multi-volume
adjective
(alsomultivolume)uk/ˌmʌl.tiˈvɒl.juːm/us/ˌmʌl.tiˈvɑːl.juːm//ˌmʌl.taɪˈvɑːl.juːm/consisting of severalvolumes(= sets ofrelatedbooks):
a multi-volumehistoryofItalianart
He is theauthorof a multi-volumebiographyof Johnson.
- Theinitialprojectgrewinto a multi-volumeencyclopediaofmathematics.
- Theworkswerepublishedas a multi-volumecollectionof hundreds ofessays.
- This multivolumeworkiswidelyrecognizedas thedefinitivedescriptionofclassicalcomputerscience.
- Incommonwith otherlargemulti-volumetextbooks,itssalesdeclinedtolevelsthat were nolongercommerciallyviable.
Books: kinds of books
- abridgment
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- crammer
- dime novel
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- photo book
- speller
- travelogue
- young adult