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  • Collection: Peter and Donna Thomas Books

A19. An Aesop's Fable: The Miser

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80 x 66.5 mm (3 1/8” x 2 5/8”), 10 pages, 90 copies.

Binding: Speckled light blue commercial paper over boards. Title on spine. Linocut by Donna Thomas in blue on cover. Paper: Cream, hand-made by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography:…

A2. The Dwarf: A Short History of a Short Man

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20.5 x 12.5 cm (8” x 5”), 6 pages, 50 copies.

Binding: Unbound pamphlet. Housed in a green dust jacket. Paper: White, hand-made by Peter Thomas or various colors of commercial paper. Printing: Letterpress. Illustration printed from a…

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…

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…

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…

A23. The First Christmas Story

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24 x 17.5 cm (9 ½” x 6 7/8”), 18 pages, 100 copies.

Binding: Quarter-bound in tan calfskin and marbled paper hand-made by Peter Thomas. Dust jacket made of tan commercial paper. Title in red on cover and in gold on spine. Paper: White, hand-made…

A24. The Dwarf - A Short History of a Short Man

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38 x 76 mm (1 ½” x 3”), 44 pages, 150 copies.

Binding: Full-bound in tan sheepskin. Raised bands on spine. End sheets marbled, handmade by Peter & Donna Thomas. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Text is letterpress. Illustrations…

A25. Psalm 128

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73 x 44.5 mm (2 7/8” x 1 ¾”), 16 pages, 26 copies.

Binding: Full-bound in red sheepskin. Title in gold on spine. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress; paragraph marks in red. Typography: Handset Bernhard Modern.…

A29. A New Baby

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22 x 22 mm (7/8" x 7/8"), 14-page accordion, not a limited edition.

Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion; bound in tan speckled paper over boards. Title stamped in gold on cover. Back end of accordion not attached to a board. Paper: Tan…

A3. The Three Cedars

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Binding: Copies 1-30 are quarter-bound in brown calfskin and handspun wool cloth that was dyed and woven by Donna Millar (Thomas). Title in gold on spine. Some copies are bound in wool cloth over boards. Copies 31-150 are quarter-bound in black…