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half binding

–noun Bookbinding.
a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
Also called half leather.


Origin:
1815–25
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half binding  
n.  A bookbinding in which the back and often the corners of the volume are bound in a material differing from the rest of the cover.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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