Word: leathers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Deturs will be awarded to men who have won positions in the first group and who have never before received a detur. These deturs are books purchased with the income of a fund established by Edward Hopkins in the seventeenth century. They are bound in red leather with the seal of the University stamped in gold on the cover...
...described in detail. The whole is now shaped like a wedge, with the thick end towards the back. When hammered flat, the back is stiffened with glue, and the boards are fastened to the book by the projecting ends of the cords on which it was sewed. The leather then is pared to the right degree of thinness, and pasted on, the edges turned over inside, and covered with paper. The binding is now complete...
...connection with these lectures, a small collection of books handsomely bound in colored leather and vellum, printed and decorated under Mr. Cobden-Sanderson's personal supervision, are on public exhibition in the Treasure Room of Gore Hall, together with a few select works on book-binding and its history. This room will be open every afternoon during the next ten days from 2 until 5.30 o'clock...
...Last Thursday a man went through the campus dormitories, and by representing himself to be an agent of a New York firm, which was closing out in stock, obtained a great many orders for seals and banners. His offer included a bronze Yale seal, a leather banner, and half a dozen Yale pennants for $3.50. The extremely low price of the articles was explained by the desire of the firm to dispose of its stock at once, on account of a recent failure. The failure was also given as a reason for the demand for immediate payment, and the delivery...
...builders are "The First World's Shoe and Leather Fair Co.," who will hold an annual shoe fair in the building for the next ten years. They hope to have the building finished by June...