Glued book leaf
A pastedown is the half of an endpaper that is glued to the inside of a book's cover.
When you open a hardcover book, the pastedown is the paper you see lining the board, while its other half—the free endpaper or flyleaf—remains unattached and turns with the pages.
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Glued book leaf
A pastedown is the half of an endpaper that is glued to the inside of a book's cover.
When you open a hardcover book, the pastedown is the paper you see lining the board, while its other half—the free endpaper or flyleaf—remains unattached and turns with the pages.
1. bookbinding — endpaper, Leaf connecting binding, cover; flyleaf (Blank page in books); spine (Column of vertebrae); hardcover (Rigid-bound book format); signature · gathering · sewing · cloth · leather · marbled · boards · hinge · gutter · mull
ENDPAPER ATTACHMENT STATUSpastedown ≠ flyleaf Blank page in books
down, paste, pasting, pasted, pasteboard, pastiness, pastelike, pastier, pastiest
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