A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the grain end of a wood block; distinct from "woodcut (process)," which is a relief process using the plank side of a wood block.
This term has 4,746 records attributed within our system.
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14yrs ago
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.
Author:
Thomas, the Rhymer
Printer:
McDowall, Nicolas
Publisher:
Old Stile Press
Paper maker:
McDowall, Frances
Binder (person):
Fine Bindery
Author:
Gill, Eric
Illustrator:
Gill, Eric
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Yellow Barn Press
Printer:
Shaver, Neil
Author:
Melville, Herman
Illustrator:
Stone, Reynolds
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Ridler, Vivian
Author:
Brody, Catherine Tyler
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Typophiles
Designer:
Carr, Dan
Printer:
Ferrari, J.
Printer:
Carr, Dan
Printer:
Golgonooza Letter Foundry
Author:
Heath-Stubbs, John
Illustrator:
Smith, Richard Shirley
Publisher:
Gruffyground Press
Printer:
Libanus Press
Author:
Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Contributor:
Swinnerton, Frank
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Printer:
Thistle Press
Author:
Faulkner, William
Editor:
Meriwether, James B.
Illustrator:
DePol, John
Publisher:
Random House
Contributor:
Lawrence, John
Publisher:
Lawrence, Simon
Printer:
Whittington Press
Printer:
Randle, John
Printer:
Randle, Rosalind
Printer:
Macgregor, Miriam
Binder (person):
Smith Settle Limited
Author:
Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Contributor:
Bayley, John (unidentified)
Illustrator:
Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
Spiral Press
Designer:
Dreyfus, John
Author:
Verhaeren, Émile
Illustrator:
Dufy, Raoul
Publisher:
Société Littéraire de France
Author:
Macgregor, Miriam
Illustrator:
Macgregor, Miriam
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Author:
Davies, Jill
Illustrator:
Cunliffe, Christopher
Publisher:
Silent Books
Illustrator:
Wyatt, Leo
Contributor:
Taylor, Michael (unidentified)
Publisher:
Florin Press
Illustrator:
Brett, Simon
Paper maker:
Green, Barcham
Binder (person):
Settle, Smith
Designer:
Koch, Rudolf
Designer:
Wolpe, Berthold
Illustrator:
Kredel, Fritz
Illustrator:
Eichenauer, Gustav
Designer:
Chappell, Warren
Publisher:
David R. Godine, Publisher
Publisher:
Merrion Press
Publisher:
Friends of the Klingspor Museum
Publisher:
Typophiles
Printer:
Meriden Gravure Company
Binder (person):
Robert Burlen & Son
Designer:
Allen, Lewis
Designer:
Allen, Dorothy
Publisher:
Allen Press
Illustrator:
Dean, Mallette
Contributor:
Dreyfus, John
Contributor:
Randle, John
Contributor:
Batty, Mark
Publisher:
International Typeface Corporation
Publisher:
Grolier Club, The
Designer:
Kelly, Jerry
Illustrator:
Macgregor, Miriam
Compiler:
Butcher, David
Contributor:
Randle, John
Publisher:
Whittington Press
Illustrator:
Macgregor, Miriam
Author:
Bewick, Elizabeth
Contributor:
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Illustrator:
Williams, Graham
Printer:
Williams, Graham
Publisher:
Florin Press
Binder (person):
Simaleavich, David
Author:
Gilbert, William S.
Illustrator:
Gilbert, William S.
Contributor:
Pearson, Hesketh
Contributor:
James, Philip
Printer:
Oxford University Press
Printer:
Ganymed Press
Publisher:
Lane, Allen
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