Nat J Ferber (23 results)
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Published by Liberty Magazine, 1938
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- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Hammonds Antiques & Books
Contact seller3-star sellerMagazine. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 8x10; 1 pages; This is an article and not a full magazine, pages are discolored from age.
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Language: English
Published by Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927
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Seller: Lost Time Books, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Lost Time Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Inscribed by the author. Second printing, Nov 1927. 8vo in publisher's cloth. 363 pp. VG-. Light wear to exterior. Front hinge starting. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
Language: English
Published by New York, Farrar Rinehart [, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.My Dead Aunt's Books
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Green topstain. Some sunning and wear to spin. Nicely penned owner's name and date July 5, 1934 of front flyleaf. else 308 unmarked pages minor soiling to the orange boards with blacke lettering.
Published by Chicago: Pascal Covici, Publisher, 1927
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.Nicholas J. Certo
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Second Printing, 3 months following the first. Inscribed and signed by Ferber dated Feb(?) 30/'28. Publishers green cloth, titles in black. Little spotting to page tops, VG with clean cloth. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United KingdomForgotten Books
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is an autobiography that gives an early 20th century perspective of immigrant life in America, told from the viewpoint of a Jewish family from Poland. The author's experiences include the abject poverty her family faced while her father peddled bananas from a pushcart in New…York City, the sweatshop horrors her mother endured in her work as a seamstress, as well as the devastating impact of her father's early death. Through it all, the author insists on finding joy and dignity. This book is an inspiring and moving story of a family's determination to not only survive but thrive despite immense hardship and discrimination. In the end, the author's childhood memoir is more than a personal tale; it is an important historical record of the immigrant experience in America. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
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Language: English
Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1930
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: London Rare Books, St Leonard's on Sea, United KingdomLondon Rare Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ferber, Nat J., Spawn: A Novel of Degeneration, Farrar & Rinehart (1930). First Edition, signed and inscribed by author. Black cloth with red blind stamped title and author to front cover and spine, with publisher, faint sunning to top of spine. Richly de…corated endpapers designed by jacket author, Lewis Daniel, an artist who represented the United States in the painting event at the 1932 Olympic games and specialised in showing working class evocative imagery. Signed and inscribed to half title, For Joseph Henry Cohen, my very good friend, with sincere regards, Nat J Ferber. In original scarce jacket which shows chipping to extremities and the top and base of the spine with some loss to title, and a discrete tear along the flap of the front of the jacket, additionally it is price clipped. Internally clean, with very intermittent spotting with an uncut fore edge and a faintly red dyed top edge. A very scarce fourth novel of an important Jewish socialist author and reporter, Nat J. Ferber (1889-1945) who spent much of his reporting career on Wall Street, writing for the New York American, specialising in stories of corruption, high crime and mobsters, most famously investigating Arnold Rothstein, a mobster and racketeer who fixed the 1919 world series. In some letters he is particularly vitriolic in his criticism of American journalism and laissez-faire attitudes towards growing European fascism and right-wing movements. This tracks as his writings often dealt with the immigrant, or Jewish experience, often combining the two, such as in 'One Happy Jew' (1934), focussing on a poor Jewish family in an Austrian ghetto seeking better fortunes in America. Or his first novel, 'Sidewalks of New York' (1927), following the life of an illegitimate child of a wealthy Russian Jewish family and a serving girl, who suffers from Hydrocephalus, meandering through the poorer parts of New York and Life. Ferber's interest with the subaltern and his own lived experience, combined with a dislike for corruption and injustice come together in 'Spawn', a story set in a town called Pike Hollow, in the state of New York, and is split into three books, from '1844-1887', '1887-1893', and '1893-'. Each section takes us through a new generation of the community residing in 'Bastard's Notch' where a small farming village had once been visited upon by a band of men from Vermont, and ever since had slowly slipped into widespread incest and depravity, with the laws of man and God slowly ebbing away. In one review it was supposed that Ferber must have had a room sized chart to keep track of all the interrelations of characters, who are presented as inadvertent sinners and victims of circumstance. Published a year after Black Thursday, and Ferber being a reporter working in and around the financial district, there is perhaps allegory of the start of the great depression, with working people suffering as a result of choices made by those above them. After his time in Wall Street, and as an author, he moved to Hollywood to work as a screenwriter, contributing to several films including crime film, Circumstantial Evidence (1945). Joseph Henry Cohen, to whom this appears inscribed to was a Manhattan based attorney who had studied in the 1910's at Colombia, and worked in Washington for Solicitor General, Harlan Fiske Stone, before returning to New York to specialise in Trial, Corporate and General law. Lewis Daniel (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).
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Published by Pascal Covici, Chicago, 1927, 1927
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. First printing. A lovely copy in near fine condition missing the dust jacket. "Story of a Russian boy who came to New York with his foster parents and grew up on the East Side of New York. Shows the life of the Ghetto and its affect." Coan a…nd Lillard America in Fiction, Stanford University Press. rm.
Published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Unstated printing, hardcover, rear hinge is starting but firm, and the book has a strong lean to the binding, heavy bumps to the spine ends and cover corners with the boards starting through at the corners, creasing to the pages at the head of their gutter that's heaviest to the last pages,… sunning to the spine, smudging and uneven toning to the covers, and light foxing to teh pages and edges of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, Good only copy.
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Published by Pascal Covici, Publisher, Chicago, 1927
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Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Old New York Book Shop, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. Second Printing. 363p octavo, A very good copy in green cloth. Inscribed by the author to Fred(Hummel) and his wife . Hummel a New York playwrigt and novelist wa 'The King of East Long Island'.
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Published by Covici Friede Publishers, New York, 1929
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Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Old New York Book Shop, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 345p octavo. spine faded and with a tiny nick. A very good copy in black cloth Inscribed by the author to Fred & Lil (Fred Hummel and his wife Lillie) Hummel "The King of East Long Island" was an author and playwright.
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Published by Pascal Covici, Chicago, 1927
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Binding cocked, modest rubbing at the corners and spine ends and a tiny red stain at the topedge of the front board, final 15 pages with the foredge margin stained, sound and about very good. Nicely Inscribed on the front fly: "For my pal Doris / who knows more ways of bringing c…heer to this aged hypochondriac than were ever known to King Cole himself. With the heart-felt gratitude of Nat (Ferber). Oxford. July 27 / 36.".
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Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1934
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Seller: Bungalow Books, ABAA, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.Bungalow Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Orange cloth stamped in black, lacking the dust jacket. Dust soiling and smudging to the boards. Slightly leaning, with fading to the green topstain. Rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards, with some loss to the cloth. A bump to the top edge of the rear… board. Two small abrasions to the front free endpaper, else unmarked. A novel about a family fleeing Hungarian anti-semitism. ; 308 pages.
Published by Farrar & Rinehart (c.1934), New York, 1934
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Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, minor bumping to lower corners, slight darkening/soiling to spine cloth]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Virginia Hicks / A Happy Birthday / to you / Nat J. (Ferber / + Toni." Novel following the Marmelsteins, a Jew…ish family, from their little Austrian village, to Vienna, Paris, and finally New York. The narrative commences with the father resolving to take his five sons to America because he believes it to be "the one place where the Jew is spared suffering and humiliation merely because of his inevitable heritage" (which he describes elsewhere as "the curse of which they will never be rid"). Alas, four of the five turn their backs on their father's dream, some adopting other religions, others marrying to gain wealth -- all but one, Pincus (the book's title character), who stays true and marries a nice Jewish girl. The author, a journalist throughout the 1920s, was the one-time husband of anarchist/activist Marie Ganz, with whom he collaborated on her 1920 autobiography "Rebels" (also available from ReadInk); by the time this book appeared, however, he had left journalism (and New York) and moved to Hollywood to try and establish himself as a screenwriter (it didn't take), and had presumably split with Marie. (An obituary, from 1945, reports that his widow's name was Jewel, so that leaves the identity of "Toni" a mystery. I am equally clueless about who the inscribee, Virginia Hicks, might have been.) ***This book is among the nearly 150 items offered in ReadInk's new Catalog Number 4, "Booking Passage: Books on the Immigrant Experience." You can access this catalog and its contents in any one of three ways: (1) email us to request a PDF to be emailed to you; (2) view or download the catalog from the link on our website's main page; (3) browse the books individually (including a few that didn't make the cut for the catalog) on our website under these two subject headings: "Immigration: Fiction" and "Immigration: Non-fiction." Signed by Author.
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Published by Dial Press, 1939
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Seller: PJK Books and Such, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.PJK Books and Such
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dial Press, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear, top corners rubbed through, faded spine. Spine is very slightly tilted. Hinges are perfect. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. Very nice copy. Scarce.
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Published by Covici Friede, 1929
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Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.The Cary Collection
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. FERBER, Nat J. [345] pp. Covici Friede 1929 7 3/4" x 5 1/2".
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Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1930
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- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges.
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Language: English
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, IndiaS N Books World
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 384. A perfect gift… for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 384.
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Published by Farrar and Rinehart, New York, 1930
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Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.Babylon Revisited Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition in dustjacket with 'Second Large Edition' plug at lower front panel and top front flap. Lewis Daniel dustjacket art and endpapers. Licentious and 'brutal novel, which shows what might happen to an isolated community if all standards were removed from its people. From 1844 to the early days of our century, he chroni…cles the people of Pike Hollow (New York), living, struggling, innocent and yet sinning against the rules of God and man. Very scarce in illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping, small chip at top mid spine edge, light staining to front panel.
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Published by New York: Covici, 1929, 1929
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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Add to basketFirst edition. The novel focuses on the experience and struggles of Jews in New York over the preceding forty years, centred on Julius Midas, a builder and collector of rare fiddles, and presenting more broadly a panorama of the city's changing character. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. With…dust jacket. Unclipped jacket with slight sunning to spine and minor chips at extremities: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1920 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd repri…nt. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 320 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 320 Language: English.
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Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, IndiaGyan Books Pvt. Ltd.
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Add to basketLeather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine l…ends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1976. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 299, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 299 299.
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Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, IndiaGyan Books Pvt. Ltd.
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Add to basketLeather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine l…ends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1920. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 320, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 320 320.
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Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, IndiaGyan Books Pvt. Ltd.
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Add to basketLeather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine l…ends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1927. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 384, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 384 384.
