Book Condition Terminology Alternative to 'Cocked'

[beecaapi]

Every so often a book is found whose binding glue is shrunken or has leaned in one direction long enough to be bent, not so much to the eye necessarily but when handled no longer streams easily side to side but now must bump the entire text block first. Sometimes called 'rolled'[?]. Rarely come across this condition referred to and wonder if this is a condition sellers skip defining.

Regardless would like to have the million dollar words for this condition Thanks

[imagine.ink]

You could use the term "spine slant," but why not just say "cocked"? 

I promise that your book will not be offended.     

[taylor_memorial]

I usually say "shelf slant".

Robots tend to be less than sensitive to context.

[beecaapi]

Thanks

Condition described has nothing to do with spine condition. The pages alternate from convex to concave with a pop of the text block.

Next?

[taylor_memorial]

Now I'm confused. Perhaps a picture would help.

First you describe what some call "rolled". Now it sounds like a book which has been repaired several times, perhaps even assembled from multiple copies to make one complete book. "Pop"???


Perhaps you mean "Deckled"?  which is a modern attempt at the older books' result of binding uncut signatures.

[beecaapi]

You need something else to do.

[beecaapi · Accepted solution]

After contacting antiquarian book people to no avail the word 'cupped' occurred to me, which is precisely the

condition, with the shape of block being convex on one side and concave on the other, alternating when maneuvered.  Many books have this condition.

[taylor_memorial]

Pretty nasty way to talk to somebody trying to help you, I'd say.

You describe something poorly which a quick pic from a phone would describe perfectly and get mad at us for not providing you with the term you are looking for?

That's the kind of thing that turned this board from a thousand posts a day to 12 a month.

Yes, cupped is what happens when a spine of a paperback takes on a normal shape from being flexed too far (as it's concerned) in order to read the words in the gutter. Older PB can develop this trait from shrinkage of the glue, but that tends to be more at the edges (hinges) rather than a smooth arc.

For the record: had you stated that the leading edge was convex and the spine concave, it would have caused no confusion. The picture you created did not reflect the thing you were seeing, something we cannot see.

This is my job, so no, I don't need to find something else to do. I've been doing this since 1975.

[wri-8727]

The little sneaky innuendos drove most away originally, then The Clique formed here, (referred to as the Golden Age), 'till it was absorbed by Faceboot. Now all that's left is hangerons, hasbeens, and an occasional straggler. Can't help on your question, try redefining. Happy Trails.