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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14yrs ago
Author:
Bertin, Charles
Translator:
Smith, William Jay
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Stone House Press
Publisher:
John Carter Brown Library
Designer:
Laws, George
Binder (person):
Castro, Frank
Binder (person):
Alpha-Pavia Bindery
Author:
Symons, Julian
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Printer:
Shaver, Neil
Publisher:
Studio One Gallery
Publisher:
Clark, Betty
Author:
Crane, Hart
Illustrator:
Baskin, Leonard
Publisher:
Museum of Modern Art
Designer:
Baskin, Leonard
Printer:
Baskin, Leonard
Printer:
Gehenna Press
Author:
Sisson, Majorie
Publisher:
Vine Press
Publisher:
Foster, Peter
Printer:
Foster, Peter
Publisher:
Peters, John
Printer:
Peters, John
Illustrator:
Martin, Frank
Illustrator:
Gibbings, Robert John
Printer:
Gibbings, Robert John
Printer:
Golden Cockerel Press
Author:
Read, Herbert
Contributor:
Henrion, F. H. K.
Publisher:
Vine Press
Publisher:
Foster, Peter
Printer:
Foster, Peter
Publisher:
Peters, John
Printer:
Peters, John
Illustrator:
Reddick, Peter
Author:
Theocritus
Illustrator:
Gross, Anthony
Publisher:
Clover Hill Editions
Publisher:
Chilmark Press
Editor:
Cleverdon, Douglas
Printer:
Carter, Will
Designer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Paper maker:
J. Barcham Green
Binder (person):
Wigmore Bindery
Illustrator:
Rooke, Noel
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Printer:
Gibbings, Robert John
Compositor:
Young, F.
Pressman:
Cooper, A.C.
Compositor:
Gibbs, A. H.
Compiler:
Brody, Catherine Tyler
Contributor:
Tanselle, G. Thomas
Designer:
Laws, George
Printer:
Gelfand, M. A.
Printer:
Ricciardi, Jim
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Binder (person):
Casto, Frank
Binder (person):
Alpha-Pavia Bindery
Author:
DePol, John
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Contributor:
Hitchings, Sinclair
Contributor:
Weber, Renée I.
Publisher:
Fairleigh Dickinson University. Friends of the Library
Printer:
Cypher Press
Author:
Macgregor, Miriam
Illustrator:
Macgregor, Miriam
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Publisher:
Baker, Anthony Baden
Publisher:
Gruffyground Press
Printer:
Carter, Sebastian
Rampant Lions Press
Printmaker:
Brett, Simon
Author:
Finzi, Joyce
Illustrator:
Smith, Richard Shirley
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Illustrator:
Gentleman, David
Illustrator:
Scott, Asgeir
Illustrator:
Waters, Sheila
Publisher:
John Harvey and Sons Limited
Designer:
Lewis, John (F.S.I. A.)
Printer:
Millbrook Press Limited
Binder (person):
Mansell (Bookbinders) Limited
Editor:
Don, R. S.
Author:
Spenser, Edmund
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Boar's Head Press
Author:
Bingley, Barbara
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Boar's Head 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.
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