More specifically, something with bound pages that inherently has a "front" and a "back", in which you start by looking at the "front" and flipping the pages over to see the back of that page and the front of the next. You know.. like a book. Book-like?
Is there a single word or technical phrase to describe this unambiguously?
Tome, album, manual, anthology, publication, or ledger
As @Drew and @ermanen state, if you can define said object, more answers will follow. It stands as a riddle: What is bound, has a back, front, and pages like a book, but isn't?
The word "folio" might serve your purpose. The definition closely matches what you've described.
