bound book![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Book whose signatures are sewn together and bound inside a rigid cover made of leather, fabric or paper.
tail edge ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Surface forming the bottom side of a book’s signatures; it is occasionally gilded.
fore edge ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Surface forming the open side of a book’s signatures; it is occasionally gilded.
back board ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Board constituting the rear face of the cover.
corner ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Corner angle of a board covered with skin or fabric whose color differs from that of the board.
flyleaf ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Sheet of endpaper that is not glued to the inside of the board.
top edge ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Surface forming the top side of a book’s signatures; it is occasionally gilded.
square ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of the boards that overhangs the edges.
front board ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Board that makes up the front of the cover.
raised band ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Horizontal projection on the spine of the binding; it is molded to a strip of leather or board.
spine ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of the binding that connects the boards and is opposite the fore edge.
joint ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The hinge of the cover between the spine and boards of a binding.
headcap ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of the covering material folded over at the top and bottom of the spine.
headband ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Decorative embroidery that reinforces the book at the top and bottom of the spine.