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
Printmaker:
Caulfield, Sean
Author:
Hart, Jonathan
Designer:
Colberg, Susan
Publisher:
University of Alberta
Printmaker:
Nicholson, William
Author:
Henley, William Ernest
Publisher:
William Heinemann Ltd.
Printmaker:
Nadin, Peter
Publisher:
Grenfell Press
Binder (person):
Cohen, Claudia
Printmaker:
Nicholson, William
Author:
Waugh, Arthur
Publisher:
William Heinemann Ltd.
Author:
Homer [Greek writer]
Typographer:
Proctor, Robert
Printer:
Hart, Horace
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Writer:
Needham, Paul
Contributor:
Marques, Alfredo Pinheiro
Contributor:
Kilduschevskaya, Ludmila
Publisher:
M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.
Contributor:
Morison, Stanley
Publisher:
Victor Gollancz
Publisher:
British Museum
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Printer:
Charles Whittingham and Griggs
Author:
Bilhana
Translator:
Mathers, Edward Powys
Illustrator:
Cour, Glenys
Publisher:
Old Stile Press
Designer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Author:
Carter, Sebastian
Publisher:
Oak Knoll Press
Translator:
Peacock, Jila
Calligrapher:
Peacock, Jila
Publisher:
Sylph Editions
Printer:
Die Keure
Author:
Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Illustrator:
Lubbock, Joseph Guy
Designer:
Carter, Will
Publisher:
Twelve by Eight
Printer:
Stellar Press
Paper maker:
J. Barcham Green
Binder (person):
Mason, John (book binder)
Binder (person):
Percival, George
Artist:
Siemeister, Emil
Publisher:
Aut.press.Aut
Author:
Milton, John
Author:
Marvell, Andrew
Publisher:
Simmons, S.
Author:
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Author:
Eden, Sir William
Publisher:
May, Louis Henry
Author:
Benardaki, Nikolaj Dmitrievič
Illustrator:
Caran d'Ache (Emmanuel Poiré)
Guillaume, Albert
Publisher:
Librairie Plon
Editor:
Miró, Mónica
Publisher:
M. Moleiro Editor, S.A.
Author:
Wieck, Roger S.
Author:
Hearne, K. Michelle
Publisher:
Faksimile Verlag Luzern
Author:
Shakespeare, William
Publisher:
Hubbard, Elbert
Publisher:
Roycroft Shop
Translator:
Wagner, Roger
Illustrator:
Wagner, Roger
Publisher:
Beasalel Press
Binder (person):
Ludlow Bookbinders
Printer:
Lack, Adrian
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