half-leather

British  

noun

1. a type of half-binding in which the backs and corners of a book are bound in leather

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half-leather

Illustrated by William Small.—Also a Pocket Edition, set in New Type, in Elzevir style, fcap. 8vo, half-leather, 2s. 6d.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant

Commandant Lucy drew out from her sister’s desk three half-leather, locked volumes.

From The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" by Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter

There was an old harness upon him, half-leather, half-rope, with a few wisps of corn-husk, and without delay Jim laid his hand on the bit-ring and started away.

From Dorothy on a House Boat by Evelyn Raymond

For extra half-leather work the backs are previously glued round on the book itself.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

Illustrated by S. L. Fildes, R.A.—Also a Pocket Edition, set in New Type, in Elzevir style, fcap. 8vo, half-leather, 2s. 6d.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant