a “half bound” book is one on which the spine and corners are covered in a material (usually leather, sometimes cloth) that is stronger than the material covering the rest of the boards (usually paper). a “quarter bound” book would have the stronger covering material only on the spine.
brown goat skin with japanese paper
dark grey goat skin spine and fore-edge
hand-sewn headband
hand-marbled paper
raised cords on spine
half leather binding with dark red moroccan goat skin and antique hand marbled paper
top edge and raised bands on spine
half-leather with marbled paper and blind tooling
half leather binding with dark grey goat skin and hand marbled paper
fore-edge and contrasting endpaper
half leather binding with brown goat skin and hand marbled paper
blind tooling on spine
