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Keywords: Sewn, Lbi, Bookbinder, Endpapers, Book

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The pages of a book, sewn or adhered into one unit.

http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/preservation/bgloss.html

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The entire "group" of leaves in a book, usually sewn or stapled together.

http://www.acaeum.com/library/definitions.html

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A group of signatures or leaves that form the book before it receives its cover. Conservation

http://www.lib.umd.edu/TSD/PROGRAMREV/procppglossary.html

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The main body of a book containing all the pages with printed words and images. It does not include any of the papers added by the bookbinder, such as the coloured endpapers and covers.

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/preservation/glossary.htm

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Leaves of a volume after they have been bound together. ( LBI Standard, Glossary, p.17)

http://ecoproject.blogbus.com/s1076288/

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