The Collaborative International Dictionary
hardbound
hardbound \hardbound\ adj. same as hardback; -- used of books.
Wiktionary
hardbound
a. (context of a book English) Having a hardcover; hardback
WordNet
hardbound
adj. having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" [syn: hardbacked, hardback, hardcover]
Usage examples of "hardbound".
Since it fell into a public domain document, any publisher could bring it out under any lurid cover it liked, softbound, hardbound, mass-market, or trade-size editions.
But four copies is not much, considering that at one time more than fifty thousand hardbound and three hundred thousand softbound copies were in circulation.
The book, atop the box of laundry detergent, is hardbound, its glossy dustjacket bearing the photograph of a suited and tied Japanese executive.