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 2,574 records attributed within our system.
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13yrs ago
Author:
Melville, Herman
Illustrator:
Stone, Reynolds
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Ridler, Vivian
Author:
Guinness (Firm)
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
Guinness (Firm)
Printer:
John Waddington Limited
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Illustrator:
Hassall, Joan
Designer:
Hassall, Joan
Publisher:
Hopetown Press
Printer:
J. and J. Gray
Illustrator:
Griggs, Frederick Landseer
Contributor:
Alexander, Russell
Printer:
Shakespeare Head Press
Bookseller:
Blackwell, Basil
Author:
Sassoon, Siegfried
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person):
Percival, George
Binder (person):
Graham, Rigby
Calligrapher:
Adams, Margaret
Calligrapher:
Westover, Wendy
Author:
Brody, Catherine Tyler
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Typophiles
Designer:
Carr, Dan
Printer:
Ferrari, J.
Printer:
Carr, Dan
Printer:
Golgonooza Letter Foundry
Author:
Oldham, J. Basil
Photographer:
Pilcher, P. W.
Publisher:
Shrewsbury School
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Secrétan, E.
Contributor:
Wolff, Albert
Printer:
A. Lahure
Author:
Heath-Stubbs, John
Illustrator:
Smith, Richard Shirley
Publisher:
Gruffyground Press
Printer:
Libanus Press
Author:
Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Contributor:
Swinnerton, Frank
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Thistle Press
Author:
Seddon, John
Publisher:
Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei
Supervisor:
Tschichold, Jan
Paper maker:
Douglas Cockerell and Son
Publisher:
George Braziller
Contributor:
Alexander, Jonathan James Graham
Illuminator:
Master of Mary of Burgundy
Author:
Burns, Robert (poet)
Compiler:
Ferguson, John De Lancey
Illustrator:
Hassall, Joan
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
Author:
Sparrow, John
Publisher:
Jonathan A. Hill
Printer:
Bird & Bull Press
Author:
Feliciano, Felice
Publisher:
Officina Bodoni
Editor:
Warner, George Frederic
Editor:
Wilson, Henry Austin
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hart, Horace
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Froissart, Jean
Translator:
Berners, John Bourchier, Lord
Printer:
Shakespeare Head Press
Publisher:
Blackwell, Basil
Writer:
Blackwell, Basil
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