with the sewing thread securing each section to the one bound before it.

The gatherings can be seen by looking at the top or bottom sides of the book, though some cheaper modern books are perfect bound with no gatherings, each sheet glued directly to the binding. The gatherings are sewn together at the spine, done in such a way that two or more stretches of thread are visible along each gathering's innermost fold.

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