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 Chair, Somerset
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Rutter, Owen
Binder (person):
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Editor:
Coppard, A. E.
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Printer:
Gibbings, Robert John
Printer:
Gibbings, Moira
Printer:
Churchill, George
Editor:
Fellowes, Edmund H.
Editor:
Pine, Edward
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Rutter, Owen
Designer:
Carnes, A. Burton
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Typographer:
Baumwell, M. J.
Printer:
Eilert Printing Company
Binder (person):
Sendor Bindory
Author:
Zapf, Hermann
Publisher:
G. K. Schauer
Printer:
Egenolf, Heinrich
Illustrator:
Villard de Honnecourt
Editor:
Omont, H.
Publisher:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Dèpartement des manuscrits
Publisher:
Berthaud frères
Author:
Leighton, Clare
Illustrator:
Leighton, Clare
Publisher:
Victor Gollancz
Printer:
Camelot Press
Author:
De Chair, Somerset
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Rutter, Owen
Binder (person):
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Author:
Lieberman, J. Ben
Contributor:
Walsdorf, Jack
Contributor:
Lieberman, Jethro K.
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Binder (person):
Campbell-Logan Bindery
Author:
Zapf, Hermann
Author:
Stauffacher, Jack Werner
Typographer:
Stauffacher, Jack Werner
Publisher:
Pittsburgh Bibliophiles
Printer:
Davis & Warde, Inc.
Binder (person):
S. A. Stewart Company
Compiler:
Taylor, Michael (unidentified)
Compiler:
Sewell, Brocard
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Printer:
Whittington Press
Printer:
CTD Printers
Author:
Nash, Paul
Author:
Low, David
Author:
Gibbings, Robert John
Author:
Kennington, Eric Henri
Author:
Spencer, Stanley
Author:
Sullivan, Edmund Joseph
Author:
Fry, Roger Eliot
Author:
Dyson, Will
Author:
Smith, Percy John
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Newbery, Francis J.
Publisher:
Rutter, Owen
Binder (person):
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Compiler:
Beck, Melissa
Publisher:
Kenneth Karmiole
Designer:
Ritchie, Ward
Printer:
Premier Printing Corporation
Binder (person):
Kater-Crafts
Author:
Mély, Fernand de
Publisher:
Geuthner, Paul
Author:
Muther, Richard
Publisher:
Georg Hirth
Author:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hall, Frederick (printer)
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of
Author:
Lucas, Margaret
Editor:
Grant, Douglas
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Printer:
William Clowes and Sons
Designer:
Meynell, Francis
Author:
Hobson, Geoffrey Dudley
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Author:
Abu Obeyd, 728?-824?
Author:
Abu Zaid, al-Hil¯al¯i.
Translator:
Blunt, Lady Anne
Translator:
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen
Printer:
Maynard, R. A.
Binder (person):
Fisher, George (book binder)
Binder (person):
Gregynog Press Bindery
Publisher:
Gregynog Press
Author:
Nerval, Gérard de
Translator:
Holland, Vyvyan
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Designer:
Sandford, Christopher
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Boar's Head Press
Publisher:
First Edition Club
Binder (person):
Messrs. Nevett Ltd.
Author:
Bayldon, Oliver
Author:
Imberdis, Jean, 1667-1747?
Illustrator:
Graham, Rigby
Publisher:
Twelve by Eight
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Author:
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Contributor:
Maynard, John S.
Printer:
Fairfax Hall, Benjamin
Publisher:
Stourton Press
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