A12. A Tale of Life.

A12. Peter Thomas. A Tale of Life. Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press, 1980.

76 x 66.5mm (3” x 2 5/8”), 20 pages, 40 copies.

Binding: Marbled paper, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, over boards. Title in gold on cover. End sheets green. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Hand set and linotype; initial in blue. Illustration: Opening initial is a woodcut by Donna Thomas.

“The text is a fairy tale I wrote. This book was printed while demonstrating at the Festival of the American West in Utah. They provided me with a rusty table top C&P and a stray case of type. The rollers had been chewed by mice so each pull had to be hand inked with a brayer. I needed a smaller type for the colophon and a local printer volunteered to help out, bringing me some linotype slugs the next day. He just dropped them off and I never found out what type face was used.”