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well-bound, ppl. a. Said of a book. Also fig.
1649G. Daniel Trinarch, Hen. IV st. 265 Whose Volumes Numberless Nature doth Summe In one Compendious Abstract; Well-bound Man! 1781Cowper Table-T. 745 To see the name of idol self, Stamp'd on the well-bound quarto, grace the shelf. 1845Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 220/2 Most well-bound books have a little appendage at the top of the back-edge, called the ‘head-band’. 1880Daily News 19 Oct. 4/7 The rubbishy but well-bound book keeps its place on the shelves. |