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ˈhalf-bound, ppl. a. Of a book: Having a leather back and corners, with cloth or paper sides: cf. half-binding.
1775Sheridan Rivals i. ii, They were half-bound volumes, with marble covers! 1863Bookseller's Catal., Half bound morocco. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts I. 424 If the book is ‘half-bound’, instead of ‘whole-bound’, the leather is limited to a strip at the back and a short distance from the back to each side, and to the corners. |