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
Author:
Shakespeare, William
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Contributor:
Casson, Lewis
Publisher:
Folio Society
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Author:
Foa, George Ronald Raphael
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
John Calder
Author:
Arlott, John
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Jonathan Cape
Author:
Ayling, Alan
Translator:
Mackintosh, Duncan
Translator:
Tong, Bingzheng
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Paper maker:
St Cuthberts Mill
Binder (person):
Hunter and Foulis
Marbling:
Crompton Press
Author:
Cave, Richard
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Paper maker:
Büttenpapierfabrik Hahnemühle
Author:
Archilochus
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Translater:
Ayrton, Michael
Contributor:
Kirk, G. S.
Publisher:
Secker & Warburg
Author:
Wright, George H.
Catnap Press
(Publisher)
Author:
MacNeice, Louis
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Author:
Day, James Wentworth
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Author:
Verlaine, Paul
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
Cleverdon, Douglas
Publisher:
Arcadia Press
Printer:
Circle Press
Printer:
Studio Prints
Paper maker:
Barcham Green Ltd.
Contributor:
Kholucy, Shawn
Photographer:
Smith, Edwin
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Paper maker:
Büttenpapierfabrik Hahnemühle
Author:
Bett, Henry
Illustrator:
Ayrton, Michael
Publisher:
B. T. Batsford Ltd.
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