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
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14yrs ago
Compiler:
Butcher, David
Contributor:
Randle, John
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Illustrator:
Macgregor, Miriam
Author:
Bewick, Elizabeth
Contributor:
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Illustrator:
Williams, Graham
Printer:
Williams, Graham
Publisher:
Florin Press
Binder (person):
Simaleavich, David
Contributor:
Dreyfus, John
Publisher:
Grolier Club, The
Designer:
Clarke, Bert
Printer:
Colish Press
Editor:
Bennett, Paul
Contributor:
Adams, Frederick Baldwin
Publisher:
Grolier Club, The
Printer:
Princeton University Press
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Binder (person):
J. F. Tapley Company
Publisher:
Johnson Reprint Company Limited
Publisher:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Editor:
Pedretti, Carlo
Designer:
Pedretti, Carlo
Printer:
University Printing House
Binder (person):
Zaehnsdorf
Author:
Whistler, Laurence
Publisher:
Cupid Press
Printer:
Westerham Press
Binder (person):
Mackay, W. & J.
Author:
McKitterick, Dr D.
Contributor:
Bawden, Edward
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Printer:
Senecio Press
Publisher:
Gardner, William
Publisher:
Penman Press
Printer:
Hambin, Paul
Author:
Swift, Jonathan
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
Cresset Press
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Gilbert, William S.
Illustrator:
Gilbert, William S.
Contributor:
Pearson, Hesketh
Contributor:
James, Philip
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Ganymed Press
Publisher:
Lane, Allen
Author:
Sabbe, Maurits
Illustrator:
Pennell, Joseph
Publisher:
J.-E. Buschmann
Author:
Fugger, Wolffgang
Translator:
Plaat, Frederick
Contributor:
Carter, Harry
Publisher:
Lion and Unicorn Press
Designer:
Davey, Patricia
Compiler:
Butcher, David
Contributor:
Randle, John
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Author:
Ruskin, John
Contributor:
Strouse, Norman
Illustrator:
Bichan, Adele
Publisher:
Adagio Press
Author:
Johnston, Edward
Contributor:
Argetsinger, Mark
Designer:
Kelly, Jerry
Publisher:
Rochester Institue of Technology. Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graph
Printer:
Stinehour Press
Author:
Timperley, C. H.
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Author:
Bewick, Thomas
Illustrator:
Bewick, Thomas
Designer:
Esslemont, David
Printer:
Esslemont, David
Author:
Avis, Frederick Compton
Publisher:
Avis, Frederick Compton
Printer:
Glenview Press
Writer:
Friend, Owen
Author:
Paolozzi, Eduardo Luigi
Author:
Alloway, Lawrence
Contributor:
Munday, John
Publisher:
Lion and Unicorn Press
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