There are 26 lettered copies half-bound in black Asahi cloth and hand-made marbled paper. |
Book is brown leather half-bound, raised bands, gilt lettering, original owner's name blind-stamped in gilt at heel of spine, old book publisher's label on front pastedown. |
Books forwarded in boards, and finished with leather backs and corners, are said to be half-bound. |
Leather pieces pasted on the corners of a half-bound or three-quarter-bound book. |
That is, it gets worn at the hinges and on the back, whether full or half-bound. |
The paper or cloth which covers the greater part of the surface of half-bound books is usually inartistic and even ugly. |