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:
Shaw, Henry
Publisher:
Pickering, William
Author:
Milton, John
Illustrator:
Blake, William
Printer:
Lewis, Walter
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Printer:
Chiswick Press
Designer:
Bliss, Douglas Percy
Designer:
Meynell, Francis
Author:
Creuzevault, Colette
Publisher:
Editions de Montfort
Translator:
Harrison, Jane
Translator:
Mirrless, Hope
Illustrator:
Garnett, Ray
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Printer:
R. and R. Clark Ltd.
Auctioneer:
Langford and Son
Auctioneer:
Langford, Abraham
Illustrator:
Banck, Jan van der
Chambars, Thomas
Author:
Dreyfus, John
Contributor:
Keynes, Geoffrey
Contributor:
McKitterick, Dr D.
Contributor:
Rendall, Simon
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Paper maker:
Sommerville, William
Paper maker:
Dalmore Mill
Author:
Orlandi, Pellegrino Antonio
Printer:
S. G.
Publisher:
Harding, Samuel
Printer:
Aris, Thomas
Author:
Morris, William
Publisher:
Lawson, Evelyn
Publisher:
Lawson, Alexander
Author:
Menestrier, Claude François
Publisher:
Vallet, Guillaume
Printer:
Colin, Louis
Designer:
White, Lewis F.
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Typographer:
Baumwell, M. J.
Printing:
Tri-Arts Press
Binding:
Russell-Rutter Company
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Contributor:
Weber, Renée I.
Contributor:
Wesely, Don
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Printer:
Shaver, Neil
Binder (person):
Campbell-Logan Bindery
Contributor:
James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Printer:
Johnson, John (printer)
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Author:
Symons, Julian
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Binder (person):
Campbell-Logan Bindery
Designer:
Carnes, A. Burton
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Typographer:
Baumwell, M. J.
Printer:
Comet Press
Binder (person):
Van Rees Bookbinding Corp.
Paper maker:
Mohawk Paper Mills
Author:
Humphreys, Henry Noel
Publisher:
Bernard Quaritch
Author:
Chaucer, Geoffrey
Editor:
Del Re, Arundell
Illustrator:
Gill, Eric
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Gibbings, Robert John
Binder (person):
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Author:
Herbert, George
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Designer:
Hunter, Edmund
Author:
Menestrier, Claude François
Publisher:
Coral, Benoist
Editor:
Graham, Rose
Illuminator:
Fournier, Robin
Publisher:
Roxburghe Club
Printer:
Johnson, John (printer)
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Emery Walker Limited
Illustrator:
Calvert, Edward
Contributor:
Lister, Raymond
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Printer:
R. I. Severs Ltd.
Printer:
Cotswold Collotype Co. Ltd.
Author:
Morris, Willie
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Printer:
Shaver, Neil
Binder (person):
Campbell-Logan Bindery
Paper maker:
Maziarczyk, Claire
Author:
Lawrence, T. E.
Contributor:
Lawrence, Arnold Walter
Publisher:
Golden Cockerel Press
Publisher:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Newbery, Francis J.
Publisher:
Rutter, Owen
Binder (person):
Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Paper maker:
Portals
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