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
Illustrator:
Rooke, Noel
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Printer:
Gibbings, Robert John
Compositor:
Young, F.
Pressman:
Cooper, A.C.
Compositor:
Gibbs, A. H.
Publisher:
Vine Press
Compiler:
Foster, Peter
Printer:
Foster, Peter
Compiler:
Peters, John
Printer:
Peters, John
Binder (person):
J. P. Gray & Son
Author:
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Author:
Ignatius, of Antioch
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Illustrator:
Adams, Margaret
Binder (person):
Percival, George
Binder (person):
Graham, Rigby
Paper maker:
Mason, John Henry
Author:
Hutner, Martin
Publisher:
Typophiles
Printer:
Press of A. Colish
Designer:
Kelly, Jerry
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:
Gill, Eric
Publisher:
Northern Group of the Printing Historical Society
Compiler:
Ryder, John
Publisher:
Bodley Head
Binder (person):
Benham and Company ltd.
Printer:
Tinlings
Author:
Priestley, John Boynton
Publisher:
Kit-Cat Press
Designer:
Hardacre, Kenneth
Printer:
Hardacre, Kenneth
Author:
Bromer, Anne
Publisher:
Boston Public Library
Publisher:
Society of Printers
Printer:
Wild Carrot Letterpress
Printer:
Champagne Lafayette Communications, Inc.
Binder (person):
Acme Bookbinding
Author:
Held, Julius S.
Publisher:
Gehenna Press
Pressman:
McGrath, Harold Patrick
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Paper maker:
Curtis Paper Company
Author:
Burke, Clifford
Printer:
Burke, Clifford
Designer:
Burke, Clifford
Publisher:
Scarab Press
Binder (person):
Cardoza-James
Paper maker:
Curtis Paper Company
Author:
DePol, John
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Contributor:
Hitchings, Sinclair
Contributor:
Weber, Renée I.
Publisher:
Fairleigh Dickinson University. Friends of the Library
Printer:
Cypher Press
Contributor:
Thompson, Edward Maunde
Contributor:
Jebb, Richard Claverhouse
Publisher:
Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Compiler:
Jones, Eifion
Publisher:
Osprey Press
Contributor:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Kent, Carol
Printer:
Press at the Humanities Research Center
Author:
Burke, Clifford
Illustrator:
Myers, Michael
Publisher:
Cranium Press
Editor:
Herbert, John Alexander
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
J. B. Nichols and Sons
Author:
Dreyfus, John
Illustrator:
Raverat, Gwendolen
Publisher:
Stanford University Libraries
Printer:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Paper maker:
Barcham Green Ltd.
Editor:
Millar, Eric George
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Batey, Charles
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Emery Walker Limited
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