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Year
Binding type
full cloth
hollow back
other
quarter cloth
tight back
Bookcloth Type
Grained
Pre-ornamented
Ribbon embossed
Ungrained
Bookcloth grain code
*dash-and-line (Ban1)
*thick-and-thin (Ban2)
*dotted chevron (Ban3)
stepped wave (Ban4)
diagonal dot-and-ribbon (Ban5)
diagonal beaded line (Ban6)
dot-and-line (Ban7)
*Fine dotted ribbon (Ban8)
*dot-and-dash (Ban9)
*fine dash-and-line (Ban10)
*dot (Bea1)
ultra fine bead (15/cm.) (Bea2)
*early fine bead (12/cm.) (Bea3)
*late fine bead (12/cm.) (Bea4)
bead (6-7/cm.) (Bea5)
*giant bead (4/cm.) (Bea6)
*ultra fine diaper (20-22/cm.) (Dia1)
fine diaper (10-15/cm.) (Dia2)
medium diaper (8-9/cm.) (Dia3)
coarse diaper (Dia4)
*smooth diaper (80 degree, 4/cm.) (Dia5)
*5.5 diaper (83 degree, 5.5/cm.) (Dia6)
*diamond diaper (55-65 degree, 5-6/cm.) (Dia7)
*triple line diamond (Dia8)
*ribbed diamond (Dia9)
*ribbed diaper (Dia10)
*ribbed double line diamond (Dia11)
*dotted line diaper (Dia12)
double line diaper (Dia13)
*wavy diaper (Dia14)
fine hexagon (Hex1)
honeycomb (Hex2)
hexagon (Hex3)
dotted hexagon (Hex4)
pansy (Hex5)
morocco (Lea1)
fine ribbed morocco (11-13 ribs/cm.) (Lea2)
ribbed morocco (8-9 ribs/cm.) (Lea3)
stylized ribbed morocco (Lea4)
horizontal ribbed morocco (Lea5)
fine straight grain morocco (11-14 grains/cm.) (Lea6)
straight grain morocco (5-10 grains/cm.) (Lea7)
cord (8-9 ribs/cm.) (Lea8)
coarse cord (6-7 ribs/cm.) (Lea9)
fine parallel cord (11 ribs/cm.) (Lea10)
parallel cord (8 ribs/cm.) (Lea11)
*vermiform (Mis1)
*small triangles (5/cm.) (Mis2)
*large triangles (1.5/cm.) (Mis3)
*crosses (Mis4)
*early scallop tile (Mis5)
*continuous string (Mis6)
*square tile (Mis7)
trefoil leaf (Mis8)
cross and circle (Mis9)
*diamonds and dots (Mis10)
*brick (Mis11)
true moire (Moi1)
*engraved moire (Moi2)
*snail trail (Moi3)
*contour moire (Moi4)
*square mesh (Net1)
*diagonal mesh (Net2)
*lozenge net (Net3)
net (7-7.5/cm.) (Net4)
coarse net (5-6.5/cm.) (Net5)
dotted line (Net6)
crisscross (Net7)
*square grid (Net8)
*ultra fine rib (24/cm.) (Rib1)
*fine rib (14-17/cm.) (Rib2)
rib (10-13/cm.) (Rib3)
*coarse rib (6.5/cm.) (Rib4)
*ultra-fine diagonal rib (33/cm.) (Rib5)
*ultra-fine diagonal rib (21/cm.) (Rib6)
fine diagonal rib (16-17/cm.) (Rib7)
*diagonal rib (10-11/cm.) (Rib8)
*acute diagonal rib (10-11/cm.) (Rib9)
S grain (24/cm.) (Rib10)
ripple (Rip1)
*small compound ripple (Rip2)
*large compound ripple (Rip3)
*staggered ripple (Rip4)
*small interlocked ripple (Rip5)
*large interlocked ripple (Rip6)
sand (San1)
*sand and stars (San2)
*sand and triangles (San3)
patterned sand (San4)
pebble (San5)
bubble (San6)
*feathered wave (Wav1)
*acute diagonal wave (Wav2)
diagonal wave (Wav3)
fine wave (9/cm.) (Wav4)
wave (6-7/cm.) (Wav5)
coarse wave (5/cm.) (Wav6)
*zig-zag (Wav7)
*early checkerboard (Wea1)
weave (Wea2)
*right angle weave (Wea3)
*open weave (Wea4)
*coarse open weave (Wea5)
coarse checkerboard (Wea6)
checkerboard (Win1)
frond (Win2)
Scallop tile (win3)
crocodile (Win4)
lizard skin (Win5)
crackle (Win6)
whorl (Win7)
whorl (Win8)
coarse sand (Win9)
coarse linen (Win10)
linen (Win11)
calico (Win12)
CC (Win13)
L (Win14)
RR (Win15)
ungrained
Ribbon embossed code
As2
As3
As4
As5
As6
As7
As8
As9
As16
As17
At1
At2
At5
At6
At7
At8
At9
At10
At11
At12
At19
Fs1
Fs2
Fs3
Fs4
Fs5
Fs6
Fs7
Fs8
Fs9
Fs10
Fs11
Fs12
Fs13
Fs14
Fs16
Ft1
Ft2
Ft3
Ft4
Ft5
Ft6
Ft7
Ft8
Ft9
Ft10
Ft11
Ft12
Ft13
Ft15
Ft16
Ft17
Ft18
Ft19
Ft20
Ft22
Ft23
Ft24
Ft25
Ft26
Ft27
Ft31
Ft32
Ft33
Ft34
Ft35
Ft37
Ft38
Ft39
Ft40
Ft50
Ft51
Gt1
Gt2
Gt3
Gt4
Gt5
Gt6
Gt7
Gt8
Gt9
Gt11
Gt12
Gt13
Gt16
Gt17
Gt19
Bookcloth color
printed stripe/pattern
red
yellow
blue
green
orange
purple
brown
pink
black
white
Endpapers
advertisements
advertising
advertisments
burnished
colored - pulp
colored - pulp with fiber inclusions
colored - surface
embossed
embossed pattern
marbled
marbled over text
none
plain
printed advertisement
printed advertisements
printed advertising
printed calendar
printed pattern
ruled plaid in blue and red
ruled plaid in two colors, orange and blue
sample embossed cards from Dickinson.
silk moire backed with paper
Front board decoration
aluminum stamped
black stamped
blind stamped
color blocked
embossed
gold stamped
paper label
paper onlay
title on front cover
undecorated
Keyword
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