Folks interested in adding older titles to their private library, or fine press and similar types of books, often will encounter bindings that are different from those used on most modern hardbacks (which generally are cloth-over-boards).
The most typical of these bindings are illustrated below (with the help of ILAB's excellent glossary).
The full leather or cloth binding is simply a book that is totally encased in the relevant material:
A three-quarters leather or cloth binding has its spine and corners covered with the appropriate material (such coverage approximates 3/4 of the total surface, but is not necessarily exactly that amount):
A half leather or cloth binding has only approximately that amount of the total surface of the book's cover encased in the relevant material (notice the slightly narrower coverage at the spine and the corners):
The quarter leather or cloth binding has even less of its total surface covered by the relevant material (usually only the spine is so covered):
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