Ready to dig deep into a story and match the right books with the right readers. Blue cloth boards with gilt title on front and spine, clean and bright. The pastedown forms an essential part of a books structure, and along with the exterior binding of the book, comprises the hinge of the books cover. The hinge is the interior or exterior point on a book where the cover meets the spine. There is a previous owners name which has been marked over with a black marker on the front pastedown page. Endpaper repairs how to repair your favourite books. Abaa surfacing by margaret atwood search for rare books. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The front centers around an old, unsolved murder for instance, i was halfway through the book and was still trying to discern the plot of the book. Religion rare books and first editions bauman rare books.
The front cover label has a small stain, without dust jacket. For books from the rare book and special collections division. The hawthorn press, melbourne, 1970 used very good. Front pastedown replaced with archival cream colored paper to match textblock. Ed mcgiverns book on fast and fancy revolver shooting. Ed mcgiverns book on fast and fancy revolver shooting inscribed by author on front pastedown ed mcgivern on. Dj a bit rubbed in spots and with short tears at spineends.
Pastedown definition is the outer leaf of an endpaper that is pasted down to the inside of the front or back cover of a book. The pastedown is the half of the first sheet of endpapers which has been adhered to the inside of the boards or cover of the book literally. Corners scuffed, owners stamp on title page and front pastedown, signature on verso of front pastedown, some foxing on prelims, good. The womens institute at war 19391945 by julie summers, the american agent by jacqueline winspear, the war. The endsheet that is attached to the board is referred to as the pastedown. Also, the gutter between the ffep and front pastedown is a very common place to encounter damage to a book.
They are the traditional place to put bookplates, or an owners inscription. Aug 08, 20 slide the new crash under the pastedown and cover any gap between the fly leaf and the pastedown with japanese repair tissue. Ioba book terminology independent online booksellers. Pastedown the half of the endpaper which lines the inside cover. Oakley is best known for the church mice series of picture books 1970 to 2000, next for the foxbury force series 1994 to 1998. Davisons poem the ugly duckling taken from an unidentified source pasted to the front pastedown. Dodge, gilt to blindstamp bordered red leather label at front board. A board is made of thick, hopefully nonacidic, cardboard on the inside, but some older books have very acidic boards. Booksellers sometimes refer to the front endpaper as fep.
This introductory glossary of book terms will introduce you to all the parts. This book is 18 wider across the spine than the other two, for reasons unknown to me. Book listing appears in the front of the book as your trixie belden library available now with a brand new look and lists to sixteen, all numbered and in correct order. Technically, what we call bindings on most books today, where the text block is.
Sep 17, 2014 book cover or book board the front and back covers of books are often referred to as book covers or book boards as they are often made of bookbinding board and cover the book. Book covers, dust jackets, and casewrap books the book. Also available in digital form on the library of congress web site. The pastedown is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. Original boards refers to cardboardlike front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Mar 18, 2010 these are the front and back parts of a hardcover book. Very good with a faded spine, light edgewear, hinges just starting, an ink notation on the front pastedown. Popular wwii home front books goodreads share book. Remnant of removed book plate front pastedown, pages clean and unmarked. The pastedown keeps the text pages of the book in place, and fixed to the cover. Oct 19, 2017 the units of two or more leaves placed in the front front endpapers and back off or back endpaper of a book between its covers and text block. The hard cover of most commercially bound books is known as the. Each part of the covers is examined for its proper function and use.
The story unfolded slowly, allowing the reader to familiarize him or herself with the characters, and it was done so smoothly and was so well paced, you found yourself turning the pages quickly to. Book plate an ownership label, usually placed inside front cover. Buy the red line adventure book for boy by various, in good condition. The endpapers or endpapers of a book also known as endsheets are the pages that consist of a doublesize sheet folded, with one half pasted against an inside cover the pastedown, and the other serving as the first free page the free endpaper or flyleaf. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper edward davison. Original royal blue cloth, blocked with flowers in pink and green, lettered in black and gilt. It can be covered with paper, cloth, leather, or some other kind of material. With miniature bookplate of stanley marcus on front pastedown. Many have become collectible due to the designer or owner. An endpaper at the front of the book is called a front endpaper, while one at the back is called an off endpaper, or back endpaper. The front of the book is defined by the cover that the reader opens. Dark blue boards with gilt writing on front cover, gilt writing on spine faded. Landmark books are perhaps the most sought after out of print childrens books by homeschooling families. Endpapers in childrens books cotsen childrens library.
Childrens books rare books and first editions bauman. Reprint in book form of a poster printed in 1873 urging immigrants to consider settlement in dallas. The front free endpaper or ffep is also a common place to encounter signatures or inscriptions. Disbind to release the textblock from its cover by easing the tippedon endsheets away from the textblock and by slitting the super with a sharp knife or scalpel. An autographed letter from the author to viking dated june 22 nd in the original mailing envelope and regarding the purchasing of copies of queen moo, some mayan vocabulary, and a few printers errors in her book, a dream of atlantis, mounted on front pastedown. Before mass printing in the 20th century it was common for the endpapers of books to have paper marbling. Joint the joint of a book is the small groove which runs vertically down the book itself between the book boards book cover and the spine. The series originally published from 19511970 consisted of 122 volumes in the american history run and 63 in the world history run. Also, the gutter between the ffep and front pastedown is a very common place to encounter damage to a book, notably a cracked binding. Slightest of rubbing to jacket, small bookseller label on front pastedown, minor offset toning to endpapersprelims. Aubyn large contemporary darkblue gilt label to front pastedown elizabeth st. Crack in binding, all pages intact and unmarked, foxing and tanning to pages.
Book cover or book board the front and back covers of books are often referred to as book covers or book boards as they are often made of bookbinding board and cover the book. The following shows a book open, exposing its pastedown and endpapers these are called marbled endpapers. Sometimes the endpapers are used for maps or other relevant information. Definition for ffep in the glossary of book collecting terminology at. Covering material paper, leather, book cloth, buckram, synthetic book cloth, etc. Endpapers of the original run of books in the everymans library, 1906, based on the art of william morriss kelmscott press. The word new appears in brackets next to number sixteen and this was not present in my edition of book one. The terms for specific endpapers are front free endpaper ffep, back free endpaper bfep, front pastedown endpaper fpep and back pastedown endpaper. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription. Inside, its where the flyleaf front free endpaper meets the pastedown the endpaper which is pasted to the inside cover of the book. If the endpapers are torn and need repair, follow the instructions for repairing tears in an earlier post. The first book is a copy of one of newberys books for adults. The pastedown forms an essential part of a book s structure, and along with the exterior binding of the book, comprises the hinge of the book s cover. The hinges are a books weakest point so prone to problems, especially if the book is handled or shelved carelessly.
If the endpapers are replaced, clean as much of the old pastedown off the book board as possible. Po name scripted on front on inside front pastedown. The book construction blueprint continues with a discussion of the elements of the covers of casebound hardcover books, paper cover softcover books, and casewrap hardcover books. Broadside sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size a folio being a broadsidesize sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages. Pastedown definition of pastedown by merriamwebster. Lorne bair rare books specialists in the history, art, and. Wyeth which is lightly rubbed, internal illustrations are black and white and not by wyeth, some soiling and dampspots to covers, cloth at midspine a little wrinkled, some smudges within, one page with couple of short edgetears, light browning to page edges, otherwise. Thus, the front endpapers precede the title page and the text, whereas the back. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that also spans across the inside of the front board called the front pastedown via a fold along the gutter with the purpose of connecting the boards to the stitched textblock. Four by two inch dampstain at front hinge and several consecutive gutters. The red line adventure book for boy by various used good. The endpapers or endpapers of a book also known as endsheets are the pages that consist of a doublesize sheet folded, with one half pasted against an inside cover the pastedown, and the other. A paper illustration applied to the front cover of a book bound in cloth or boards. Front board has a color pastedown illustration of a battle scene by n.
Bookplate to front pastedown, else fine in a near fine, priceclipped dustjacket, quite bright, with a single short tear and three discreet tape mends verso. Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. Definition for pastedown in the glossary of book collecting terminology at. The history of gold discovery in victoria 0725600098 by. The childrens object book designed in england and printed by g. Red cloth binding, soiling and wear to edges and corners. In unusual circumstances ther may be only a single a single leaf. Bookplate label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book s owner. Boards the front and back covers of a hardcover book, today typically a.
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