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 2,581 records attributed within our system.
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300028051
<books by conditions of production>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
13yrs ago
Curator:
Baskin, Lisa Unger
Contributor:
Frankin, Colin
Contributor:
Baskin, Hosea
Contributor:
Baskin, Leonard
Designer:
Baskin, Leonard
Publisher:
Bridwell Library
Publisher:
Gehenna Press
Printer:
Oxbow Press
Compositor:
Figovsky, Linda
Author:
Johnston, Edward
Contributor:
Argetsinger, Mark
Designer:
Kelly, Jerry
Publisher:
Rochester Institue of Technology. Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graph
Printer:
Stinehour Press
Author:
Blake, William
Illustrator:
Baskin, Leonard
Printer:
Gehenna Press
Author:
Fielding, Henry
Illustrator:
Tegetmeier, Denis
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Printer:
Gibbings, Robert John
Printer:
Gibbings, Moira
Compositor:
Young, F.
Pressman:
Cooper, A.C.
Compositor:
Gibbs, A. H.
Illustrator:
Calvert, Edward
Contributor:
Lister, Raymond
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Printer:
R. I. Severs Ltd.
Printer:
Cotswold Collotype Co. Ltd.
Author:
Koch, Rudolf
Illustrator:
Koch, Rudolf
Translator:
Nesbitt, Alexander
Publisher:
Arion Press
Author:
Abu Obeyd, 728?-824?
Author:
Abu Zaid, al-Hil¯al¯i.
Translator:
Blunt, Lady Anne
Translator:
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen
Printer:
Maynard, R. A.
Binder (person):
Fisher, George (book binder)
Binder (person):
Gregynog Press Bindery
Publisher:
Gregynog Press
Author:
Warde, Beatrice
Publisher:
Typophiles
Compositor:
Composing Room Inc.
Designer:
Anderson, Janet
Printer:
Fermaprint Inc.
Writer:
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Editor:
Smith, Edgar W.
Contributor:
Boucher, Anthony
Contributor:
Morley, Christopher
Illustrator:
Steele, Frederick Dorr
Illustrator:
Paget, Sidney
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dwiggins, William Addison
Printer:
Beilenson, Peter
Printer:
Photogravure and Color Company
Binder (person):
Russell-Rutter Company
Author:
Bayldon, Oliver
Author:
Imberdis, Jean, 1667-1747?
Illustrator:
Graham, Rigby
Publisher:
Twelve by Eight
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Editor:
Grünstein, Leo
Publisher:
Edward Hölzel & Co.
Publisher:
Dr. Benno Filser & Co.
Author:
Thoreau, David Henry
Illustrator:
Gibbings, Robert John
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Compositor:
Young, F.
Pressman:
Cooper, A.C.
Compositor:
Gibbs, A. H.
Author:
Fitzgibbon, Constantine
Illustrator:
Boulton, Reg
Publisher:
Vine Press
Publisher:
Foster, Peter
Printer:
Foster, Peter
Publisher:
Peters, John
Printer:
Peters, John
Author:
Morris, Willie
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Printer:
Shaver, Neil
Binder (person):
Campbell-Logan Bindery
Paper maker:
Maziarczyk, Claire
Author:
Durand, Georges
Publisher:
Yvert et Tellier
Publisher:
A. Picard et fils
Binder (person):
Wilson & Son
Author:
Blumenthal, Joseph
Typographer:
Blumenthal, Joseph
Publisher:
W. Thomas Taylor (Firm)
Printer:
Press of A. Colish
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Author:
Harlan, Robert D.
Publisher:
Typophiles
Printer:
Bird & Bull Press
Designer:
Lerner, Abe
Illustrator:
Villard de Honnecourt
Editor:
Omont, H.
Publisher:
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Dèpartement des manuscrits
Publisher:
Berthaud frères
Author:
Lister, Raymond
Illustrator:
Lister, Raymond
Printer:
Crampton and Sons
Binder (person):
John P. Gray and Sons
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Author:
Macgregor, Miriam
Illustrator:
Macgregor, Miriam
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Author:
Goudy, Frederic William
Typographer:
Goudy, Frederic William
Publisher:
Press of the Good Mountain
Designer:
Johnson, Herbert Harrison
Printer:
Johnson, Herbert Harrison
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