Sentence:  These narratives of coarse action and crude language appeared first in local newspapers , as a rule , and later found their way between book covers , though rarely into the planters ' libraries beside the <WSD>morocco</WSD> bound volumes of Horace , Mr. Addison , Mr. Pope , and Sir Walter Scott . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.