Russia-leather

Russia-leather pocket-book: and when he ventured to look up, and saw the eyes of the Baroness de Florval – Delval, née de

The Paris Sketch Book 2006

My brother has lost a little Russia-leather case; he thinks he may have dropped it in the church; there were two ten-pound notes in it.

Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron

Russia-leather satchel, the school-boy's knapsack, or the commercial traveller's double-locked valise.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

He noticed something else that was there, and that was a Russia-leather purse; and when he took it to examine the inside he found that it was not empty -- the first thing he saw was a five pound note!

Left at Home or, The Heart's Resting Place Mary L. Code

He was about his own age, and was dressed in a short pair of corduroy trousers, much bloomed at the knee, a pair of yellow Russia-leather shoes that reached well to his calves, and, over all, a shaggy white sweater, rolling almost to his chin.

Long Live the King! Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

Well, they'd better go home and read their Russia-leather covered Bibles.

Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, Volume I 1915

"I may have made an impression, but certainly not a ten-strike," he thought to himself, as he folded up the missive and put it into the most sacred compartment of his Russia-leather pocketbook, along with the letter of credit.

The Slim Princess George Ade 1905

She gave it; he noted it, closed his little Russia-leather book with a snap, and pocketed it.

Athalie Frank Craig 1899

Lieutenant McDonald, magnificent in brown cords and laced Russia-leather riding-boots, offers us his pony carriage, but we scoff at anything less foreign than a jinrikisha, and set off together for Benton-dori, the fashionable shopping-street of Shichiu.

In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World 1891

It was full to overflowing with printed books in fine bindings, short tales in Bragdon's familiar hand in copy-books, manuscripts almost without number, three Russia-leather record-books containing, the title-page told me, that which I most dreaded to find, _The Poems of Thomas Bragdon_, and dedicated to "His Dearest Friend" -- myself.

The Water Ghost and Others John Kendrick Bangs 1892