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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<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
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14yrs ago
Author:
Crabbe, George
Publisher:
Hatchard, J.
Printer:
Brettell, John
Author:
Blair, Robert
Illustrator:
Blake, William
Editor:
Butlin, Martin
Contributor:
Paley, Morton D.
Publisher:
William Blake Trust
Author:
Burgert, Hans Joachim
Editor:
Schneider, Werner
Publisher:
Burgert Handpresse
Author:
Ehmcke, Fritz Helmut
Publisher:
Eugen Diederichs
Author:
Holme, Randle
Editor:
Jeayes, Isaac Herbert
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
J. B. Nichols and Sons
Printmaker:
Caulfield, Sean
Author:
Hart, Jonathan
Designer:
Colberg, Susan
Publisher:
University of Alberta
Translator:
Wagner, Roger
Illustrator:
Wagner, Roger
Publisher:
Beasalel Press
Binder (person):
Ludlow Bookbinders
Printer:
Lack, Adrian
Author:
Painter, William
Contributor:
Miles, Hamish
Illustrator:
Bliss, Douglas Percy
Publisher:
Cresset Press
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Editor:
Pfändtner, Karl-Georg
Publisher:
Quaternio Verlag Luzern
Printmaker:
Caulfield, Sean
Author:
Hart, Jonathan
Designer:
Colberg, Susan
Publisher:
University of Alberta
Printmaker:
Nicholson, William
Author:
Henley, William Ernest
Publisher:
William Heinemann Ltd.
Printmaker:
Nadin, Peter
Publisher:
Grenfell Press
Binder (person):
Cohen, Claudia
Printmaker:
Nicholson, William
Author:
Waugh, Arthur
Publisher:
William Heinemann Ltd.
Author:
Homer [Greek writer]
Typographer:
Proctor, Robert
Printer:
Hart, Horace
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Writer:
Needham, Paul
Contributor:
Marques, Alfredo Pinheiro
Contributor:
Kilduschevskaya, Ludmila
Publisher:
M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.
Contributor:
Morison, Stanley
Publisher:
Victor Gollancz
Publisher:
British Museum
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Printer:
Charles Whittingham and Griggs
Author:
Bilhana
Translator:
Mathers, Edward Powys
Illustrator:
Cour, Glenys
Publisher:
Old Stile Press
Designer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Author:
Carter, Sebastian
Publisher:
Oak Knoll Press
Translator:
Peacock, Jila
Calligrapher:
Peacock, Jila
Publisher:
Sylph Editions
Printer:
Die Keure
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