‫الفصل األول أجزاء الكتاب‬

Parts of the book

1. How many physical division can a book have ?
- There are four divisions of the book.
2. What are the physical divisions of a book ?
- The physical divisions of the book can be grouped as the binding, the preliminary
pages, the text and the auxiliary or reference material.
3. What is the use of the book binding ?
- The binding holds the leaves of the book together, protects them, and makes
them easy to handle a binding may be plain or decorated, and it may dear the
author`s name and the title.
4. Mention the two parts of the binding ?
- The spine and the end papers.
5. What is normally written on the spine ?
- The spine is the binding edge of the book and carries the brief title, the author`s
name, the publisher and the call number it is a library book.
6. What information may the end papers carry ?
- They may carry useful information, such as tables, maps, graphs and rules.
7. What precedes the body of the book ?
- Preceding the body of the book are the preliminary pages.
8. What do preliminary pages include ?
- The preliminary pages which include the flyleaves, the half-title page, the front is
piece, the title page, the copyright page, dedication.
9. What makes up the text of the book ?
- The text is made up of the numbered chapters and constitutes the main body of
the book.
10. What do auxiliary or reference materials include ?
- The auxiliary or reference materials that follow the text and may include an
appendix, notes, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
11. Do all books follow the same order for the divisions above?
- No
12. Do all books have the same physical divisions ?
- No , they don’t