Book collectors pay special attention to the provenance in a book i.e. the historical record of its ownership, location, or…
Very simply, an out-of-print book is a book that is no longer being published. It may or may not be…
A novella is a piece of standalone prose fiction that’s not as long as a novel, yet not as short…
Do you write in the margins of your books? Or underline text? Or (the horror!) highlight important lines? It turns…
Limp binding is a bookbinding method wherein a book has supple sides made of cloth, leather, or paper instead of…
Kerning refers to the process of adjusting the space between two individual letters to improve legibility. This gives a typeface…
Juvenilia are literary, musical, or artistic works of artists in their childhood or youth. The term is especially used for…
Incunabula are books printed using Gutenberg's movable type printing press before 1500. These books are similar to handwritten manuscripts with…
A holograph is a hand-written document wholly composed by the person in whose name it appears. e.g. a deed, will,…
Glassine paper is a smooth, translucent, and glossy paper that is resistant to air, water, and grease. Traditionally, it is…
