calf-bound

Here are the opening and closing lines of Orwell's essay: When I worked in a second-hand bookshop -- so easily pictured, if you don't work in one, as a kind of paradise where charming old gentlemen browse eternally among calf-bound folios -- the thing that chiefly struck me was the rarity of really bookish people.

The funny thing about Amazon as Big Brother is George Orwell had bad bookshop memories Paul 2009

Here are the opening and closing lines of Orwell's essay: When I worked in a second-hand bookshop -- so easily pictured, if you don't work in one, as a kind of paradise where charming old gentlemen browse eternally among calf-bound folios -- the thing that chiefly struck me was the rarity of really bookish people.

Archive 2009-07-01 Paul 2009

The contents of the house had to be carefully inventoried and Jane went shopping for a calf-bound ledger for the purpose.

The Wayward Muse Elizabeth Hickey 2007

The contents of the house had to be carefully inventoried and Jane went shopping for a calf-bound ledger for the purpose.

The Wayward Muse Elizabeth Hickey 2007

The contents of the house had to be carefully inventoried and Jane went shopping for a calf-bound ledger for the purpose.

The Wayward Muse Elizabeth Hickey 2007

One day he came to Bella bearing a pile of calf-bound volumes from the library.

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

He unwrapped the nearest parcel and handed down a calf-bound book.

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

Oblivious to her horror, Mr. Claremont drew a calf-bound book from the inside pocket of his coat and began to read.

Thief Of Hearts Medeiros, Teresa 1994

Paperback mystery novels lay in bright, tatty piles in front of calf-bound tomes, jammed cheek by jowl with book-club selections, ancient volumes pilfered from extinct libraries, and thousands upon thousands of pamphlets, leaflets, and hand-sewn manuscripts.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

As Drew unstrapped those he wore and fitted the new pair to his boots, a brown, calf-bound book thudded to the floor.

Rebel Spurs Andre Norton 1958