Friday, November 13, 2009

Free For All Friday: Can You Name the Parts of a Book?

Can you name the physical parts of a book? See if you can name the term for each description below. Note: In the interest of brevity I do not name specific page content. (Answers follow.)


  1. The front and back covers
  2. The small groove where the books boards attach to the book that bends when a book opens
  3. Raised areas on a book's spine (These once resulted from cords that anchored the book covers but are now mostly decorative.)
  4. The bottom of the book, especially at the spine
  5. One or two pieces of paper that attach the cover to the book block
  6. This bends when the book is opened.
  7. The trimmed edge opposite the spine (hint: it sometimes can be painted or gilded)
  8. A decorative colored cloth band that protects the spine
  9. The inside pages that make up a book
  10. Protective paper or plastic that wraps around the covers of hard bound books for protection and often display artwork, title and author of the book
  11. The cover surrounding a paperback book
  12. The blank page(s) following the front free end paper
  13. The top of the book, especially at the spine
  14. A part of the book binding consisting of half of the end paper glued to the inside cover of the book
  15. The binding that joins a book's front and rear covers where the pages hinge


Answers:
  1. Book Cover or Book Board
  2. Joint
  3. Raised Band  
  4. Tail
  5. Endsheet or Endpaper
  6. Hinge
  7. Fore edge
  8. Headband 
  9. Text block or book block.  
  10. Dust Jacket or Dust Wrapper 
  11. Wrapper
  12.  Flyleaf
  13. Head
  14. Paste down
  15. Spine

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