half binding

a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.

Also called half leather.

Origin of half binding

First recorded in 1815–25

half leather

half binding.

For leather or half-leather bindings a strip of wrapping paper or thin cardboard is cut.

Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam
Books bound in half-cloth or half-leather have the sides covered with paper; the latter often with cloth.

Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam
For the stronger end papers and in half-leather bindings a cloth joint is used.

Practical Bookbinding |Paul Adam
Cloth must be used for sides of all books bound in half-leather or half-duck.

Library Bookbinding |Arthur Low Bailey

It was a ledger with a half-leather binding such as storekeepers use for accounts.

The Garden of Eden |Max Brand

half-leather

a type of half-binding in which the backs and corners of a book are bound in leather