Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

Table of Contents

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• oak
• oak-bark tanned
• oakum board
• oasis
• oblique corners
• oblong
• octavo
• octodecimo
• offal
• off and on
• offset
• offset ink
• offset paper
• oiling off
• oil of egg
• oil of neroli
• oil tanning
• old Dutch marble
• oleic acid
• one-letter index
• one on
• one on and one off
• one on and two off
• one piece cover
• one sheet on
• one-shot method
• onion skin
• onlay
• ooze
• ooze leather
• opacimeter
• opacity
• opaque
• openability
• open assembly time
• opened
• opening boards
• opening up
• open joint
• open warbles
• opisthograph
• optical spacing
• orderbook style
• ordinary book-volume
• ordinary periodical-volume
• organic acids
• organic pigments
• oriental leaf
• original binding
• orihon
• ornamental inside lining
• ounce
• outer joint
• out of boards
• out of register
• outsert
• outside margin
• ovals, in
• overbands
• overcast cloth joint
• overcasting
• overcharged
• overdried
• oversewing
• oversize
• overstitching
• over-tanned
• overweight kip
• ownership mark
• oxalic acid
• Oxford corners
• Oxford hollow
• Oxford style
• ox-gall
• ox hide
• oxidization
• oycelluloses

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