A32. A Story of the Tree Keeper’s Wisdom

A32. Peter Thomas. A Story of the Tree Keeper’s Wisdom. Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press, 1985.

63.5 x 47.5 mm (2 ½” x 1 7/8”), 32 pages, 200 copies.

Binding: Copies 1-19 are full-bound in vellum. Title in gold on spine. Housed in a dark blue calfskin and wood clamshell box. Copies 20-200 are quarter-bound in dark blue calfskin and mottled light blue handmade paper. Linocut by Donna Thomas on cover. Title in gold on spine. End sheets light blue handmade paper mottled with green pulp. Paper: Copies 1-19 vellum; copies 20-200 white with blue flecks, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Hand set Bernhard Modern Roman. Illustration: Nine linocuts by Donna Thomas. Illustration on opening page hand-colored by Donna Thomas.

“The text is a fairy tale I wrote. This was the first time that we printed on vellum. We were inspired by a Doves Press book and figured that if they could do it so could we.”