endsheets

OAB Definition

blank or decorated pages, made of any material, at the front and back of a book, used to protect the first and last pages of a text block and to give the bound book a finished look. One leaf is often glued down to the book’s board (see pastedown) and the other leaf or leaves are not (see flyleaf).

Often, the term endpapers is used as a synonym.

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