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

It was a ledger with a half-leather binding such as storekeepers use for accounts.

From The Garden of Eden by Max Brand

Books bound in half-cloth or half-leather have the sides covered with paper; the latter often with cloth.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

The prices through the Club are $24.00 for the half-leather binding and $20.00 for the cloth binding—payable at the rate of $1.00 or $2.00 a month.

From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various

Frequently, in the smaller towns, there are still produced Bible histories, catechisms, and the like in half-leather bindings, tanned sheep-skin, the sale of which is likely to be large and assured for many years.

From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam

If bound substantially in good half-leather, with leather corners, the cost is reckoned at 1s. 4d. each, in London.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford