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The area along the edges of the spine along which the boards and/or cover hinge. It is sometimes useful to distinguish between the outer joint, which describes the cover on the outside of the boards/cover, and the inner joint, which can be used to describe those parts of the endleaves and spine linings which cross the joint on the inside of the board/cover.
Etherington & Roberts (1982)
Roberts, Matt, Don Etherington, and Margaret R. Brown. 1982. Bookbinding and the conservation of books: a dictionary of descriptive terminology. Washington: Library of Congress.
Additional reference:
http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt1929.html (modified)
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