endpaper
noun
end·pa·per
ˈen(d)-ˌpā-pər 
: a once-folded sheet of paper having one leaf pasted flat against the inside of the front or back cover of a book and the other pasted at the base to the first or last page
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Every page of this interactive book offers a treat, even the endpapers, which contain a recipe for Lotti’s Friend-Making Cookies, chock-full of oats, pecans, and chocolate.
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Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2023
That very copy is on my bookshelves now, with my father’s name stamped on the endpaper.
—ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
An endpaper ripped out of one of the old books was on the table, someone having scribbled in pencil, Stay off.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
No animal is injured, thank goodness, in this playful introduction for children ages 3-6 to Blake’s famous poem, which appears unaltered in the endpapers.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
Each book comes with an inside cover designed especially for the book in colorfully patterned endpaper and a matching bookmark.
—Catie L'heureux, The Cut, 2 Feb. 2018
The book’s gorgeous endpapers are based on vintage Disneyland shopping bags.
—Chris Nichols, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 Dec. 2017
In the opening endpapers, against a backdrop of darkness, an angel carrying a lighted candle leads a sleepy parade of small children forward, into the book.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 7 July 2017
The book's endpapers, that wallpaper glued to the inside cover, are both adhesive and cohesive, serving as a visual table of contents and tone-setting allegory.
—Claire Howorth, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2023
That very copy is on my bookshelves now, with my father’s name stamped on the endpaper.
—ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
An endpaper ripped out of one of the old books was on the table, someone having scribbled in pencil, Stay off.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
No animal is injured, thank goodness, in this playful introduction for children ages 3-6 to Blake’s famous poem, which appears unaltered in the endpapers.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
Each book comes with an inside cover designed especially for the book in colorfully patterned endpaper and a matching bookmark.
—Catie L'heureux, The Cut, 2 Feb. 2018
The book’s gorgeous endpapers are based on vintage Disneyland shopping bags.
—Chris Nichols, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 Dec. 2017
In the opening endpapers, against a backdrop of darkness, an angel carrying a lighted candle leads a sleepy parade of small children forward, into the book.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 7 July 2017
The book's endpapers, that wallpaper glued to the inside cover, are both adhesive and cohesive, serving as a visual table of contents and tone-setting allegory.
—Claire Howorth, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
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“Endpaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endpaper. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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