Collections of wood or ivory tablets, or sheets of paper, parchment, or similar material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together; commonly many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing; especially, when printed, a bound volume, or a volume of some size.
This term has 2,576 records attributed within our system.
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300028051
<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
14yrs ago
Author:
Wordsworth, William
Designer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Printer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Publisher:
Old Stile Press
Paper maker:
McDowall, Frances
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Author:
Feliciano, Felice
Editor:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Translator:
Boothroyd, R. H.
Publisher:
Officina Bodoni
Printer:
Facincani, Fratelli
Printer:
Grazioli, Rino
Paper maker:
Magnani, Fratelli
Illustrator:
Trivella, Ameglio
Author:
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Translator:
Garnett, Constance
Contributor:
Steiner, George
Illustrator:
Alexeieff, Alexandre
Illustrator:
Parker, Claire
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Sign of the Stone Book
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Binder (person):
Russell-Rutter Company
Author:
Kendall, Katharine
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person):
Stanbrook Bindery
Binder (person):
Percival, George
Calligrapher:
Adams, Margaret
Author:
Horace
Editor:
Untermeyer, Louis
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dothard, Robert L.
Printer:
Thistle Press
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Author:
René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem
Contributor:
Quatrebarbes, Théodore, comte de
Contributor:
Hawke, Pierre
Contributor:
Paris, Paulin
Publisher:
Edme Picard
Printer:
Cosnier et Lachèse
Editor:
Fraser, James
Contributor:
Anderson, John (printer)
Contributor:
Friedl, Eleanor
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Publisher:
Fairleigh Dickinson University (Florham-Madison Campus )
Printer:
Shaver, Neil
Binder (person):
Campbell-Logan Bindery
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Illustrator:
Wilson, Joyce Lancaster
Printer:
Wilson, Adrian
Publisher:
Press in Tuscany Alley
Binder (person):
Schuberth Bookbindery
Author:
Seutonius
Translator:
Holland, Philemon
Contributor:
Hadas, Moses
Illustrator:
Fiume, Salvatore
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Designer:
Officina Bodoni
Printer:
Stamperia Valdónega
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person):
Mason, John (son of John Henry)
Paper maker:
Mason, John (son of John Henry)
Author:
Tschichold, Jan
Publisher:
Kurrus & Co.
Author:
Plato
Translator:
Jowett, Benjamin
Illustrator:
Erni, Hans
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Designer:
Officina Bodoni
Printer:
Stamperia Valdónega
Author:
Read, Herbert
Publisher:
Vine Press
Publisher:
Foster, Peter
Printer:
Foster, Peter
Publisher:
Peters, John
Printer:
Peters, John
Illustrator:
Boulton, Reg
Illuminator:
Clovio, Giorgio Giulio (Julije Klovic)
Contributor:
Smith, Webster
Publisher:
George Braziller
Printer:
Draeger
Binder (person):
Mayer & Soutter
Designer:
Torre, Vincent
Designer:
Ratti, Oscar
Publisher:
Société des anciens textes français
Contributor:
Jeanroy, Alfred
Designer:
Seeger, Harold
Printer:
Seeger, Harold
Designer:
Sperisen, Albert
Printer:
Sperisen, Albert
Publisher:
Black Vine Press
Author:
Stauffacher, Jack Werner
Designer:
Stauffacher, Jack Werner
Compiler:
Humphreys, Glenn
Publisher:
Book Club of California
Binder (person):
Cardoza-James
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