library edition
Sturdy book version
A library edition is a book manufactured for institutional use, typically with reinforced binding, stronger stitching, and more durable covers than standard trade editions.
Libraries purchase these versions because they withstand repeated borrowing and handling: The library edition costs more but lasts ten times longer.
The term sometimes applies to deluxe or collected editions marketed to serious collectors, though this sense is secondary.
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- collectorOne who gathers items
- book collectorOne who gathers volumes
- bindingLegally or morally required
- dust jacketRemovable paper book cover
first printing · gold leaf · slipcase · letterpress · archival · limited run · numbered · signed · folio · coffee table book · acid-free · endpapers · frontispiece · bibliography · scholarly · annotated · definitive · morocco
library editionpaperback
Book with flexible cover
softcover · trade paperback · pocket edition · cheap edition
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