[DCRM-L] Fake morocco binding?

[Oksana Linda]

Hi Ted,
I think the term is "imitation leather" or "imitation cloth". We use it as
local term, it's not RBMS controlled vocabularies. From Roberts and
Etherington's dictionary:
http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt1808.html
http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt1806.html

*Dr. Chase's recipes* was a very popular book, re-issued many times.
Clements Library holds several editions of this work.

Oksana.

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Oksana K. Linda
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Ted P Gemberling <tgemberl at uab.edu> wrote:

>  I notice that a book I’m cataloging has a price list on the title page:
> "In cloth, $1.25; paper covers, $1.00; morocco gilt, $2.00."
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> It’s a popular medical book from 1866. I’m almost sure my copy is not
> morocco leather, though it is covered in a kind of material that has a
> slightly rough texture and gilt stamps. It looks like some kind of paper.
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> The book is “Dr. Chase's recipes, or, Information for everybody,”
> published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Published by the author.
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> I didn’t notice any ACRL RBMS heading for fake bindings. Does anyone have
> a recommendation about this? I think it would be interesting to note that
> it appears to be fake.
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> Some coworkers just suggested that maybe the term “morocco gilt” doesn’t
> necessarily mean the book is leather. Maybe it’s just a style of
> ornamentation. If it were really morocco leather, you’d expect the price
> differential to be higher.
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> Ted P. Gemberling
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> Historical Collections Cataloger
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> UAB Lister Hill Library, rm. 234B
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> 1720 Second Ave. South
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> Phone: (205)934-2461
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> Fax: (205)934-3545
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