Book Terms Gutter

These two products have binding types that are clamped and held together with glue.

Book terms gutter. Half binding a book which has had its spine and corners covered in one material such as cloth or leather and the rest of the front and rear covers covered in another such as boards paper or cloth. Can also refer to the outer indentation that is created by the joining of the boards and spine. The area where the inside margins of adjoining pages of a book meet is called the gutter. See our page of descriptive terms.

Adjacent inner margins of facing pages when book is open. Select type of book search you would like to make. Search by keyword search by author search by title search by isbn enter terms or isbn number you wish to find more search options. The inner margin of the leaves of a bound book.

For obvious reasons the gutter must always be wide enough to permit the innermost text to be read easily when the book is bound. This in contrast to a book quarter bound which has a spine covered in one material and the boards covered in another. Gutter inner margins of two facing pages. Toggle book search form.