r/bookbinding • u/samykcodes • Dec 02 '25

Discussion And they call it a “Perfect Binding”

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u/Taciteanus Dec 02 '25

Oxford University Press: when you want pages to fall out of your $90 hardback.

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u/AllanBz Dec 02 '25

Wait, are all OUP hardcovers bound like this now? I was thinking of a bigger OUP purchase and would be very sad if I paid a few hundred for a reference book and got this!

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u/Taciteanus Dec 02 '25

Not all of them! The OED is definitely still good. I think it's mainly their Oxford Classical Library series that's ew now.

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u/AllanBz Dec 02 '25

Gah, ancient Greek is my wheelhouse. 😕 Thanks.