posted on December 1, 2000 11:51:39 AM
Help please, my mind is slipping away. When you close a book and the pages come together at the top (where people stamp names, or libraries stamp their names), at the sides, at the bottom -- what is that called? It's not the spine. Help please! And thanks in advance.
posted on December 1, 2000 12:13:47 PM
It's the "page block" or "Text block" when you are talking about the part that is not the spine. The page block has a top, fore edge, and bottom.
posted on December 1, 2000 12:23:20 PM
Nana'sClutter, some collector's use the terms "tail edge" or "head edge", and fore edge. I prefer the term page block, as in "there is fading of the top of the page block" because I think more people (who are not serious collectors) will understand what I mean.
