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  • Collection: Peter and Donna Thomas Books

A142. The Southwest

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70 x 44.5 mm (2 ¾” x 1 ¾”), 14-page accordion, 50 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are green paper, made from cotton rag and Yucca fiber, over boards. Title and illustration on label on cover. Paper: Yellow, handmade by Peter…

A141. Not Paper

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21.5 x 13 cm (8 ¾” x 5”), 17-page accordion, 48 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are leather over boards, color varies by copy. Pages are folded in half and sewn to one another to form the accordion. Title stamped on cover. Housed in a…

A140. The Pencil

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21.5 x 14 cm (8 ½” x 5 ½”), trifold, 11 pages, 30 copies.

Binding: Tri-fold. Quarter-bound in red leather and printed paper over boards. Title on label on cover. Text block sewn into left spine. Cedar block attached to the right spine with a…

A137. Wilderness

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76 x 76 mm (3” x 3”), 13-page accordion, 50 copies.

Binding: Case-bound accordion; half-bound in black leather and marbled paper. End sheets blue. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text…

A136. Beauty

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73 x 64 mm (2 7/8” x 2 ½”), 18-page accordion, 100 copies.

Binding: Case-bound accordion; quarter-bound in red leather and cream paper, handmade by Peter Thomas. Title and illustration by Donna Thomas on cover. End sheets red. Paper: Cream,…

E13. Where the Crossing happens

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17 x 13cm (6 ¾” x 5 ¼”) 38 copies.

Binding: Dowel Spine portfolio (developed by the Thomases) contains fifteen broadsides. Decorated with a unique acrylic print (made indirectly from metal type) Paper: Canson Mi Teintes. Printing: Letterpress on…

A133. Train Depots

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54 x 76 mm (2 1/8” x 3”), 34 pages, 85 copies.

Binding: Full-bound in black leather. Title in red on blue wood panel inset on cover. End sheets blue speckled paper. Paper: Copies 1 and 2 printed on vellum. Copies 3-85 printed on white,…

A132. In the San Joaquin Valley

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41 x 74.5 mm (1 5/8” x 2 15/16”), 12-page accordion, 51 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are floral-printed cloth over boards. Title and illustration on label inset on cover. Paper: Peach, handmade by Peter Thomas from cotton rag with…

A131. Glen Dawson

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41 x 75 mm (1 5/8” x 2 15/16”), 14-page accordion, 60 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are blue “skiver” leather over boards. Title stamped in gold on cover. Held by a patterned sleeve made of green and purple paste paper made by Claire…