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:
De Quincey, Thomas
Editor:
Stern, Philip Van Doren
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Author:
Dreyfus, John
Publisher:
Typophiles
Designer:
Lerner, Abe
Editor:
Meynell, Vera
Editor:
Meynell, Francis
Editor:
Goss, John (writer)
Illustrator:
Poulton, T. L.
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Printer:
William Brendon and Son Ltd.
Author:
Mansbridge, Georgia
Editor:
Gelfand, Morris
Editor:
Kelly, Jerry
Publisher:
Typophiles
Compositor:
Mansbridge, Bruce
Printer:
Stinehour Press
Author:
Selborne, Joanna
Author:
Newman, Lindsay
Illustrator:
Raverat, Gwendolen
Publisher:
Fleece Press
Printer:
Lawrence, Simon
Binder (person):
Muir, Ann
Compositor:
Sanderson, Peter J.
Compiler:
Bloomfield, Paul
Compiler:
Bloomfield, Millicent
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
G. Bell & Sons
Compiler:
Phillips, Hubert
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Printer:
Lewis, Walter
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Author:
Kendrick, Albert Frank
Author:
Tattersall, Creassey Edward Cecil
Publisher:
Benn Brothers Ltd.
Author:
Housman, A. E.
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Silent Books
Author:
Morison, Stanley
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Author:
Bürger, Gottfried Augustus
Translator:
Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Lord of Alderley
Illustrator:
Perry, Joseph
Miller, William (publisher)
Printer:
Gosnell, S.
Author:
Durand, Georges
Publisher:
Yvert et Tellier
Publisher:
A. Picard et fils
Binder (person):
Wilson & Son
Author:
Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James
Publisher:
Cobden-Sanderson, Richard
Printer:
Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd.
Author:
Farleigh, John
Illustrator:
Farleigh, John
Publisher:
Macmillan and Co.
Printer:
Curwen Press
Author:
Lancaster, Osbert
Illustrator:
Lancaster, Osbert
Contributor:
Strong, Roy
Publisher:
John Murray
Printer:
Jarrold & Sons
Author:
Carter, John (author)
Author:
Pollard, Graham
Publisher:
Constable & Co. Ltd.
Printer:
R. Clay and Sons
Author:
Blunden, Edmund
Publisher:
Ongania, Ferdinando
Printer:
Tipografia Emiliana
Author:
Johnston, Paul
Publisher:
Covici Friede
Printer:
Southworth Press
Author:
Wright, Constance
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
J. M. Dent and Sons
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