The length of the blurb increases in direct proportion to the price of the book. A hard bound book. The wood was then covered with leather or some type of fabric. Present day books are constructed using a cheesy type of cardboard. Used as a noun, a breaker is a person who buys illustrated books on the cheap, rips the plates out and then sells the individual pictures for far more than the actual value of the intact book.
Breakers are a parasitic life form that operate on the periphery of the legitimate book trade.
They tend to be destructive scavengers, ill suited for most other professions, having learned at an early age that it is far easier to destroy something, than it is to create something. The results of their activities can be observed hanging on your attorneys' conference room wall. This term can also describe a book that is lacking major components, such as a title page, the binding or gatherings of pages and is destined to be cannibalized for what remains. A poster or a single sheet of paper, printed on one side. Collected by individuals with lots of wall space.