binding establishment should be to allow one-eighth of an inch trim margin for the fore-edge, head, and tail of all stitched tablets and quarter-bound cut-flush books.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David

Post 8vo, quarter-bound antique grey boards or red cloth. 2s. 6d. net: Double Vols., 3s. 6d. net.

From A History of the United States by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

To trim quarter-bound cut-flush tablets or pads which are bound two or more on a sheet, as in the case of receipts, trim the fore-edges, cut all the tails alike, then the heads.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David

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