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It is then said to be opened. Cf. uncut. 2. and. 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 ...

Uncut pages are unusual and unopened antique books are an interesting oddity. Not to mention a rarity, because while books were a sign of wealth they were also meant to be enjoyed. If the image of an upper class individual reading a book with a letter opener used on every page seems odd – well history is odd sometimes! ...

Uncut may be used by the unwary cataloguer when the term unopened would be more accurate: uncut has the specific bibliographical meaning that the book has survived with the rough edges (deckle edges) of its pages untrimmed by bookbinders. This makes it easier to see many kinds of bibliographical evidence about the book’s production.

An uncut book may also be unopened, though the two are not the same. Unopened: A book where the folds on some of the edges have not been cut. These folds are produced as a natural byproduct of bibliographic formats smaller than folio : in a quarto , they are usually at the top of the book and in an octavo , there are usually folds at the top ...

Unopened. 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 ...

Uncut: a book is said to be uncut if the edges of the paper have not been cut with the plough or guillotine. Unopened: a book sold with the bolts uncut, to be hand-slit by the purchaser with a paper-knife. It is then said to be opened. An uncut book made from laid paper still has the deckle edges. An uncut copy of a book is noted in a copy ...

The term is also often used to describe a book with the pages still attached to the adjacent page at the top or fore edge. This usage is common but technically incorrect, and the preferred term is 'unopened' or from the italian, intonso, literally 'untouched'. Lastly, uncut is also loosely used to refer to books with deckle or untrimmed edges ...

So it's possible, if you're very careful, to use the edge of a new sheet of paper as a sort of knife blade, to saw open the unopened fold. The trick is to insert the paper between the uncut pages obliquely, and then withdraw it slowly, while exerting the right amount of force against the fold, so as to slit the paper cleanly, without tearing.

Some common words you'll run into when collecting older books: "uncut" and "unopened," which both refer to how a book's leaves can appear when the book has b...

uncut ( uncut edges) The edges of a newly printed book which have not been cut or trimmed, thus leaving the "bolts," which must be cut before the book can be read. Until this is done the book is said to be "unopened." In rebinding a book, the term signifies that the edges are left in the original uncut state, with or without bolts as received.

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.

"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 ...

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.

These are formally called “unopened” pages though many people will mistakenly describe them as uncut, “uncut” refers to a different characteristic, where the edges of paper have not been trimmed flush by a guillotine. Once in a while, we come across a book, often quite old, which has unopened pages. ... unopened pages; using a letter ...

Uncut vs Unopened vs Untrimmed Pages. What's the difference between an unopened page and an uncut page? What about untrimmed pages? Head over to the The Collation, a blog maintained by the Folger Shakespeare Library, to read a great post that explains the difference between these terms. The article includes photographs to help illustrate the ...

Uncut. refers to the edges of a book in an untrimmed state, edges are somewhat uneven, also see "Deckle edges".

The correct terminology would be 'unopened', uncut just means that it's untrimmed. So you would say that the bolts are unopened, the book untrimmed and the deckles intact. I always use a letter opener. Never realised this could be a problem, but it seems useful.

Unopened is a passive past participle (effectively functioning as an adjective here), and it describes a completed action - something has been done (or not done). The meaning is effectively the same in your sentence. The boxes are "unopen" (are not open) or "unopened" (they have not been opened).

Only after a while we began to search for connected pages in old books, when we found that old books were sold unopened and uncut. Meaning that the pages were connected and would have to be cut open by the first reader using a paper knife. Since the pages are uncut, there evidently hasn't been a first reader, which means it's an 150 year old ...

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