{"product_id":"preview-leather-onlay-sketchbook","title":"Leather Onlay Sketchbook","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of a series of five highly decorative Properly Made Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHESE BOOKS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese exhibition standard bindings all feature exquisite gold tooling on leather. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full leather binding filled with vintage handmade paper. The cover is decorated with gold tooled leather onlays. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeather onlays are micro-thin (approx 0.2mm) pieces of coloured and shaped leather adhered to the cover of a book, usually differing in color, grain, or both from the main covering leather. 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