Helpful Book Resources

I believe that in order to properly discuss books, it would help to have a common language. The following site has a nice, alphabetical glossary of common terms used by book collectors and librophiles everywhere. (I love Latin-Greek hybrids.) It remains a work in process, but it will help you tell the difference between folio (a book about 15 inches high) and a sixtyfourmo (a book about 3 inches high, commonly abbreviated as 64mo).

Another gem that I found was a glossary of binding terms. It covers covers pretty exhaustively. (Am I punny or what?)

Finally, no list would be complete without some helpful book care tips. Most are common sense, but it does have some interesting information.