Books for the teeming masses, sold for a mere dime each, and a small part of the history of books in America as Goodreads is becoming part of that history today. They are plays, poems and stories from famous authors and the company itself went on to become the "Book of the month club". I have about twenty of these little books, book that were so numerous between 19 that no doubt you may have a few, or maybe even one of the later boxed sets of thirty books kicking around in your attic. Walter Thompson Companyĭuring World War I the Little Leather Library Corporation marketed their volumes as gifts to send to soldiers and sailors overseas as “Something that will make their minds normal, and keep them normal.” A box, ready for shipping to overseas soldiers, was offered with the purchase of ten books.more In 1916 they showed their prototype to ad men Harry Scherman and Maxwell Sackheim, who worked at J. LITTLE LEATHER LIBRARY BOOKS FREEInspired by the example of a cigarette company that gave away free miniature copies of Shakespeare with each tobacco purchase, the brothers created a prototype-a miniature copy of Romeo and Juliet. In 1916 they showed their prototype to ad men Harry Scherman The Little Leather Library Corporation was conceived of by publisher-brothers Charles and Albert Boni in about 1914. The Little Leather Library Corporation was conceived of by publisher-brothers Charles and Albert Boni in about 1914.
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