A list of 180 words by reesetee.
- pasteboardwas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
- bench sewnwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- buckramwas added by reesetee and appears on 40 lists
- binding edgewas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- binding copywas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- sheepwas added by reesetee and appears on 60 lists
- dust jacketwas added by reesetee and appears on 7 lists
- conjugate leafwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- damp stainedwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- embossedwas added by reesetee and appears on 15 lists
- gilt edgedwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- presentation copywas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- three-quarter bindingwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- foot-linewas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- platemarkwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- lithotintwas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- grangerizewas added by reesetee and appears on 15 lists
- strawboardwas added by reesetee and appears on 4 lists
- bone folderwas added by reesetee and appears on 7 lists
- interleavedwas added by reesetee and appears on 8 lists
- first editionwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- first edition thuswas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- dos-a-doswas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- breakerwas added by reesetee and appears on 24 lists
- bowedwas added by reesetee and appears on 8 lists
- frontiswas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- 4towas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- 12mowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- introuvablewas added by reesetee and appears on 11 lists
- cosway bindingwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- chamfered edgeswas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- blind toolingwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- manuscriptwas added by reesetee and appears on 31 lists
- caxtonwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- chain linewas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- wove paperwas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- scarcewas added by reesetee and appears on 25 lists
- chippedwas added by reesetee and appears on 8 lists
- blindstampingwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- armorial bindingwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- dandy rollwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- watermarkwas added by reesetee and appears on 12 lists
- toolingwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- tenderwas added by reesetee and appears on 131 lists
- edgewas added by reesetee and appears on 57 lists
- stippled edgewas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- startingwas added by reesetee and appears on 11 lists
- shakenwas added by reesetee and appears on 13 lists
- rubbedwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- text blockwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- recasedwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- reboundwas added by reesetee and appears on 24 lists
- rebackedwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- provenancewas added by reesetee and appears on 129 lists
- obversewas added by reesetee and appears on 51 lists
- mullwas added by reesetee and appears on 54 lists
- marriedwas added by reesetee and appears on 13 lists
- jointwas added by reesetee and appears on 63 lists
- gutterwas added by reesetee and appears on 42 lists
- glassinewas added by reesetee and appears on 22 lists
- footwas added by reesetee and appears on 54 lists
- extra-illustratedwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- copperplatewas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
- closed tearwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- wormingwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- hingewas added by reesetee and appears on 41 lists
- raised bandswas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- deckledwas added by reesetee and appears on 4 lists
- calenderwas added by reesetee and appears on 18 lists
- sexagesimo-quartowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- quadragesimo-octavowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- trigesimo-segundowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- vigesimo-quartowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- octodecimowas added by reesetee and appears on 4 lists
- scuffingwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- imperialwas added by reesetee and appears on 64 lists
- atlas foliowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- elephant foliowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- tree calfwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- tegwas added by reesetee and appears on 15 lists
- solanderwas added by reesetee and appears on 19 lists
- slipcasewas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- partswas added by reesetee and appears on 15 lists
- offsettingwas added by reesetee and appears on 7 lists
- nigerwas added by reesetee and appears on 11 lists
- mezzotintwas added by reesetee and appears on 13 lists
- levantwas added by reesetee and appears on 24 lists
- india paperwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- imprintwas added by reesetee and appears on 21 lists
- impressionwas added by reesetee and appears on 26 lists
- half titlewas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- quarter boundwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- half boundwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- guardwas added by reesetee and appears on 45 lists
- foolscapwas added by reesetee and appears on 42 lists
- ex libriswas added by reesetee and appears on 14 lists
- ephemerawas added by reesetee and appears on 138 lists
- drop titlewas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- running headwas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- catchwordwas added by reesetee and appears on 5 lists
- platewas added by reesetee and appears on 43 lists
- canceled leafwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- incunabulawas added by reesetee and appears on 69 lists
- variantwas added by reesetee and appears on 17 lists
- vignettewas added by reesetee and appears on 126 lists
- sextodecimowas added by reesetee and appears on 6 lists
- duodecimowas added by reesetee and appears on 7 lists
- demywas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- disboundwas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- dicedwas added by reesetee and appears on 5 lists
- dentellewas added by reesetee and appears on 11 lists
- doublurewas added by reesetee and appears on 10 lists
- cutwas added by reesetee and appears on 76 lists
- crushed moroccowas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- moroccowas added by reesetee and appears on 23 lists
- crownwas added by reesetee and appears on 64 lists
- mintwas added by reesetee and appears on 85 lists
- collationwas added by reesetee and appears on 33 lists
- chromolithographwas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- chapbookwas added by reesetee and appears on 21 lists
- calfwas added by reesetee and appears on 43 lists
- broadsidewas added by reesetee and appears on 40 lists
- bookplatewas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
- black letterwas added by reesetee and appears on 4 lists
- backstripwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- aquatintwas added by reesetee and appears on 11 lists
- aegwas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- association copywas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- pastedownwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- foliowas added by reesetee and appears on 35 lists
- octavowas added by reesetee and appears on 13 lists
- quartowas added by reesetee and appears on 17 lists
- quirewas added by reesetee and appears on 42 lists
- contemporarywas added by reesetee and appears on 56 lists
- signaturewas added by reesetee and appears on 27 lists
- sophisticatedwas added by reesetee and appears on 58 lists
- statewas added by reesetee and appears on 72 lists
- sunningwas added by reesetee and appears on 5 lists
- tailwas added by reesetee and appears on 50 lists
- tipped inwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- uncutwas added by reesetee and appears on 6 lists
- unopenedwas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- setwas added by reesetee and appears on 70 lists
- volumewas added by reesetee and appears on 42 lists
- wrapperswas added by reesetee and appears on 2 lists
- xylographwas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
- marbledwas added by reesetee and appears on 15 lists
- lithographwas added by reesetee and appears on 17 lists
- leaningwas added by reesetee and appears on 10 lists
- cockedwas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
- rectowas added by reesetee and appears on 16 lists
- versowas added by reesetee and appears on 22 lists
- japonwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- editionwas added by reesetee and appears on 28 lists
- issuewas added by reesetee and appears on 43 lists
- intagliowas added by reesetee and appears on 50 lists
- signedwas added by reesetee and appears on 6 lists
- inscribedwas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
- illuminatedwas added by reesetee and appears on 21 lists
- spinewas added by reesetee and appears on 57 lists
- headwas added by reesetee and appears on 86 lists
- gaufferedwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- gatheringwas added by reesetee and appears on 24 lists
- frontispiecewas added by reesetee and appears on 27 lists
- fore-edge paintingwas added by reesetee and appears on just this list
- fore-edgewas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- flyleafwas added by reesetee and appears on 19 lists
- etchingwas added by reesetee and appears on 15 lists
- engravingwas added by reesetee and appears on 13 lists
- devicewas added by reesetee and appears on 45 lists
- boardswas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
- laid paperwas added by reesetee and appears on 3 lists
- vellumwas added by reesetee and appears on 69 lists
- colophonwas added by reesetee and appears on 111 lists
- leafwas added by reesetee and appears on 69 lists
- endpaperwas added by reesetee and appears on 10 lists
- bumpedwas added by reesetee and appears on 7 lists
- headbandwas added by reesetee and appears on 20 lists
- giltwas added by reesetee and appears on 56 lists
- foxingwas added by reesetee and appears on 9 lists
uselessness commented on the list rare-books
This really is a fascinating list. I never would have guessed there was so much jargon related to this field! Or so much detail to be found in the construction of a book. I always thought it was just front cover, pages, and back cover. And if you want to get really technical, binding. Oooooh.
February 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the list rare-books
This is great R., now I know where to look when I'm puzzling my way thru ABE books, et al.
February 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the list rare-books
Thanks! Boy, it sure is bringing back memories, too....Nothing can make you woozier than wrapping up a first edition of Paradise Lost to ship to a customer via UPS, or cataloging an illuminated manuscript created in the 12th century. Amazing. :-)
February 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the list rare-books
Oroboros, I think AbeBooks has a glossary somewhere on its site. So does Powell's, I believe. :-)
February 22, 2007
nuxiy commented on the list rare-books
lithotint, oleograph, platemark.
March 25, 2009
hernesheir commented on the list rare-books
One of my "for one-dollar" scores at a book sale in the 1980's: 1st ed. in fine condition Western Tibet and the British Borderlands. I love the fold-out map of the plane-table surveying to achieve an early estimation of the height of Mt. Everest, and the chapter on what is one of the earliest descriptions of an attempt to scale a Himalayan peak.
December 2, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list rare-books
Woozy, eh? I heard a talk a few years ago by a man whose mentor had the opportunity to rebind an English-language Bible from a time when possession of an English-language version could have meant death for its owners. She described to him how she could still see the stains from when it had been hidden in some stables. Not long after she'd worked on it, she came down with a mysterious illness--the doctors finally figured out that she'd contracted the plague.
December 2, 2010
reesetee commented on the list rare-books
Hernesheir: Niiiice. You still have it, I presume?
Ruzuzu: The plague??
December 6, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list rare-books
Yeah... I know. Anthrax seems more likely, doesn't it?
December 6, 2010
reesetee commented on the list rare-books
Yes, it does!
No wonder I had so many problems with asthma when I worked with rare books.... ;-)
December 6, 2010
hernesheir commented on the list rare-books
I still have the book.
December 6, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list rare-books
I thought of you and hernesheir the moment I saw this: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/us/at-brown-university-stumbling-across-a-rarity-in-the-rare-book-room.html?_r=1
May 4, 2012
hernesheir commented on the list rare-books
Thanks for the interesting article, ruzuzu!
May 5, 2012
reesetee commented on the list rare-books
Thanks for the interesting article, ruzuzu--and sorry for the late reply!
August 30, 2012