Preferred label:
Books printed and bound for the gift market as distinct for the library or the general reading market. The bindings on gift books would either be richly decorated or covered in exotic material such as silk, or both.
AAT
The Arts and Architecture Thesaurus Online, The Getty Research Institute.
Additional reference:
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202541 (modified)
Alternative label:
gift bindings
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