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ˈhalf-ˌbinding orig. U.S. [Cf. half-bound.] A style of binding of books in which the back and corners are of leather, the sides being of cloth or paper.
1821M. L. Weems Lett. III. 325 [Books] in neat half binding, red backs, and corners. 1864in Webster. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 87. 1881 A. Lang Library 67 In half-bindings there is a good deal of room for the exercise of the collector's taste. |