A22. West Park Sonnets

A22. Brother P. E. Thomas Gower O.H.C. West Park Sonnets. Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press, 1982.

16.5 x 25 cm (6 ½” x 9 ¾”), 26 pages, 100 copies.

Binding: Some copies quarter-bound in blue leather and blue marbled paper, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, over boards. Title in gold on spine. End sheets light blue with grid watermark. Some copies quarter-bound in blue cloth and blue marbled paper, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, over boards. End sheets light blue. Paper: Cream, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, or cream commercial paper. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Hand set “Dutchess,” a recasting of Bernhard Modern Roman by LA Type Foundry.

“The text consists of twenty-five sonnets. This was a commissioned book. Brother Thomas actually came down to our home in Santa Cruz to help make the paper. This was before I bought a good papermaker’s mould from Tim Moore, and, held to the light, the paper shows a watermark of the plastic grating used to support the screen of my handmade mould.”