endpaper
Cover's inner lining
Endpapers are the sheets of paper at the front and back of a hardcover book, one half pasted to the inside of the cover, the other half forming the first or last leaf.
They reinforce the binding and provide a transition between cover and text block.
Endpapers are often decorative—marbled, colored, or printed with maps or patterns: The vintage atlas had beautiful marbled endpapers.
Blank page in books
- pastedownGlued-down endpaper
- endleafBook's interior lining sheet
- frontispieceBook's introductory illustration
- colophonBook's production statement
bookplate · signature · gathering · folio · recto · verso · leaf · quarto
Streaky fat distribution
- giltCovered with gold
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- motifRecurring thematic element
- embossingRaising designs from surfaces
tooling · printed · illustrated · watercolor · filigree · calligraphy · illumination · hand-painted
Column of vertebrae
- sewnJoined by thread
- glueBonding substance
- adhesiveMaterial that bonds objects
- casingEnclosing cover or frame
signatures · hardcover · bookbinder · rebinding · leatherbound · clothbound · perfect-bound · thread
Assembling pages into volumes
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- restorationReturning something to condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
craft · leatherwork · gilding · tooling · sewing · stitching · antiquarian · bespoke
flyleaf
Blank page in books
- pastedownGlued-down endpaper
- endleafBook's interior lining sheet
- frontispieceBook's introductory illustration
colophon · bookplate · signature · gathering · folio · recto · verso · leaf · quarto · octavo
marbling
Streaky fat distribution
embossing · tooling · printed · illustrated · watercolor · filigree · calligraphy · illumination · hand-painted · silkscreen
spine
Column of vertebrae
casing · signatures · hardcover · bookbinder · rebinding · leatherbound · clothbound · perfect-bound · thread · tipping
bookbinding
Assembling pages into volumes
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- restorationReturning something to condition
conservation · craft · leatherwork · gilding · tooling · sewing · stitching · antiquarian · bespoke · handiwork
vellum
Prepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically
- acid-freeLacking corrosive compounds
archival · linen · mulberry · washi · cardstock · board · paste
- book artillustration, book covers, frontispiece, book cover art, cover art
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- book collectingbibliophiles, first editions, rare books, first edition, antiquarian
- Book Coversbook cover, cover art, cover design, cover image, dust jacket
- bookbindingbookbinding, bookbinder, sewing, hand-bound, leather repair
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books