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
<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
14yrs ago
Editor:
Miró, Mónica
Contributor:
Morgan, Nigel
Contributor:
Alcoy, Rosa
Contributor:
Reinhardt, Klaus
Publisher:
M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.
Illustrator:
Jones, David
Illustrator:
Pepler, Hilary Douglas Clark
Publisher:
St Dominic's Press
Author:
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Printer:
Morris, William
Designer:
Morris, William
Designer:
Burne-Jones, Edward
Engraver:
Hooper, W. H.
Printer:
Kelmscott Press
Editor:
Ellis, F. S.
Silversmith:
Kelly, Rod
Author:
Apuleius, Lucius
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Translator:
Graves, Robert
Publisher:
Folio Society
Author:
Caithness, Juliet
Illustrator:
Caithness, Juliet
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Author:
St John, John
Contributor:
Hollis, Christopher
Illustrator:
Mackarell, Peter
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Paper maker:
Wookey Hole Paper Mill
Binder (person):
Hunter and Foulis
Marbling:
Lowndes, Charles
Author:
Nashe, Thomas
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
John Lehmann
Editor:
Gray, Cecil
Editor:
Gray, Margery
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Nicholson and Watson
Editor:
Hillier, Bevis
Illustrator:
Mackarell, Peter
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Binder (person):
Pitman Press
Contributor:
O'Connor, Jeannie
Illustrator:
O'Connor, John
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Author:
Ayrton, Michael
Contributor:
Warner, Rex
Publisher:
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
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