Definition of Half binding

1. Noun. Book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another.

Generic synonyms: Back, Binding, Book Binding, Cover

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Binding

half-witted
half-yearly
half a dozen
half a mind
half adder
half amplitude pulse duration
half and half
half and half nail
half aunt
half axial view
half baked
half bath
half bathroom
half baths
half binding (current term)
half birthday
half birthdays
half blood
half bloods
half board
half boot
half brother
half brother-in-law
half brothers
half brothers-in-law
half cadence
half cadences
half cell
half cells

Literary usage of Half binding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1900)
"Folio, original half binding. With autograph of J. Roberts, the artist. Bangs', March 19, 1900. (461) $4.00 5599 COMMON-PLACE BOOK. ..."

2. Acts Passed at the ... Session of the General Assembly for the Commonwealth by Kentucky (1878)
"half binding, demy, less than six quires, sixty (60) cents; six quires or over, eighty (SO) cents per book. half binding, demy, spring backs, less than six ..."

3. The Home Library by Brander Matthews (1883)
"There are lovers of books who declare that half-binding is an ... And as the object of half-binding is to save the extra expense of full binding, ..."

4. The Home Library by Brander Matthews (1883)
"There are lovers of books who declare that half-binding is an ... And as the object of half-binding is to save the extra expense of full binding, ..."

5. Hints on Catalogue Titles: And on Index Entries by Charles Francis Blackburn (1884)
"half binding. Half roan, half calf, half morocco, half russia, mean that the back and corners of a book are covered wilh those leathers, and that marbled ..."

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