Parts Of A Book

Question 1

Dust jacket

Answer 1

Outside leaflet/covering/jacket of a book (not actual book cover).

Question 2

Boards

Answer 2

Front and rear panel of a book

Question 3

Spine

Answer 3

The spine (lol)

Question 4

Binding

Answer 4

Material that covers the boards and the spine of a book.

Question 5

Text/Page/Book Block

Answer 5

The summary of all the pages in a book. The book “block.”

Question 6

Paste-Down Endpaper

Answer 6

Paper pasted onto inside of the board (on the rear and front of book)

Question 7

Free endpaper

Answer 7

First page of the book

Question 8

Head + Tail

Answer 8

The top and bottom of a page

Question 9

Deckle-Edge

Answer 9

Same as Fore-Edge but paper uncut or not trimmed

Question 10

Hinge

Answer 10

Point where the book is joined and opens at (inside the book)

Question 11

Joint

Answer 11

Same as a hinge, but exterior part of book

Question 12

Half-Title Page

Answer 12

Book’s title page, with only the title on it

Question 13

Title Page

Answer 13

Shows title of book, publisher name, author, sometimes date of print

Question 14

Copyright page

Answer 14

Bibliographic info, and release dates

Question 15

Leaf

Answer 15

Page of a book

Question 16

Plate and Cut

Answer 16

Plate is a full page illustration printed outside the text. Cut is an illustration printed within text.