Hi Kevin,

I think you are describing a smyth-sewn   book:
http://www.bookfactory.com/Smyth-sewn-books.html

Mia D'Avanza
Reference Librarian/Exhibitions Coordinator
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
The New York Botanical Garden

On May 9, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Kevin Mullen <[log in to unmask] > wrote:

What is the name for the paperback binding where, when you open the cover,
it is not glued to the spine so that when you open the cover, it lays flat
on the table, and there is (usually) a fine cloth along the binding edge of
the pages themselves?

Many Thanks!
Kevin Mullen


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