Book repair for bookthinkers how to replace endleaves. The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a books cover. The pastedown is the part of the endleaf that is glued to the inside cover, while the flyleaf is the part not glued onto the cover. Definition of pastedown with photos and pictures, translations, sample usage, and additional links for more information. Part i of a video of aran galligan replacing endsheets on a library book at sojourner truth library at suny new paltz. Jun 27, 2014 bookbinding developed gradually, with the availability of materials and prevailing tastes dictating the details. A paper dust jacket with gustavus vassa on the front surrounds the leather cover.
Previous owners vintage bookplate on pastedown endpaper, else near fine in a vg dust jacket missing a couple of small chips. End paper design by cecil aldin, pickles, showing the naughty puppy running round in a circle with green ribbons. Well, to be strictly, pedantically, bibliographically accurate the blank leaf glued to the inside cover is called the pastedown, the blank leaf facing the pastedown is called the free endpaper the one at the front is the front free endpaper, often abbreviated to ffep, the pastedown and free endpaper together are called the endpapers, any other blank leaves are. The pastedown is the endpaper glued inside the cover. Chemical analysis by microwave rotational spectroscopy. Store hours our springsummer hours are monday through saturday, 10 am to 5 pm. The book has a brown leather cover with gold colored lettering. Aug 08, 20 slide the new crash under the pastedown and cover any gap between the fly leaf and the pastedown with japanese repair tissue. First leaf, prefatory letter from repton to colonel woodhouse, aug. In the standard no pastedown picture book the end paper is typically a solid color of paper that is separate from the page count. This book is a group of essays about britain and its supremacy at sea. The earliest method of employing this style of endpaper was to fold the stubs toward the text block and then to sew. On leather linings, end pages, and how we construct our covers.
The front free endpaper or ffep is also a common place to encounter signatures or inscriptions. Jul 22, 2019 an endpaper or endsheet for print ondemand books versus printing on press books. For monographs and ordinary periodicals, the paper used in the construction of endpaper must have a basis weight of 60 pounds 24 x 26 500 and must meet the following. Covers have light wear, but very good overall with no sun fading.
Jan 17, 2018 the free endpaper is the inner leaf of an endpaper secured at its binding edge to the first or last page of a book. Thus, the front endpapers precede the title page and the text, whereas the back endpapers follow the text. Trade card on verso front free endpaper, designed by repton and engraved by thomas medland. The free endpaper, is opposite the front pastedown, and is free. Head square small protective flange at the top of the book created by the cover and back boards being larger than the book leaves. Previous owners vintage bookplate on pastedown endpaper, else near fine in a vg dust jacket missing a couple of small chips item. The book of the pioneers was created as a record of those who arrived in the valley of the great salt lake during 1847, including the names, ages, autographs, and places of residence of all known survivors on 24 july 1897, the year of the jubilee. Book plate an ownership label, usually placed inside front cover. This endpaper was sewn through the fold along with the text block, one on each side of the text block. Free endpaper typography terms glossary typography.
Unlike print ondemand books, books printing on press have the endpaper or endsheet that are twice the width of the text page dimensions. Endpaper repairs how to repair your favourite books. If you included the past down side of the endpaper it would account for. All in all, parks has fashioned a splendid bibliographical tool. Tail the tail is the bottom part of the book hinge the hinge of a book is the section between the cover boards and the spine. The free endpaper is the inner leaf of an endpaper secured at its binding edge to the first or last page of a book. A hardcover book titled the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the african written by eqiano olaudah. Endpaper definition of endpaper by the free dictionary. Pastedown definition, the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book. Half of the endpaper is pasted to the inner face of the boards pastedown endpaper while the other half is effectively a blank page free endpaper. The pastedown forms an essential part of a books structure. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that also spans across the inside of the front board called the front pastedown via a fold along the gutter with the purpose of connecting the boards to the stitched textblock. An endpaper or endsheet for print ondemand books versus printing on press books. The pastedown endpaper is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book.
Although there are a number of resources online describing the parts of a book, i havent always been satisfied with what ive found. Marbled pastedown or endpaper from 19th century book binding. If the endpapers are torn and need repair, follow the instructions for repairing tears in an earlier post. Also, the gutter between the ffep and front pastedown is a very. Sep 17, 2014 often these end papers will be of heavier weight and decoratively patterned often marbled with a cloth hinge for reinforcement. Mavis of green hill bar harbor book shop mystery cove. The widespaced lines on the frame were known as chain lines and were typically spaced about 1 inch apart. Jan 17, 2018 the pastedown endpaper is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The portion of the endpaper that is pasted to the cover of a book. This piece of paper is pasted down to the cover and then theres one more page front and back of this color paper before the title page. Hand marbled pastedown or endpaper from 19th century book binding.
The pastedown forms an essential part of a books structure, and along with the exterior binding of the book, comprises the hinge of the books cover. Hand marbled pastedown or endpaper from 18th century book. Endpapers form a hinge between the boards and the book, and they. These extra thick papers are pasted over the inside front and back cover over the binding and to the first and last page of the text block to take up the strain of opening the covers of the book. The units of two or more leaves placed in the front front endpapers and back off or back endpaper of a book between its covers and text block. Pastedown the half of the endpaper which lines the inside cover. As well giving a neat finish to the cover, endpapers play a big part in a books strength and durability. Pastedown definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Line up the board with the top, bottom and fore edge of each cover.
An obvious function of many endpapers is to cover the inside of the book. The pastedown keeps the text pages of the book in place, and fixed to the cover. Cover thick paper or board that attaches to and protects the book block. Thus, the front endpapers precede the title page and the text, whereas the back. Endpapers are found at the very front and back of the book.
As a result of this purpose, the paper quality of the ffep is generally of a heavier. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with some foxing. Sometime during the years 15201570 in oxford it became popular to use a fullsize leaf of parchment or vellum for the pastedown with a paper flyleaf middleton 1963, 40. Depicted are the coverboard, text block, foreedge, head, tail, headcap, tailcap, headband, tailband, spine, hinge, joint, endsheet also known as the. Endpaper definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Slide the new crash under the pastedown and cover any gap between the fly leaf and the pastedown with japanese repair tissue. Pastedown definition is the outer leaf of an endpaper that is pasted down to the inside of the front or back cover of a book. The previous owner has clipped a 1923 poem by baldwin from a newspaper and tipped it to the pastedown endpaper, which has caused some offsetting to the free endpaper. Hinge fold in endpaper between pastedown and fly leaf. Endpapers in childrens books cotsen childrens library. Boards are mildly rub worn, with some light shelf wear to spine, edges and corners, corners are bumped.
Because the interior hinge is subject to so much wear, it is often one of the first parts of a book to become damaged. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano. Once the books boards were attached, one side of the leaf was pasted down to the board, becoming the pastedown, whilst the other side protected the. Endleaves, or endpapers are the first blank leaves of paper you come across when opening the book, and the final blank pages at the end. Front pastedown endpaper pasted down to the inside of the front board. Tarzan of the apes, with, the return of tarzan, with, the. Although books look sturdy, the only thing that holds them in their cases is a folded sheet of paper called an endleaf also called an endsheet or endpaper. Mavis of green hill bar harbor book shop mystery cove book. The number depends on the size and weight of the book. When calling out the dimensions of a book, we use just the size of the text page. Affixed to the front pastedown, across from the inscription. The earliest method of employing this style of endpaper was to fold the stubs toward the text block and. If the endpapers are replaced, clean as much of the old pastedown off the book board as possible. Heres an example of an end page we did this week with burgundy leatherette.
Approximate date 1925, snce hurd was active in that decade. To reduce the spread of coronavirus covid19 in new york city, all nypl locations are temporarily closed until further notice. Pastedown definition of pastedown by merriamwebster. The endpapers or endpapers of a book also known as endsheets are the pages that consist of a doublesize sheet folded, with one half pasted against an inside cover the pastedown, and the other serving as the first free page the free endpaper or flyleaf. The endpapers or endpapers of a book also known as endsheets are the pages that consist of a doublesize sheet folded, with one half pasted against an inside cover the pastedown, and the other serving as the first free page the free endpaper or. Many have become collectible due to the designer or owner.
A vellum or parchment pastedown with a paper flyleaf was still employed but the. The pastedown is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The endpaper at the front of the book is called the front endpaper, while the one. No markings or highlighting other than previous owners blindstamp and namesticker on initial pastedown and endpaper. Name of blank pages book printing binding ask metafilter. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or. An exlibrary copy with stamps on each edge of the textblock, a callnumber sticker taped around the spine, bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, library marks and stamps to verso of titlepage, barcode label and docket on rear pastedown endpaper. Once the books boards were attached, one side of the leaf was pasted down to the board, becoming the pastedown, whilst the other side protected the books text as either the front or rear endpaper. An endpaper at the front of the book is called a front endpaper, while one at the back is called an off endpaper, or back endpaper. Second leaf, general impression of landscape and improvements. As nouns the difference between flyleaf and pastedown is that flyleaf is a blank page at the front or back of a book while pastedown is the part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book s cover.
The pastedown forms an essential part of a book s structure, and along with the exterior binding of the book, comprises the hinge of the book s cover. Pastedown endpaper typography terms glossary typography. As a result of this purpose, the paper quality of the ffep is generally of a heavier weight than. As nouns the difference between flyleaf and pastedown is that flyleaf is a blank page at the front or back of a book while pastedown is the part of an endpaper that is pasted to a books cover. Wire lines and chain lines in the early days of paper making wet pulp was laid in a kind of wire mesh frame and the water was shaken out of it, the paper made using this process was called laid paper. There are inscriptions on the front pastedown endpaper and the front endpaper. Pastedown definition of pastedown by the free dictionary. In unusual circumstances ther may be only a single a single leaf. A pastedown endpaper can be added to the board if desired. The first book is a copy of one of newberys books for adults. Bookbinding developed gradually, with the availability of materials and prevailing tastes dictating the details. One of the more overlooked aspects of book design was the creation of endpapers.
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