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Saddle-stitch binding

An overcast or spaced running stitch in heavy thread or cord, often in contrasting color, along the back-edge of a book; also called "side-sewn binding", "cleat-stitch binding", and "side-wire binding". In binding tabloid fold-overs, the retaining staples or stitches at the valley or gutter have likewise acquired this designation; also called "pamphlet binding", "saddle-wire binding", and "stitch binding". Compare side-stitch binding; see binding, sheet, signature.

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