Rudimentary for you maybe, this video is designed for people with a lesser knowledge of books and book collecting. Terms connected with book conditions will be handled in a separate video. Bindings will be handled in a separate video and so on. Readers don't become collectors overnight so we intend to start with the basics.
Loved this - thanks for the video! I know our library volunteers will really appreciate this. Perhaps you can add one for different terms - especially those pesky 4to or 8to (quarto, octavo, etc.) sizes! Thanks!
Working at a library I've tried for a while to try and accurately describe damage to books looking at diagrams online, but I was apparently misinterpreting them. Wish I would have thought to look for this video a year ago. Although, I am still confused about what the flyleaves are, I thought they were the free endpapers.
Hello, thanks for watching. According to John Carter's book ABC For Book Collectors the two terms have the following definitions: Fly-leaf: Strictly speaking, this term means a binder's BLANK additional to, and following, the free front endpaper. It is, however, often used of the free front endpaper itself. Endpaper: With rare exceptions, endpapers are not part of the book as printed. They are the double leaves added at front and back by the binder, the outer leaf of each being pasted to the inner surface of the cover, the inner leaves (or free endpapers) forming the first and last of the volume when bound or cased.
The Brits make fun of deckle edge books sold in U.S.. Since it's fake and all. Deckle = faux uncut pages, it's entirely an affectation. Brits do this defensively because we give them a hard time about the terrible paper Brit publishing has a history of using to save $.
Too rudimentary: What happened to the terms you normally hear: such as foxing, folio v verso, bottom edge, singnatures, foliation, shoulder notes, reverse bevelled boards, deckle edges, unrubricated, device on verso, gutter to top, mottled calf, etc. etc.??? Most book enthusiasts have more than a Grade 5 education so expect a somewhat higher level of bibliophilic explanation.
very explanatory video, thanks!
Thank you for the video and all the illustrations on the web page. Perfect for what I needed to know.
Books amaze amazed my feelings. I'm going to be at the library today.
I loved this video! Thank you so much for all the information, it was very enlightening :)
We're glad you enjoyed it @Teresa Thevercad
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Thanks. This was a good lesson on the anatomy of a book.
Rudimentary for you maybe, this video is designed for people with a lesser knowledge of books and book collecting. Terms connected with book conditions will be handled in a separate video. Bindings will be handled in a separate video and so on. Readers don't become collectors overnight so we intend to start with the basics.
Loved this - thanks for the video! I know our library volunteers will really appreciate this. Perhaps you can add one for different terms - especially those pesky 4to or 8to (quarto, octavo, etc.) sizes! Thanks!
What are the grooves, for your thumb, in the book block called?
A very good idea to give a reader this information
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Very illustrative.
This is great! Thank you.
Such an education. Thank you very much for this!
Working at a library I've tried for a while to try and accurately describe damage to books looking at diagrams online, but I was apparently misinterpreting them. Wish I would have thought to look for this video a year ago. Although, I am still confused about what the flyleaves are, I thought they were the free endpapers.
Hello, thanks for watching. According to John Carter's book ABC For Book Collectors the two terms have the following definitions:
Fly-leaf: Strictly speaking, this term means a binder's BLANK additional to, and following, the free front endpaper. It is, however, often used of the free front endpaper itself.
Endpaper: With rare exceptions, endpapers are not part of the book as printed. They are the double leaves added at front and back by the binder, the outer leaf of each being pasted to the inner surface of the cover, the inner leaves (or free endpapers) forming the first and last of the volume when bound or cased.
what about the flyleaves?
Many thanks
woo I didn't know there were so many parts. thank you for letting me know.
Love this video helps me so much
Thanks for watching.
Great Video!!!
I’m an aspiring writer. I feel it’s my responsibility to know the parts of a book.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
What is a "frontispiece"?
Isn't that a picture in the front of some books?.
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The Brits make fun of deckle edge books sold in U.S.. Since it's fake and all. Deckle = faux uncut pages, it's entirely an affectation. Brits do this defensively because we give them a hard time about the terrible paper Brit publishing has a history of using to save $.
Too rudimentary: What happened to the terms you normally hear: such as foxing, folio v verso, bottom edge, singnatures, foliation, shoulder notes, reverse bevelled boards, deckle edges, unrubricated, device on verso, gutter to top, mottled calf, etc. etc.??? Most book enthusiasts have more than a Grade 5 education so expect a somewhat higher level of bibliophilic explanation.
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