hardback

[hahrd-bak] /ˈhɑrdˌbæk/
noun, adjective
1.
hardcover.
Origin
1740-50; hard + back1
Examples from the web for hardback
  • It was his third novel, and his first hardback best seller.
  • They are generally put together by a few professors and published in hardback books.
  • If it were a hardback it would collapse in on itself.
British Dictionary definitions for hardback

hardback

/ˈhɑːdˌbæk/
noun
1.
a book or edition with covers of cloth, cardboard, or leather Compare paperback
adjective
2.
Also casebound (ˈkeɪsˌbaʊnd), hardbound (ˈhɑːdˌbaʊnd), hardcover (ˈhɑːdˌkʌvə). of or denoting a hardback or the publication of hardbacks
Word Origin and History for hardback
n.

"type of book bound in stiff boards," 1954, from hard + back (n.).