Little Leather Library Corporation

The Little Leather Library Corporation was an American publishing company founded in New York City by Charles and Albert Boni, Harry Scherman, and Max Sackheim.

the Little Leather Library Corporation issued 101 literary classics in miniature editions[1] and sold over 25 million little books through department stores, bookstores, drugstores, and by mail.

[2][3] In 1916 they showed their prototype to ad men Harry Scherman and Maxwell Sackheim, who worked at J. Walter Thompson Company.

[11] Whitman’s modified its Library Package and renamed it “Service Chocolates—Sweets with a book," a “vest-pocket edition of classics”, packed with the company’s chocolates, that could be purchased and sent overseas to American troops.

The mail-order scheme relied on a combination of publication advertising and direct circulating to reach those who bought only by mail as well as individuals who might never set foot in traditional bookstores .

In 1917, the Boni brothers sold their interest in the company and went on to other undertakings, including the founding of the Modern Library with Horace Liveright.

The publishing house of Funk & Wagnalls contracted for 250,000 thirty-volume sets from Robert K. Haas, Inc, which they offered to send free to any subscriber who would promise to take The Literary Digest for a year.