noun
half-leather binding
A bookbinding style where the spine and corners are leather, while the rest of the cover is cloth or paper. Used in publishing and book-collecting contexts.
この古書は半革装丁で、背表紙と角だけが革張りになっている。
This old book has a half-leather binding, with only the spine and corners covered in leather.
Compound of 半 (half), 革 (leather), and 装丁 (bookbinding).