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The uncut pages themselves generally don’t directly affect value. However, many books with uncut pages are valuable. This is because in large part uncut pages tend to be found in books that are older and thus there are fewer copies. Rare books = valuable. It’s not the uncut pages themselves that make a book valuable but the actual rare book ...

uncut: a book is said to be uncut if the edges of the paper have not been cut with the plough or guillotine. Cf. unopened. 3. The difference between “unopened” and “uncut” is significant for the history of reading: unopened leaves are a pretty good indication that a book wasn’t read when it was new. Uncut leaves, on the other hand ...

Uncut books refers to the now probably obsolete practice of books having pages with untrimmed edges which also bind them together. These must be cut before the pages can be seperated, and the book ...

Most books have the unopened or the ragged edges 'cut' during the final binding process to provide smooth edges. Often (if not always), the uncut book (sometimes unopened as well) was issued in a temporary binding (paper covered boards or 'publishers cloth'), to be cut by the binder once the owner decided on the leather binding for his book.

However, you should be sure to distinguish between “untrimmed” and “uncut” pages—the latter refers to a book made up of a folded leaf that has not been cut. Accordingly, all of the pages of an “uncut” book cannot be opened. In many descriptions, this is referred to as an “unopened” book. When it comes to page styling and ...

'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the mid-nineteenth century publishers often sold books with a paper or cloth binding intended to be temporary. The purchaser of the book would then make arrangements with a binder to have the book cut and suitably bound, typically ...

Uncut: A book whose margins have not been trimmed. Typically, a binder would slice off the edges of a book’s text block after binding, thereby getting a nice smooth edge to all the leaves. If a book was rebound often, this inevitably meant that the margins would get smaller and smaller until in the most extreme cases, some of the text itself might be cut off.

Uncut or untrimmed pages are unusual, since books were issued unbound, or in a temporary binding for the purchaser to have bound up to the mid 19th-century development of the publisher’s binding. A modern example of a book showing the edges of the handmade sheet of paper is SPEC Zaina E.73 no.5 – the difference from the trimmed copy at SPEC ...

Cut edges – The most common type of book edges, trimmed even with a large binders knife prior to finishing the binding process (see also uncut, unopened, and deckle edges). Dampstain – A stain often of a shade of tan or gray resulting from water or other liquid damage. Deckle – The natural or sometimes artificial rough edge of page, left ...

Books shelved as uncut: Beneath Cherry Blossom Memories by Myka Loren, Finn by Ashley James, Screwed by K.M. Neuhold, Be Mine, Twisted Valentine by Giann...

Opening uncut books is an underrated pleasure - I wish more books were sold that way today. I am thrilled whenever a book arrives with uncut pages - and it is amazing to think that a book which was printed over a hundred and fifty years ago, has gone through five or six generations, and maybe as many hands - and I am the first to read it.

In The Great Gatsby, a book which was published at the tail end of the era of the uncut page, a character tells of Gatsby’s extensive library of books, which on examination he finds consists entirely of real books — with unopened pages. “See!” he cried triumphantly. “It’s a bona-fide piece of printed matter. It fooled me.

Since WWI, books have generally been cut along the folded edge, even if one or both of the other edges remained uncut. During the era when books were transitioning from being uncut to cut, there was a minor outcry from some readers who thought that encouraging people to read too fast would mean they are merely reading for sensation, and don't ...

An uncut book allows the reader to observe an entire spread or two side-by-side pages as they would appear in an actual finished book, making this invaluable when trying to gain an idea of layout or design; additionally, it helps in assessing whether a book has been bound properly. Uncut books refer to books that have yet to be edited down to ...

As for this book before me: books with uncut pages (“unopened pages” is the proper name, but too weak for a title) are not rare, but not common, and no more are being made. The easiest way to part such pages is with the edge of an index card; I have boxes of “Super-Dex” Rotary Cut cards, from when such things were still made in Brooklyn ...

"Unopened" vs "uncut" pages. Discussion in 'Books' started by DonZ, May 27, 2018. DonZ New Member. I have a ten-volume first edition set of books by John Muir, circa 1916, which I purchased a while back. The seller advertised them as an "untrimmed" set which I took to mean that the page edges were untrimmed ("deckle" edges is the official term ...

The world of books is vast and diverse, with various genres, authors, and publication styles. One fascinating aspect of book collecting and reading is the existence of uncut books. Uncut books, also known as unopened or uncut pages, refer to books where the pages have not been separated or cut, often found in older publications. This unique ...

a book with signatures which have never been cut as opposed to untrimmed and uneven (see "Uncut"); unopened books retain the folds of the original gathering and contain many pages which cannot be read without first opening the pages with a knife. Some collectors prefer an unopened book because it indicates that the book has never been read ...