Bookbinding - Wikipedia

Historical forms of binding include the following:

• Coptic binding
• Ethiopian binding
• Long-stitch bookbinding
• Islamic bookcover with a distinctive flap on the back cover that wraps around to the front when the book is closed.
• Wooden board 
• Limp vellum
• Calf-binding ("leather-bound") 
• Paper case 
• In-board cloth 
• Cased cloth binding 
• Secret Belgian binding
• Traditional Chinese bookbinding and Japanese stab binding
• Girdle binding

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