Half binding

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English

noun

"A style of binding in which the spine and part of the side of the book, as well as the four corners, are covered with one kind of material, e.g., leather, cloth, etc., and the sides with another material, e.g., cloth or paper. In this style of binding the spine covering usually extends onto the boards about one-fourth of their width, with the corners in harmonious proportion."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Half binding". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 21 August 2015.</ref>

Half cloth, Half leather, Half linen

Quarter-binding

Translations

• Dutch: [[halfband|status=preferred}} French: demi-reliure<ref name="Kuhn">Kuhn, Hilde. Wörterbuch Der Handbuchbinderei Und Der Restaurierung: Von Einbänden, Papyri, Handschriften, Graphiken, Autographen, Urkunden Und Globen in Deutscher, Englischer, Französischer Und Italienischer Sprache. Stuttgart: Hettler, 1969. Print.</ref>, status=preferred|source=ICA}}Crespo Nogueira, Carmen, ed. ICA Handbooks Series : Glossary of Basic Archival and Library Conservation Terms : English with Equivalents in Spanish, German, Italian, French and Russian. Munchen, DEU: K. G. Saur, 2010. ProQuest ebrary. Web. http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/lib/asulib/detail.action?docID=10591270</ref> {{Concept translation|language=de|label=Halbband<ref name="Kuhn" />1

• Italian: mezza legatura<ref name="Kuhn" />

• Spanish: media pasta1, holandesa1

{{Concept translation|language=sv|label=Halvband]]

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