Octavo (book)
Octavo (book) A book in the octavo format is made from sheets of paper ...
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Octavo
Octavo Octavo has more than one meaning: In bookbinding and publishing, octavo indicates the book size which results when eight leaves of the book are created from a standard size ...
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Book   (translated from French)
Book After folding a printed sheet is called one book. A sheet flat gives the broadsheet = a ... pages. folded into two 3° fold gives octavo = eight layers 16 pages. folded into two ... square back (pocket delivers). See too Numerical book
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Octavo (Discworld)
Octavo (Discworld) In the fictional Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, the Octavo is the Creator's own grimoire and thus the most powerful book of magic on the Discworld. Despite its ... plain; it is a large, yet unimpressive book bound by brown leather, with an illustration ... are imprisoned on its pages, giving the book sentience. It somehow came into the ...
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Book size
Book size It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Book formats. ( Discuss ) The size of a specific book is measured from the head to tail ... to indicate the approximate size of a book. These terms are derived from the number ... x 25") when each signature of the book is printed. For example, a quarto ...
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Book burning
Book burning Many readers find an image of burned books provocative. Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying ... fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times ... a fictional future society that has institutionalized book burning. Burning books is often associated with ... works considered "un-German". Many people find book burning to be offensive for a ...
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Book formats
Book formats It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Book size. ( Discuss ) Books come in a wide ... terms are widely used by booksellers and book aficionados: Folio Quarto Octavo Duodecimo Sextodecimo These traditional names are based ... their folds are cut. In the modern Book trade there are many other names ...
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The Book of Sand
The Book of Sand "The Book of Sand" ("El libro de arena") is ... terribly infinite. The story appears in a book of the same name, the Spanish language ... The New Yorker; the entire volume The Book of Sand (ISBN 0525475400) was published in ... and/or ending details follow. The titular "Book of Sand" is the Book of ...
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The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly
The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly The publication entitled The Colophon, subtitled A Book Collectors' Quarterly or A quarterly for booklovers ... others who were well-known in the book world then and who are now. It ... 1948, the name The New Colophon:A Book Collectors' Quarterly was used by Philip Duschnes ... public and college libraries, often in rare book and special collections libraries. Issues of ...
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Bookbinding
Bookbinding Old book binding and cover Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate sheets of ... the time created a form of simple book called a codex by folding sheets of ... sizes and styles varied considerably, and each book was a unique creation or a copy ... of four categories: A hardcover or hardbound book has rigid covers and is stitched ...
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