BOOK TERMINOLOGY

In January 2011, Reading Habit started tweeting book terminology definitions to help aspiring book collectors familiarise themselves with the jargon of the industry. We decided to share these short, sharp explanations with our blog followers as well. So, as we tweet definitions we'll also be adding them to this book terminology page. Over time we hope to build a thorough and up-to-date lexicon for all bibliophiles. If you'd like to keep track of our progress why not follow the hashtag #booklingo on Twitter. You might also like to follow Reading Habit, if you aren't already doing so!!

FEED YOUR READING HABIT'S PROGRESSIVE BOOK TERMINOLOGY GUIDE

ANNUALS: Refers to serialised books that are issued on an annual basis.

EX-LIBRARY: Refers to a book which has at some time been in a lending library and generally displays markings from said library.

FOXED/FOXING: Refers to the brownish-yellow discolouration stains/spotting found on paper normally resulting from poor ventilation.

PLATES: Whole-sheet (full-page) illustrations printed on separate pages to the text.

PRICE CLIPPED: Refers to the corner being clipped from the inside front bottom flap of dust jacket to remove printed retail price.