The pages of the book are still joined at the folds and uncut.
The edge folds of the signatures unsevered. Many books in the last century were so issued; the reader was expected to have the binder do the job or to open the pages with a paper-knife.
The leaves of the book have been folded but not cut, making it impossible to flip single pages for reading, without first cutting the folds to make individual sheets. See
a book with signatures which have never been cut as opposed to untrimmed and uncut. Unopened books retain the folds of the original gathering and contain many pages which cannot be read without first cutting the pages open.
When neighboring leaves have not been separated with a paper knife.
A term applicable to any book that contains signatures, which have never been cut. Unlike an untrimmed book, which contains pages having uneven edges, an unopened book still has the folds of the original gathering. Many of its pages cannot be read unless they are first cut open with a knife or scissors. An unopened book is particularly attractive to some collectors, who prefer that it to never have been read. See also SIGNATURE TRIM UNCUT
When folded edges of the pages of the bound pages remain joined together and have not been sliced open. Unread.
used in the technical sense that the folded sheets that make up the book have not been severed at the folds - some leaves are still joined together along the outer edges.
a book which has never been cut and retain the folds of the original gathering and contain many pages which cannot be read without first opening the pages with a knife.
When folded edges of the pages of the bound text block remain joined together and have not be sliced open. Unread.
Newspapers of eight pages were printed on one huge sheet which was folded twice, by hand or machine. They were then delivered, with the tops of the pages still joined where folded, to patrons who cut, or opened , them with knives. often elaborately designed for the purpose. Occasionally papers turn up which have not been cut along the tops of the pages, and are still "unopened" as printed. The term does not mean that no one has ever looked inside the paper, as some incredulous novices seem to think.
The leaves of the book are still joined at the folds, not slit apart.