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:
Stacpoole, Alberic
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Author:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Contributor:
Millar, Eric George
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Johnson, John (printer)
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Lerner, Abe
Publisher:
Angelica Press
Designer:
Grastorf, Dennis J.
Printer:
Wightman, Gary R.
Printer:
Amity Press
Author:
Robertson, Alec
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Illustrator:
Adams, Margaret
Printer:
Trinity Press
Binder (person):
Weatherby Woolnough Ltd.
Author:
Herodotus
Translator:
Carter, Harry
Designer:
Carter, Harry
Illustrator:
Bawden, Edward
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
Designer:
Krimpen, jan van
Paper maker:
Wolvercote Paper Mill
Binder (person):
J. Brandt & Zoon
Author:
Miller, Liam
Contributor:
Yeats, Michael B.
Publisher:
Dolmen Press
Author:
Osborn, Mary (author)
Printer:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Publisher:
Guildhouse
Paper maker:
Abbey Mills
Paper maker:
Barcham Green Ltd.
Author:
Hueso Rolland, Francisco
Publisher:
Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte
Printer:
Blass, S. A.
Author:
Mariani, Paul
Illustrator:
Moser, Barry
Publisher:
David R. Godine, Publisher
Designer:
Moser, Barry
Printer:
Mercantile Printing Company
Binder (person):
New Hampshire Bindery
Contributor:
Strouse, Norman
Contributor:
Dreyfus, John
Author:
Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James
Author:
Cobden-Sanderson, Stella
Printer:
Bahr, Leonard
Publisher:
Adagio Press
Author:
Hofer, Philip
Illustrator:
Lear, Edward
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Designer:
Begg, John
Illustrator:
Pitts, J. Martin
Author:
Pitts, J. Martin
Designer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Printer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Contributor:
Newitt, Chris
Publisher:
Old Stile Press
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Contributor:
Omont, H.
Publisher:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Dèpartement des manuscrits
Publisher:
Berthaud frères
Editor:
Novak, David Alan
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Rowfant Club
Printer:
Yellow Barn Press
Printer:
Shaver, Neil
Binder (person):
Campbell-Logan Bindery
Editor:
Gheyn, Joseph van den
Compiler:
Aubert, David
Illuminator:
Liédet, Loyset
Publisher:
Vromant & Co.
Author:
Jean Paul
Illustrator:
Blecher, Wilfried
Publisher:
Verlag der Goldene Brunnen
Illustrator:
Meckel, Christoph
Author:
Fromm, Lilo
Publisher:
Heinrich Ellermann
Author:
Guigo, I, Prior of the Grande Chartreuse
Translator:
Merton, Thomas
Printer:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person):
Percival, George
Paper maker:
Cramer, Birgitta
Author:
Hubbard, Elbert
Editor:
Hoyle, John T.
Publisher:
Wm. H. Wise & Co.
Printer:
Roycrofters
Typographer:
Rosen, Charles J.
Typographer:
Sahlin, Axel Edward
Binding (person):
Charles Youngers
Author:
Yeats, William Butler
Editor:
Tindall, William York
Illustrator:
Jacques, Robin
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Thistle Press
Author:
Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Contributor:
Cantwell, Robert
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
George Grady Press
Publisher:
Guinness (Firm)
Illustrator:
Ardizzone, Edward
Designer:
S. H. Benson Ltd.
Printer:
W. S. Cowell Ltd.
Paper maker:
John Dickinson & Co. Ltd.
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