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>
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14yrs ago
Translator:
Faulkner, Raymond O.
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
Curwen Press
Typographer:
Dreyfus, John
Contributor:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Contributor:
Put, Albert van de
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hart, Horace
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Harrop, Dorothy A.
Publisher:
Private Libraries Association
Author:
Jonson, Ben
Editor:
Kronenberger, Louis
Illustrator:
Sussan, René Ben
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Meynell, Francis
Printer:
Batey, Charles
Paper maker:
William Nash Limited
Author:
Berengaudus
Editor:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Hall, Frederick (printer)
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
Editor:
Wensinger, Arthur S.
Editor:
Coley, W. B.
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press
Compositor:
Connecticut Printers, Inc.
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Binder (person):
Russell-Rutter Company
Author:
Dunlap, Joseph Riggs
Publisher:
Typophiles
Editor:
Simmonds, Harvey
Designer:
Gralla, Howard
Printer:
Bixler, Michael
Printer:
Bixler, Winifred
Author:
Cockerell, Sydney C.
Author:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Johnson, John (printer)
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Publisher:
Stationery Office
Editor:
Macalister, R. A. S.
Author:
Hebel, Johann Peter
Publisher:
D. Stempel
Contributor:
Warner, George, Sir
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Doyle, Richard
Publisher:
Pierpont Morgan Library
Author:
Voss, Richard
Translator:
De Castro, Adolphe Danziger
Author:
Bierce, Ambrose
Contributor:
Valency, Maurice
Illustrator:
Ciry, Michel
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Foss, Glenn
Printer:
Tri-Arts Press
Publisher: Egyptian Delegation
Author:
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of
Publisher:
Gruffyground Press
Printer:
Cummington Press
Author:
Anthoensen, Fred
Contributor:
Chaplin, Ruth A.
Publisher:
Southworth-Anthoensen Press
Author:
Harrop, Dorothy A.
Designer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Publisher:
Old Stile Press
Printer:
Premiere Press Ltd.
Binder (person):
Woolnough Bookbinding
Author:
Wyss, Johann
Contributor:
Murphy, Robert Cushman
Illustrator:
Gentleman, David
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
W. S. Cowell Ltd.
Paper maker:
Grosvenor, Chater & Co. Ltd.
Editor:
Wilcox, Timothy
Publisher:
Hove Museum and Art Gallery
Printer:
Hartington Fine Art
Contributor:
Scott, Kathleen L.
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Buckley, Eric
Printer:
Oxford University Press
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