leather bound books
Library's prized possessions
Books with covers made of leather, typically suggesting quality, durability, or traditional craftsmanship.
Leather binding was standard for fine books before modern publishing made cloth and paper covers dominant.
Now the phrase evokes libraries, collectors' editions, and old-world elegance: a shelf of leather bound books, the leather bound books in his study.
Often hyphenated as leather-bound when used attributively.
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- first editionOriginal published version
- giltCovered with gold
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- spineColumn of vertebrae
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- literary collectiblesfirst editions, autographs, limited editions, bookplates, advance copies
- collectiblesbaseball cards, commemorative stamps, rare coins, mementos, rare stamps
leather bound bookspaperbacks
Books with flexible covers
mass market paperbacks · pulp novels · dime novels · pulp fiction · trade paperbacks
leather bound bookse-books
Electronic publications
audiobooks · PDFs · websites · podcasts
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