German(y) for the bookish traveller 3
First of all a few more words that you might find in a bookshop…
| German | English |
| Antiquariat | antiquarian bookseller, seller of rare books |
| modernes Antiquariat | Area in a regular bookshop where they sell cheap books, usually because of suspended agency pricing |
| Remittenden | Remaindered books, being sold cheap at the bookshop |
| Sonderpreis | Special price |
| Klappentext | blurb |
| Buchumschlag | dust jacket |
| Bucheinband | book cover |
| Buchrücken | spine |
| Schnitt | edge |
| Eselsohr | dog ear |
| Mängelexemplar | faulty or flawed book |
| Erstausgabe | First edition |
| Auflage | print run |
| Exlibris | book plate |
| Bindung | binding |
| Impressum | imprint |
If you want to know a specific term not covered yet, just ask!
