![]() Collectors also recognize there is something special about the feel, look, and smell of leather.Ĭondition is critical. Leather bound books are collected for a variety of reasons – aesthetics of the binding, decorative objects, or a leather-bound version of a favorite title. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Franklin Mint’s Franklin Library division mass-marketed The 100 Greatest Books of All Times and Pulitzer Price Classic sets. More recently Easton Press and Gryphon Editions have produced leather-bound copies of many contemporary authors. Caxton Press of Idaho published a number of very small editions, some as few as 10 copies, of signed Morocco-leather Vardis Fisher books. In the 1920s and 1930s, Golden Cockerel Press in the United Kingdom hired Sangorski & Sutcliffe to leather-bound several titles. Private presses, such as Kelmscott Press (established by William Morris in 1891) and Roycroft Press (inspired by Elbert Hubbard) are famous for their leather bindings. An Etruscan binding has been acid etched and usually features a central panel surrounded by a decorative border. ![]() ![]() ![]() A two-tone leather cover is known as a Cambridge. Relievo binding is used to describe a deeply embossed tooling technique. Coats of arms, elaborate gilding, and using dyes to create a sprinkled effect enhance a book’s presentation. Many leather-covered books contain elaborate decorations on the leather. ![]()
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