Book Collecting Terms

Don't know your deckle from your hinges? If you happen to be a bibliophile and a collector, you might be interested in the terminology offered at Book Collecting & Bookselling Terms: Illustrated Glossary. Knowledge of these words is especially important if you want to sell one of your treasures and need to describe its condition. I didn't even know books have hinges -- "Inside, it's where the flyleaf (front free endpaper) meets the pastedown ... "

What's particularly pleasant about this listing are the linked illustrations and a small collection of articles about the basics of book collecting and conditions and further resources. These reference pages are courtesy Empty Mirror Books by Denise Enck, who appears to specialize in the Beat Generation.