Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. information artifacts
7. [information artifacts by physical form]

Narrower term/s

• [books by external form][+]
  • girdle books
  • paperbacks
  • hardcover books
  • folded books [+]
    • detchos
    • sempu-yo
    • accordion books [+]
      • screenfolds (manuscript books) [NP]
      • orihon
  • shaped books
  • bath books
  • cloth books (books)
  • coffee-table books
• [books by conditions of production][+]
  • appointment books [NP]
  • sketchbooks [NP] [+]
    • black books (graffiti)
  • block books
  • incunabula (books) [+]
    • illuminated incunabula
  • artists' books (books) [+]
    • bookworks
    • avant-garde books
  • festival books [NP] [+]
    • wedding books
    • coronation books
    • tournament books
  • alphabet books [NP]
  • gift books [NP]
  • keepsakes (books) [NP]
  • large print books
  • scorebooks [NP]
  • press books (private press books)
  • photobooks
  • made-up copies
  • rare books
  • fine press books
  • children's books [+]
    • bumper books
  • photography incunabula
  • prize books
  • drawing books [NP]
  • writing books [NP]
• [books by internal form][+]
  • albums (books) [+]
    • autograph albums
    • letter books [+]
      • letterpress copybooks
    • photograph albums
    • postcard albums
    • presentation albums
    • stamp albums
    • scrapbooks
    • baby books
    • bridal books
    • wedding albums
    • alba amicorum
    • verse albums
    • memory books
    • pictorial albums
  • sample books
  • flip books
  • blankbooks [+]
    • notebooks [+]
      • laboratory notebooks
      • exercise books
      • composition books
  • movable books [+]
    • pop-up books
  • harlequinades (books)
  • ration books [NP]
  • jigsaw books
  • sticker books
  • illustrated books [+]
    • livres de peintres [NP]
    • extra-illustrated books
  • Braille books
  • books of speeches
• [books by subject][+]
  • science books
  • craft books
  • art books

Anotations

Scope note:

Items comprising a collection of leaves of paper, parchment, wood, stiffened textile, ivory, metal tablets, or other flat material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together in a volume.