Like a thin cover of a shoe box, it fits over the book. An extra plastic sheet drapes and covers the exposed part of the book pages.
Keep your books dust-free with Booktop Covers.-- pashute, May 08 2018 A shoebox cover https://www.wikihow.com/Cover-a-Shoeboxdistinct from the shoebox itself [pashute, May 09 2018] A book sleeve - NOT THIS IDEA https://www.youtube...watch?v=7IepF6yDDBc [pashute, May 09 2018] A book storage box - NOT THIS IDEA https://www.lonesta...-blocks-book-sleeve [pashute, May 09 2018] Protective book boxes - NOT THIS IDEA http://www.cattailr...tive_book_boxes.htm [pashute, May 09 2018] A bookset box - NOT THIS IDEA http://covervault.c...et-mockup-template/ [pashute, May 09 2018] Many books used to (and some still do) come with a cardboard sleeve like you describe.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 08 2018 <Statler and Waldorf disclaimer/>
Baked and WKTE.-- 8th of 7, May 08 2018 That's a full cardboard sleeve, which is a pain to pull out and then put back. Here it's just a top. (and thin back)-- pashute, May 09 2018 Is there one per book (fiddly), or could you provide a wide one, as a dust-awning for a whole shelf?
In the latter case, the cover itself could be dusted off from time to time by a sort of millizamboni. (A nanozamboni sounds better, but you wouldn't be able to watch it work).-- pertinax, May 09 2018 <- passive/aggressive with links? Maybe it's down to the explanation being shoehorned.
Although, that extra paper folding thing, around a book's cover, probably does need some flaps.-- wjt, May 10 2018 Perhaps, [pash], it would help if you linked a drawing of what it *does* look like, as well as what it *doesn't*. I'm still not sure what you're describing.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 10 2018 I imagine it's an open-book cover - like a dish-cover - for leaving something lying on the desk, so you can pile stuff up on top of it, and the cat doesn't leave personalized bookmarks. Bun proferred.-- FlyingToaster, May 10 2018 random, halfbakery