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>
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14yrs ago
Author:
Faulkner, William
Editor:
Meriwether, James B.
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Random House
Editor:
Mulchrone, Kathleen
Publisher:
Stationery Office
Compiler:
Farrell, David
Contributor:
Stinehour, Roderick D.
Publisher:
Meriden-Stinehour Press
Contributor:
Lawrence, John
Publisher:
Lawrence, Simon
Printer:
Whittington Press
Printer:
Randle, John
Printer:
Randle, Rosalind
Printer:
Macgregor, Miriam
Binder (person):
Smith Settle Limited
Author:
Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Contributor:
Bayley, John (unidentified)
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
Spiral Press
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Author:
Rheault, Charles A.
Publisher:
Society of Printers
Printer:
Bixler, Michael
Binder (person):
Robt
Author:
Hughes-Stanton, Penelope
Publisher:
Private Libraries Association
Author:
Smart, Christopher
Illustrator:
Shahn, Ben
Contributor:
Sweeney, John L.
Contributor:
Hofer, Philip
Publisher:
Fogg Art Museum
Illuminator:
Bourdichon, Jean
Author:
Mâle, Émile
Contributor:
Pognon, Edmond
Publisher:
Verve
Author:
Dickens, Charles
Illustrator:
Raymond, Charles
Contributor:
Winterich, John T.
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
Spiral Press
Designer:
Blumenthal, Joseph
Author:
Verne, Jules
Contributor:
Bradbury, Ray (writer)
Illustrator:
Wilson, Edward A.
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Marks, Saul
Designer:
Marks, Lillian
Printer:
Plantin Press
Printer:
Photogravure and Color Company
Author:
De Hamel, Christopher
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Smith Settle Limited
Author:
Smyth, Elaine
Contributor:
Turner, Decherd
Designer:
Hutchinson, Bradley
Printer:
Wind River Press
Publisher:
W. Thomas Taylor (Firm)
Author:
Baskin, Leonard
Publisher:
Yale University. Library
Printer:
Officina Bodoni
Printer:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Calligrapher:
Pontes, Crimilda
Binder (person):
Officina Bodoni Bindery
Author:
Verhaeren, Émile
Illustrator:
Dufy, Raoul
Publisher:
Société Littéraire de France
Author:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Publisher:
Valdonega
Compiler:
Dreyfus, John
Compiler:
Baudin, Fernand
Printer:
Magermans, Remy
Author:
Campbell, Nancy
Author:
McDowall, Frances
Author:
McDowall, Nicolas
Publisher:
Old Stile Press
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