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New Books With Rough Page Edges
Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made
that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? |
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New Books With Rough Page Edges
John wrote:
Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? petty? irascible? princess-and-the-pea-ish? michael |
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michael wrote:
John wrote: Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? petty? irascible? princess-and-the-pea-ish? michael I often think the production of new books is useless when there are so many old unread books. |
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New Books With Rough Page Edges
Are you referred to 'untrimmed' edges?
"John" wrote in message ... Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? |
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John,
The book collecting term for "rough" page edges is "uncut;" however, it might be wiser to say that the edges are "untrimmed." Quite often, the term "uncut" is confused with the term "unopened." which means that the pages of a signature have not been "separated." best, Jerry Morris On Jun 15, 7:58 pm, "John" wrote: Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? |
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New Books With Rough Page Edges
On Jun 16, 1:58 am, "John" wrote:
Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? Silly? It's a deckle edge. Photofinishers used to make prints with deckle edges; you'd probably dislike them, too. J. Del Col |
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New Books With Rough Page Edges
"jadel" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 16, 1:58 am, "John" wrote: Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? Silly? It's a deckle edge. Photofinishers used to make prints with deckle edges; you'd probably dislike them, too. J. Del Col A true deckle edge is an artifact of the process of hand making paper. It is the untrimmed edge of the paper at the sides of the mold, next to the deckle. The deckle was a removable part of the mold, a kind of wooden rim, that served to keep the paper fibers from washing off the screen-like bed of the mold. Deckle edge could also be used to describe modern paper produced with an artificial deckle edge, and perhaps that's in the eye of the beholder. I personally wouldn't use "deckle edge" except for the real thing, but maybe I've never seen a manufactured deckle edge that comes close enough to the real thing to qualify, in my opinion. Jerry Morris, in another post, was correct as far as standard book descriptions go: "cut" means smoothly trimmed; "trimmed" at one time meant more roughly finished, but has now acquired nearly the same meaning as "uncut" used to have, possibly because of the confusion of "uncut" with "unopened." According to John Carter, in *ABC For Book Collectors*, the term "rough trimmed" is sometimes used for edges not cut smooth. I have examples of several edge trims on my website, including a true deckle edge. http://www.mywingsbooks.com/coll-terms/edg02_.shtml Alice |
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New Books With Rough Page Edges
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:23:08 GMT, "my-wings"
wrote: "jadel" wrote in message roups.com... On Jun 16, 1:58 am, "John" wrote: Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? Silly? It's a deckle edge. Photofinishers used to make prints with deckle edges; you'd probably dislike them, too. J. Del Col A true deckle edge is an artifact of the process of hand making paper. It is the untrimmed edge of the paper at the sides of the mold, next to the deckle. The deckle was a removable part of the mold, a kind of wooden rim, that served to keep the paper fibers from washing off the screen-like bed of the mold. Deckle edge could also be used to describe modern paper produced with an artificial deckle edge, and perhaps that's in the eye of the beholder. I personally wouldn't use "deckle edge" except for the real thing, but maybe I've never seen a manufactured deckle edge that comes close enough to the real thing to qualify, in my opinion. Jerry Morris, in another post, was correct as far as standard book descriptions go: "cut" means smoothly trimmed; "trimmed" at one time meant more roughly finished, but has now acquired nearly the same meaning as "uncut" used to have, possibly because of the confusion of "uncut" with "unopened." According to John Carter, in *ABC For Book Collectors*, the term "rough trimmed" is sometimes used for edges not cut smooth. I have examples of several edge trims on my website, including a true deckle edge. http://www.mywingsbooks.com/coll-terms/edg02_.shtml Alice Alice, that page is incredibly helpful! The differences between the examples are clear, and both the photography and the explanations are beautiful. Thank you. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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New Books With Rough Page Edges
On Jun 16, 9:23 pm, "my-wings" wrote:
"jadel" wrote in message oups.com... On Jun 16, 1:58 am, "John" wrote: Hope my subject described this correctly. What is it about books being made that have "rough" page edges, as if they're supposed to look all old & ancient right off the shelf? When I was younger, I used to think that this was cool -- made me feel sort of erudite. Now that I read much more, I find it quite annoying when I turn pages. By the way, is there a word for this? Silly? It's a deckle edge. Photofinishers used to make prints with deckle edges; you'd probably dislike them, too. J. Del Col A true deckle edge is an artifact of the process of hand making paper. It is the untrimmed edge of the paper at the sides of the mold, next to the deckle. The deckle was a removable part of the mold, a kind of wooden rim, that served to keep the paper fibers from washing off the screen-like bed of the mold. Deckle edge could also be used to describe modern paper produced with an artificial deckle edge, and perhaps that's in the eye of the beholder. I personally wouldn't use "deckle edge" except for the real thing,... Too bad. Except to pedants, it's a deckle edge--pseudo or not. J. Del Col |
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New Books With Rough Page Edges
In article ,
Barbara Bailey wrote: Alice, that page is incredibly helpful! The differences between the examples are clear, and both the photography and the explanations are beautiful. I agree. Thanks for doing this, Alice. I may have to post a link to your whole "book terms" section on ModernLib. :-D -- Scot Kamins Maintaining the Modern Library collectors website at http://www.ModernLib.com |
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