Yapp

Yapp refers to the amount of the Bible cover’s overhang. The edges of the front and rear covers extend beyond the front and back of the Bible, to fold over the edge of the textblock. Named for the 19th Century British book binder William Yapp who introduced the technique for pocket sized Bibles, this form of binding is still quite common for contemporary Bibles.

Yapp bindings can be divided into full yapp, partial yapp, and standard yapp. Standard yapp extends just beyond the edge of the text block. A partial yapp binding has the front and rear material extending partially, but not fully, over the textblock. A full yapp binding would have the extended material covering the textblock edges entirely, possibly overlapping each other. You get to choose which style your Bible rebind will have, and we don’t charge differently for semi, or full-app.