Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The portion of the endpaper that is pasted to the cover of a book.
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- noun The part of an
endpaper that ispasted to a book'scover
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Examples
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The front pastedown and first flyleaf were glued together during a previous repair, probably during the 19th century.
The New York Public Library: From Vault to Exhibition Gallery: Conserving Library Treasures The New York Public Library 2010
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If you can't find a pastedown to match, you can use the rear free endpaper; it's an easier flaw to accept.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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If you can't find a pastedown to match, you can use the rear free endpaper; it's an easier flaw to accept.
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The collation of the notebook is I-XI12 (132 leaves), plus flyleaves front and back (pp. i-ii and 265-6) conjoint with the respective pastedown end-papers, for an original ii+266 pages.
Notes 2002
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The front pastedown end-paper of the notebook bears the stamp of an early nineteenth-century bookseller and exporter,
Introduction 2002
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Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, signed by Britt Ekland on title, bookseller's small sticker on front pastedown, original plain boards, dust-jacket, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1965.
MI6 :: 007 News 2010
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I love book terms: foredge, foot, spine, head, headband, endpaper, flyleaf, pastedown, colophon, frontispiece, bastard title, font, the finials of fonts, type box, gutter.
On Writing: An Abecedarian | The Hudson Review Priscilla Long 2023
reesetee commented on the word pastedown
The part of a book's endpapers that is pasted to the inside of the front and rear covers.
February 22, 2007