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>
<books by external form>
<books by internal form>
14yrs ago
Author:
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of
Author:
Lucas, Margaret
Editor:
Grant, Douglas
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Printer:
William Clowes and Sons
Designer:
Meynell, Francis
Author:
Hobson, Geoffrey Dudley
Publisher:
Cambridge University 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:
Nerval, Gérard de
Translator:
Holland, Vyvyan
Illustrator:
Sandford, Lettice
Designer:
Sandford, Christopher
Printer:
Sandford, Christopher
Publisher:
Boar's Head Press
Publisher:
First Edition Club
Binder (person):
Messrs. Nevett Ltd.
Author:
Bayldon, Oliver
Author:
Imberdis, Jean, 1667-1747?
Illustrator:
Graham, Rigby
Publisher:
Twelve by Eight
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Author:
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Contributor:
Maynard, John S.
Printer:
Fairfax Hall, Benjamin
Publisher:
Stourton Press
Compiler:
Thomas, Mary Gwyneth Lloyd
Illustrator:
Bawden, Edward
Publisher:
Frederick Muller Ltd.
Printer:
Curwen Press
Author:
Cornford, Frances
Illustrator:
Raverat, Gwendolen
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Printer:
Lewis, Walter
Author:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Designer:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Illustrator:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Publisher:
Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Printer:
Ballantyne Press
Illustrator:
Bembridge School
Editor:
Whitehouse, J. Howard
Printer:
Cambridge University Press
Printer:
Lewis, Walter
Author:
Wedgwood, Henry Allen
Illustrator:
Raverat, Gwendolen
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Author:
Virgil
Illustrator:
Lister, Raymond
Illuminator:
Lister, Raymond
Illuminator:
Lister, Pamela
Printer:
R. I. Severs Ltd.
Publisher:
Golden Head Press
Binder (person):
John P. Gray and Sons
Illustrator:
Jones, David
Publisher:
Clover Hill Editions
Publisher:
Cleverdon, Douglas
Printer:
Carter, Will
Printer:
Rampant Lions Press
Paper maker:
J. Barcham Green
Author:
Blake, William
Illustrator:
Baskin, Leonard
Printer:
Gehenna Press
Author:
Blake, William
Muir, William
Druitt, E.
Muir, H. T.
Watts, J. D.
Bookseller:
Pickering & Co.
Author:
Goldsmith, Oliver
Publisher:
Saint Nicolas Press
Printer:
Barker, Nicolas
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:
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Editor:
Bennett, Paul
Publisher:
Typophiles
Designer:
Ogg, Oscar
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Printer:
Photogravure and Color Company
Binder (person):
J. F. Tapley Company
Author:
Craighead, Meinrad
Illustrator:
Craighead, Meinrad
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person):
Percival, George
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.
Author:
Harlan, Robert D.
Publisher:
Typophiles
Printer:
Bird & Bull Press
Designer:
Lerner, Abe
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