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| BOOK TERMINOLOGY |
| BOOK PLATE | An ownership label, usually placed inside front cover. Many have become collectible due to the designer or owner; others actually lower the value of books printed in the last 50 years. |
| DIMPLE | An indentation, such as on a golf ball, on covers or pages. Considered a defect, if not part of decorated covers. |
| DOG-EARED | Worn or ragged, usually referring to the edges of pages and binding. Corners of pages turned down like a dog's ear. Considered a defect. |
| DUST JACKET | The separate paper covering for a book. While originally intended for protection, these have become an important part of modern books, often including information about a book not found elsewhere. |
| EDITION | All of the copies of a book printed at the same time from the same setting of type. |
| ENDPAPERS | The double leaves added to the book by the binder that become the pastedowns and free endpapers inside the front and rear covers. These pages are an integral part of the binding of a book, holding the text block and case together. The lack of them drastically shortens the value and life of a book. |
| EX-LIBRIS | Usually found on bookplate referring to "from the books" of John Doe, etc. From a private library, as opposed to a public library. Could also be a stamp. |
| FAIR | A book that is very worn, but all of it's important parts, and dust jacket, must be present. May be soiled with tears, endpapers missing, etc. Such defects must be noted in descriptions. |
| FINE | A book that has no defects in book or jacket, but not as crisp as it was when new. |
| FLY-LEAVES | Plain papers at front and rear of book after endpapers. |
| FOXING | The brown age spots thought to be caused by impurities in paper(e.g.: acid, exposure to humidity, etc.) |
| FREE ENDPAPER | Front and rear blank pages added by the binder. |
| GOOD | A book, or dust jacket in average used and worn condition - complete with all its parts. |
| HARDCOVER | A book whose case is made of stiff boards, as opposed to wrappers. |
| INSCRIBED | Signed by the author or someone associated with book, but with more wording than simply a signature. |
| LAMINATE | The thin plastic layer covering the dust jacket of some books. |
| LIMITED EDITION | Small number of copies of book published. Books are usually numbered such as "100/500" meaning number 100 of an edition of 500. |
| LOOSE | When a book has been read carelessly or too often, and has become loose and sloppy in its binding. |
| OUT-OF-PRINT | A book no longer available from the publisher. It is no longer being printed and no copies remain available for sale. |
| PAPERBACK | A book bound with flexible paper covers; usually a term reserved for mass-market publications. |
| PLATE | A special page containing an illustration or other extra information; often printed on glossy paper. |
| PRESENTATION COPY | A book inscribed by the author to someone else of importance to the author, the book, or society in general. |
| PRICE CLIPPED | The price on the inner flap of a dust jacket has been cut off. |
| PROVENANCE | Evidence of the history of the ownership of a particular book (e.g.: auctions records, booksellers' records, book plates, etc.) Important in establishing the ownership of especially rare items. |
| PSEUDONYM | An assumed name used to protect the anonymity of an author. |
| REMAINDER | A new book returned to the publisher as unsold, then re-marketed at a much lower price. |
| REMAINDER MARK | A mark (rubber stamp, felt marker stroke, or spray, often on a book's bottom edge) signifying that the book was returned to publisher as unsold, and then sold at a much lower price. Considered to be a defect. |
| RUBBED | Where color has been worn from portions of the binding or dust jacket. |
| SIGNED | Signed with a name only, and no other text included. |
| SLIPCASE | A box built to house and protect a book, leaving the spine exposed. |
| SPINE | The backbone, or back, of the book where the title (if present) is displayed when it is standing upright on a shelf. |
| STICKER DAMAGE | A price sticker has been roughly removed resulting in surface damage to the underlying material. |
| STICKER GHOST | Sticker has been left on book for some time, and the glue, reacting chemically, has discolored the surface. |
| SUNNED | Browning, yellowing, or fading of paper or binding as a result of sun exposure. |
| TITLE PAGE | The page which gives important information about the book (i.e.: title, author, publisher, date, etc.) |
| TOOLING | The decoration of leather bindings. |
| TRADE PAPERBACK | When the cloth-bound trade edition is issued by the same publisher, sometimes simultaneously, but bound in wrappers. Because the same sheets are used, such issues are often quite larger than paperbacks published for mass-market distribution. |
| UNCUT | Edges which are rough-cut, rather than being neatly trimmed by the binders. |
| UNOPENED | When folded edges of the pages of the bound text block remain joined together and have not been sliced open. Unread. |
| VERY GOOD | Very light wear to book, and/or jacket; no large tears, or major defects; One of the most often used terms. |
| WATERMARK | A faint identifying design, usually in quality paper. |
| WRAPPERS | The printed or unprinted cover of a pamphlet or book bound in paper. |
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