Some inner pages show anomaly from the paper being skewed when cut Imitation leather - due to WWI, the books were made from a latex-coated canvas, with flocking on the inside cover, front & back The wonderful aroma of this vintage book is to me a very special part of the package! Please pay for the book within three days, and I will ship within one to two business days. In Books > Leather Bound Books > Show & Tell. Very last page is detached from the binding The pages inside are still in good condition, very readable. 9 miniature leatherbound books from the Little Leather Library. Haas, Inc. Pocket-size volume, 3" x 4" The front and back page are very fragile, some paper has been flaked off Total of 130 pages, which include Holy Bible, Child-Health Library, & Thirty World's Masterpieces advertisements on last pages. Are we offering a value too great to be credible 2 shy at the thought of receiving too much for their money. ANTIQUE DARK BROWN EMBOSSED LEATHERETTE BOOK WITH ABSTRACT FLORAL BORDER 3' X 4' Robert K. Robert K Haas took over the publishing company formally known as the Little Leather Library Corporation in New York. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. "- This little book has been in my family since the 1920's My grandparents probably read this to my father and uncle. This change was due to the war effort ( WW1) which needed the leather for helmets etc. By then the genuine leather covers originally used had been replaced with an early type of imitation leather consisting of latex coated canvas on the outside with flocking on the inside. The books were advertised on the back covers of Mentor Magazine, Pictorial Review as well as National Geographic magazine ten different months from January 1921 to October 1924. By the early 1920's the Little Leather Library was being advertised in popular magazines and sold directly by mail order. Irish melodies Moore, Thomas Published by Little Leather Library., 1894 Seller: Alcaná Libros, Madrid, Spain Seller Rating: Contact seller Used - Softcover Condition: Bien US 37.47 Convert currency US 37.56 Shipping From Spain to U.S.A. Haas, Inc., Publishers (Formerly Little Leather Library Corporation) A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHARLES DICKENS For all you history buffs, here is an interesting fact: "The first versions of the Little Leather Library volumes were bound in real leather. ANTIQUE DARK BROWN EMBOSSED LEATHERETTE BOOK WITH ABSTRACT FLORAL BORDER 3" X 4" Robert K. Little Leather Library Corp, 6 books written & published by Little Leather Library Corp, New York, NY, 1920s.
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