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  • Collection: Peter and Donna Thomas Books

A82. The Tarantella Rose

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27 x 19 cm (10 5/8” x 7 5/8”), 15 pages, 82 copies.

Binding: Modified limp vellum binding using paper handmade by Peter Thomas. Printed pages are sewn onto paper laces that are threaded into slits in the covers. Title on label on cover. Housed in…

A85. Meditations at the Edge

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A. 28.5 x 11.5 cm (11 ¼” x 4 ½”), 20 pages, 86 copies.

Binding: Text block sewn into boards covered in red cloth. Bhutanese paper sample with gold leaf detail on raised panel on cover. Paper: Text printed on off-white, handmade by Peter Thomas…

A22. West Park Sonnets

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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…

A130. The Mystical Quality of Handiwork

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69 x 47 mm (2 ¾” x 1 7/8”), scroll, 21 copies.

Binding: Scroll. Case-bound in black leather. Scroll is wound between brass dowels with cranks set in a wooden frame affixed to the spine of the binding. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas.…

A54. Dard Hunter

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73 x 54 mm (2 7/8” x 2 1/8”), 8 pages, 200 copies.

Binding: Case-bound accordion; pages glued at spine. Some copies bound in blue paper with green clouds, handmade by Peter, over boards. Linocut by Donna Thomas based on one of Dard Hunter’s…

A21. The Story of Word Pictures

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10 x 11.5 cm (4” x 4 ½”), 14 pages, 200 copies.

Binding: Copies 1-25 are quarter-bound in brown calfskin and brown commercial paper. Copies 26-200 are bound in brown commercial paper over boards. Title on label on cover. Paper: Copies 1-25 are…

A119. Silver Sierra

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8.5 x 10.5 cm (3 3/8” x 4 1/8”), 12-page accordion, 10 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are blue painted paper over boards. Illustration on label on cover. End sheets green. Paper: Peach with visible fibers, handmade by Peter Thomas.…

A20. The Night Before Christmas

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63.5 x 76 mm (2½”x3”), 26 pages, 200 copies.

Binding: Red or green commercial paper over boards. Title on label on cover. Dust jacket made of red or green commercial paper. Linocut and title on front. Linocut by Donna Thomas printed in green on…

A81. Climb the Mountains

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66.5 x 51 mm (2 5/8” x 2”), 17-page accordion, 100 copies.

Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion; full-bound in handmade paper over boards. Sierra wood panels on covers and spine. “John Muir” printed on label on spine. End of accordion slipped in…

A96. Song of Creation

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70 x 54 mm (2¾” x 2 1/8”), 12-page accordion, 500 copies.

Binding: Nested accordion; covers are cream paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Paper: Green paper with plant fiber inclusions, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital.…