A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the grain end of a wood block; distinct from "woodcut (process)," which is a relief process using the plank side of a wood block.
This term has 4,746 records attributed within our system.
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300053303
14yrs ago
Author:
Mariani, Paul
Illustrator:
Moser, Barry
Publisher:
David R. Godine, Publisher
Designer:
Moser, Barry
Printer:
Mercantile Printing Company
Binder (person):
New Hampshire Bindery
Author:
Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Contributor:
Cantwell, Robert
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
George Grady Press
Author:
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain)
Editor:
Knoepfler, Donald
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Buttonmaker Press
Printer:
Knoepfler, Donald
Illustrator:
Gill, Eric
Printer:
Vine Press
Binder (person):
Foster, Margaret
Writer:
Dreyfus, John
Author:
Bates, H. E.
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Victor Gollancz
Illustrator:
O'Connor, John
Contributor:
Williams, Graham
Printer:
Williams, Graham
Publisher:
Florin Press
Binder (person):
Simaleavich, David
Author:
Sandford, Christopher
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Illustrator:
Hughes-Stanton, Blair Rowlands
Publisher:
Boar's Head Press
Author:
Strouse, Norman
Printer:
Beard, James E.
Illustrator:
Dean, Mallette
Designer:
Morison, Stanley
Illustrator:
Stone, Reynolds
Printer:
University Printing House
Illustrator:
Wright, John Buckland
Contributor:
Wright, Christopher Buckland
Publisher:
Fleece Press
Binder (person):
Settle, Smith
Author:
Moser, Barry
Illustrator:
Moser, Barry
Publisher:
Pennyroyal Press
Printer:
McGrath, Harold Patrick
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Illustrator:
Gibbings, Robert John
Author:
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Translator:
Coghill, Nevill
Illustrator:
Lamb, Lynton Harold
Publisher:
Lane, Allen
Publisher:
Lane, Richard
Printer:
R. and R. Clark Ltd.
Translator:
Rieu, E. V.
Illustrator:
Stone, Reynolds
Printer:
Curwen Press
Author:
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Translator:
Coghill, Nevill
Illustrator:
Phipps, Howard
Publisher:
Perdix Press
Printer:
Partridge, Walter
Binder (person):
Period Book Binders
Author:
Gohorry, John
Illustrator:
Brett, Simon
Printmaker:
Brett, Simon
Publisher:
Paulinus Press
Printer:
Boase Press
Author:
Ic'iar, Juan de
Translator:
Shuckburgh, Evelyn
Contributor:
Stone, Reynolds
Illustrator:
Vingle, Jean de
Publisher:
Lion and Unicorn Press
Designer:
Priestley, Denis
Author:
Manzoni, Alessandro
Contributor:
Boothroyd, R. H.
Illustrator:
Gonin, Francesco
Illustrator:
Bramanti, Bruno
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Mardersteig, Giovanni
Publisher:
Officina Bodoni
Author:
Donne, John
Compiler:
Kermode, Frank
Illustrator:
Reiner, Imre Ferenc József
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Crutchley, Brooke
Printer:
University Printing House
Author:
Shakespeare, William
Contributor:
Alexander, Peter (unidentified)
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Crutchley, Brooke
Printer:
University Printing House
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