半はん革かわ装そう丁てい

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.

• この古こ書しょは半はん革かわ装そう丁ていで、背せ表びょう紙しと角かどだけが革かわ張ばりになっている。

  This old book has a half-leather binding, with only the spine and corners covered in leather.