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half-leather
noun
a type of half-binding in which the backs and corners of a book are bound in leather
Example Sentences
Houdek's costume was half-tuxedo, half-leather jacket - a sartorial illustration of the musical crossover.
Books bound in half-cloth or half-leather have the sides covered with paper; the latter often with cloth.
Frequently, in the smaller towns, there are still produced Bible histories, catechisms, and the like in half-leather bindings, tanned sheep-skin, the sale of which is likely to be large and assured for many years.
For extra half-leather work the backs are previously glued round on the book itself.
For leather or half-leather bindings a strip of wrapping paper or thin cardboard is cut.
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