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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<books by conditions of production>
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14yrs ago
Author:
Carter, John (author)
Author:
Pollard, Graham
Publisher:
Constable & Co. Ltd.
Printer:
R. Clay and Sons
Author:
Blunden, Edmund
Publisher:
Ongania, Ferdinando
Printer:
Tipografia Emiliana
Author:
Johnston, Paul
Publisher:
Covici Friede
Printer:
Southworth Press
Author:
Wright, Constance
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
J. M. Dent and Sons
Author:
Lancaster, Osbert
Illustrator:
Lancaster, Osbert
Publisher:
John Murray
Printer:
Butler & Tanner Ltd.
Editor:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Author:
Bernard, of Clairvaux, 1090 or 91-1153
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Writer:
Cockerell, Sydney C.
Author:
Laver, James
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Printer:
Lewis, Walter
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Editor:
Farleigh, John
Illustrator:
Farleigh, John
Publisher:
Sylvan Press
Printer:
Curwen Press
Author:
Blades, William
Publisher:
Trubner & Co.
Printer:
Ballantyne, Hanson and Co.
Compiler:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
Hamish Hamilton
Illustrator:
Frutiger, Adrian
Editor:
Alb, Erich
Author:
Schenkel, Ronald
Publisher:
Syndor Press
Author:
Wilson, Albert Edward
Contributor:
Cochran, Charles Blake
Publisher:
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Author:
Lancaster, Osbert
Illustrator:
Lancaster, Osbert
Publisher:
John Murray
Printer:
Butler & Tanner Ltd.
Author:
Goodwin, Francis
Illustrator:
Goodwin, Francis
Publisher:
Longman & Co.
Contributor:
Whistler, Laurence
Illustrator:
Whistler, Reginald John (Rex)
Publisher:
Richards Press
Author:
Goodwin, Francis
Illustrator:
Goodwin, Francis
Publisher:
Longman & Co.
Contributor:
Leeds, W. H.
Author:
Lancaster, Osbert
Illustrator:
Lancaster, Osbert
Publisher:
John Murray
Printer:
Butler & Tanner Ltd.
Author:
Lee, Brian North
Publisher:
Private Libraries Association
Publisher:
Bookplate Society
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