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 LHISTOIRE DE THUCYDIDE ATHENIEN RARE Edit 1559 FOLIO FINE CALF LEATHER BINDING $510.00 (21 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 42m |
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 TRAVELS IN CHINA RARE 1st Edit 1804 JOHN BARROW FINE POLISHED CALF LEATHER BNDG $1,025.00 (16 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 41m |
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 DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA RARE 2nd ENGLISH Edit 1749 CHARLES JARVIS FINE LEATHER $350.00 (16 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 39m |
 1909 CHATS ON OLD SILVER GOLD 1ST EDITION FINE LEATHER 55 ILLUS MAKERS MARKS $26.00 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 39m |
 RARE 1821 2 VOLUMES US HISTORY FINE LEATHER BINDINGS 1624 1820 REVOLUTION 1812 $28.77 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 21h 38m |
 Harpers Monthly Magazine 1857 1858 Vol XVI Rare Book Fine Leather Binding $48.00 Time Remaining: 22d 19h 15m Buy It Now for only: $48.00 |
 RARE LIFE RAIGNE KING EDWARD SIXT JOHN HAYWARD 1630 HISTORY FINE LEATHER $790.27 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 36m |
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 THE AMERICAN VOCALIST RARE AMERICAN Edition 1849 RevDHMANSFIELD FINE LEATHER $41.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 51m |
 FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING GILT ODES AND EPODES OF HORACE FIVE RAISED BANDS VGC $15.79 Time Remaining: 21h 40m |
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 1887 MEN MANNERS 1ST EDITION RAILROAD CRIMINALS FARMING SPORTS FINE LEATHER $4.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 3h 54m |
 Thompson Chain Bible FIne Moroccan Leather 1964 Rare $85.00 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 41m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
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 FINE LEATHER BINDING GILT 2 VOLUMES LIFE OF NAPOLEON JOHN HOLLAND ROSE 1108PP $31.60 Time Remaining: 2d 17h 54m |
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 RARE 1884 UK JOHN LOCKE PHILOSOPHER Life Letters FINE LEATHER BINDING GIFT IDEA $24.99 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 20h 44m |
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 BAGSTER BIBLE COMMON PRAYER 1835 FINE LEATHER BRASS CLASP WOW $237.09 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 22h 1m |
 PICTURESQUE AMERICA 1874 FULL LEATHER BINDING FINE VOL 2 GREAT PLATES $99.99 Time Remaining: 6d 23h 1m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 BOOK of COMMON PRAYER MINIATURE 1820 FINE LEATHER BINDING VERY NICE $39.50 Time Remaining: 2d 22h 34m |
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 Herman Wouk THE CAINE MUTINY Franklin Library SIGNED very fine w notes $129.95 Time Remaining: 7h 14m |
 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER FINE LEATHER BRASS CLASP c 1875 WOW $39.50 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 20h 19m |
 Family HOLY BIBLE Leather ANTIQUE 1881 RARE Victorian FINE BINDING Ephemera $139.99 Time Remaining: 8h 29m Buy It Now for only: $190.00 |
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 Elsa Morante HISTORY Franklin Library 1st edition leather very fine w notes $24.95 Time Remaining: 4h 35m |
 1979 FAREWELL TO ARMS ERNEST HEMINGWAY GOLD LEATHER FINE CONDITION CLASSIC WWI $4.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 3h 10m |
 Essays By Michel de Montaigne Franklin Press Fine Full Leather Binding $19.99 Time Remaining: 11d 1h 10m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 ARMOUR OF GOD ASSAULTS OF SATAN RARE 1627 Edition FINE LEATHER FOLIO 2 Vols in 1 $125.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 6d 3h 41m |
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 EURIPIDES MEDEA HIPPOLYTUS THE BACCHAE Easton Press 1980 Fine Leather $36.34 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 11h 32m |
 Oeuvres de Jose Maria de Heredia Les Trophees Fine Leather Binding $49.99 Time Remaining: 27d 2m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 Works WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Leather FINE Binding 1853 Drama COMEDIES Histories $49.99 Time Remaining: 7h 31m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 GULLIVERS TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift Easton Press 1976 Fine Leather $15.81 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 12h 52m |
 Aldous Huxley collectors set Heron Fine Faux Leather brave new world first 1st $290.00 Time Remaining: 5h 2m |
 Thornton Wilder THE ALCESTIAD Franklin Press IST Fine leather bound copy $27.50 Time Remaining: 29d 3h 12m Buy It Now for only: $27.50 |
 1892 Thirteen Satires Juvenal Leather Fine Binding $89.99 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 5m Buy It Now for only: $98.99 |
 1941 Viking Book of Poetry Aldington Leather Fine $49.99 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 11m Buy It Now for only: $54.99 |
 Harpers Monthly Magazine 1858 1859 Vol XVIII Rare Book Fine Leather Binding $42.00 Time Remaining: 22d 19h 48m Buy It Now for only: $42.00 |
 FINE LEATHER FRANCIS BACON HENRY 7TH HISTORY 1641 BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED $316.06 Time Remaining: 3d 20h 26m |
 EMERSONS WORKS VOL 6 LETTERS AND SOCIAL AIMS 1898 FINE BINDING LEATHER LIMITED $19.95 Time Remaining: 1d 3h 9m |
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 SHAKESPEARE 3 VOLS SET FINE SIGNED LEATHER BINDINGS THE SWAN SHAKESPEARE $200.00 Time Remaining: 24d 2h 43m Buy It Now for only: $200.00 |
 RARE 1912 FINE BINDING LEATHER GERMAN DEUTSCH RUBAIYAT OMAR KHAYYAM GIFT IDEA $24.99 Time Remaining: 21h 36m |
 HOLY BIBLE 1698 Fine BINDING English ANTIQUE Leather RARE Pocket LEATHER C Bill $360.00 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 14m Buy It Now for only: $419.99 |
 ADDISON STEELE The Spectator 1812 8 vols fine leather $181.78 Time Remaining: 29d 10h 48m Buy It Now for only: $181.78 |
 HISTORIA DE LAS GUERRAS CIVILES DE GRANADA RARE 1st Ed 1660 FINE LEATHER BINDING $12.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 7d 3h 43m |
 1848 FOX HUNTING Life of a FOX HOUND Fine LEATHER BINDING Horses HORSE Riding $150.17 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 33m |
 Book Swedish Art Historian Johnny Roosval Sangorski Sutcliffe Fine Leather Bind $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 4h 4m |
 The Poems of John Keats Easton Press Leather Fine Binding Ed by Aileen Ward $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 23h 34m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
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 THE LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES GREEK CLASSICS PLATO EASTON PRESS LEATHER FINE $25.00 Time Remaining: 2d 5h 12m |
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 THE SHORT STORIES CHARLES DICKENS EASTON PRESS LEATHER FINE $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 4h 55m |
 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Two Volumes in Fine Leather Binding 1940 $400.00 Time Remaining: 15d 22h 31m Buy It Now for only: $400.00 |
 GONE WITH THE WIND IN A 2 VOL SET Easton Press MITCHELL FINE $99.99 Time Remaining: 3d 22h 23m Buy It Now for only: $149.99 |
 DEMOGEOT History of French Literature FINE BINDING 1884 Bickers STUNNING Leather $7.89 Time Remaining: 6d 22h 24m |
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 John Williamson FOLK SONGS 1867 Fine Leather Binding $75.00 Time Remaining: 1d 20h 7m |
 Antique 1879 Laws of Business Parsons Fine Leather Binding $12.00 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 9m |
 FRANKLIN LIBRARY THE RED AND THE BLACK STENDHAL FINE FULL LEATHER $23.99 Time Remaining: 17h 37m |
 1977 Easton Press LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad Fine Leather Binding $23.80 Time Remaining: 10d 16h 29m Buy It Now for only: $23.80 |
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 FRANKLIN LIBRARY THE COLLECTOR FOWLES FINE FULL LEATHER SIGNED $119.98 Time Remaining: 16h 47m |
 The Shotgun by Purdy in Fine Leather Binding 1962 $150.00 Time Remaining: 15d 22h 28m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 Michael Crichton TRAVELS Franklin Library SIGNED FIRST EDITION fine $69.95 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 27m Buy It Now for only: $99.95 |
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 Incunabula Typographica by Henry Walters in Fine Leather Binding 1906 $200.00 Time Remaining: 15d 22h 29m Buy It Now for only: $200.00 |
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Tips From A Pro On How To Clean Leather Furniture And DIY Leather Restoration Kits
“How should I clean my leather furniture?” It’s a common question from our clients.
As a leather furniture repair and restoration specialist, I hear over and over again from my clients that they have been using saddle soap on their fine leather upholstery. After all, it seems like the right thing to use, as certainly saddles are made from leather.
Despite what it seems like, it’s a mistake! You see, leather intended for saddles and leather intended for furniture are processed very differently.
Saddles are made from heavy-duty leather which is vegetable tanned to withstand the harsh environment of the outdoors. It’s tough, highly durable leather and can stand up to the use of chemically harsh leather cleaners, like saddle soap.
Upholstery leather is processed differently. Using chromium tanning chemistry, the end result is soft, supple leather that is much more sensitive to harsh cleaners like saddle soap. Here’s the reason why.
Think about your own skin. Would you wash your face with a strong household cleaner? Certainly it would clean your face, however the drying and chaffing effect it has on your skin is not desirable, particularly with repeated use. The same is true for upholstery leather. The fact is that upholstery leather is acidic. It has a pH of 4.5 - 5. Harsh cleaners are highly alkaline. Consequently a chemical reaction occurs in the leather that breaks down its fibrous structure. Therefore it’s important to use leather cleaners that are chemically engineered (pH balanced) specifically for upholstery leather.
And, then there is the question of the type of leather you have. Leather cleaners are not appropriate for all types and grades of leather. For example, suede, brushed leathers, fine lamb or calf skin are aesthetically delicate and should be treated very carefully. Leather cleaners or conditioners may stain such delicate leather.
Generally speaking, leather furniture doesn’t need a lot of attention. A simple maintenance procedure is to wipe the piece down with a lightly dampened cloth at the same frequency you dust the wood furniture in your home. Then, periodically (every 3 - 4 months) apply a quality leather conditioner to instill moisture into the leather. Regularly conditioning your leather will prolong the life of the piece. If you feel the need to “clean” your leather furniture, be sure to use a pH-balanced cleaner appropriate for your type of leather. If you have questions, contact a leather professional.
Just remember, saddle soap will remove manure, clumps of dirt, and the grime from a saddle after being out on the trail. Hopefully your furniture is not subjected to the same environment. To prolong the life of your fine leather upholstery, use leather care products that are chemically engineered specifically for upholstery leather.
Now you can even repair and recolor your leather furniture with a DIY leather restoration kit or leather repair kit, but make sure you get a quality kit in order to achieve a good result.
About the Author
Kevin Gillan is a leather furniture repair and restoration specialist with Advanced Leather Solutions, a leading leather furniture restoration company with 22 years in the business of solving people's problems with their leather furniture. To learn more, visit DIY Leather Restoration Kit - Leather Repair Kit
Can I sew leather in my sewing machine?
I have a typical sewing machine at home and some fine leather and am wondering if I need special attachments to my machine.
Nope, no special attachments -- leather needles are needed for heavier leathers; lighter leathers sew with a boring old "sharp" needle, like you'd use for jeans or such. You will need a heavier duty machine if the machine bogs down while sewing or if the leather is too thick to allow the presser foot to sit down fully (because you won't get any upper tension if the presser foot is raised very far.)
Suggested reading: Sandy Scrivano's book on sewing with leather... your public library can probably get it for you on interlibrary loan if they don't have it already: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48535515&referer=brief_results or
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39210072&referer=brief_results
And yes, leather can use fusible interfacing.
Some help here: http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/tvt010.asp
http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00110.asp
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?s=leather
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/sewing-with-leather-pt2/
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/leather_pattern_making_and_sewing_class/
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