yappn.
/jap/, U.S. /jæp/ Name for a style of bookbinding in limp leather with overlapping edges or flaps.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun]
antiquing1728
royal binding1808
Russia binding1817
gothique1818
half-binding1821
Roxburghe1839
paper cover1843
trade binding1874
tree-calf1879
Grolier1880
yapp1883
cloth-work1885
publisher's binding1885
tree-marble1885
treed calf1892
presentation binding1893
quarter leather1894
quarter calf1896
three-quarter binding1897
library binding1903
circuit-binding1909
publisher's cloth1911
quarter binding1912
loose back1923
open back1923
spring-back1923
spiral binding1949
1883 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. VII. 313 Yapp, as applied to binding, is the name of the binder [sic] who originally employed the style now so known.
1889 Rep. Artisans Paris Universal Exhib. 31 Bagster & Co. have a good variety of work in the Bible line, especially their india-rubber kid-lined Yapps.
1910 Athenæum 26 Feb. 239/1 In velvet persian, yapp edges, boxed.
Derivatives
yapped adj. /jæpt/ made in this style.
/jæpt/ made in this style.ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adjective]
full-bound1705
super-extra1774
half-bound1775
Etruscan1792
antique1794
Russia-bound1808
vellum-bound1836
vellum-covered1836
quarter-bound1842
cloth-bound1860
limp1863
cottage1874
monastic1880
parchment-bound1881
yapped1882
all along1888
Grolieresque1889
Maioli1890
perfect1890
treed calf1892
Lyonnais1893
hardback1894
dos-à-dos1952
perfect bound1960
spiral-bound1961
spiral1977
1882 Publishers' Circular 15 Feb. 163 Bagster's Bibles. In Sheep Yapped, with Elastic Band.
1894 Guardian 31 Oct. 1712 An ingenious method of appending markers to Bibles with yapped or overlapping bindings.
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