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  • Collection: Peter and Donna Thomas Books

A68. You Can't Make Paper From a Loofah

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21.5 x 14 cm (8 ½” x 5 ½”), 32 pages, 15 copies.

Binding: Coptic binding. Covers are pastel green handmade paper boards textured with deeply indented laid lines. Paper: White, Svecia Antiqua. Printing: Digital. Typography: Palatino. Illustration:…

A67. Shakespearian Words of Gratitude

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49 x 24 mm (1 15/16”x 15/16”), 4 pages, not a limited edition.

Binding: Case-bound accordion; glued at spine. Full-bound in blue sheepskin. Star stamped in gold on cover. Paper: Blue, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress.…

A73. Good Books

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70 x 51 mm (2 ¾” x 2”), 114 pages, 200 copies.

Binding: Quarter-bound in brown leather and green, blue, and brown marbled paper over boards. Title in gold on spine. End sheets lavender. Paper: White with colored fibers, handmade by Peter Thomas.…

A69. Bikupan

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26.5 x 19 cm (10 ½” x 7 ½”), 31 pages, 119 copies.

Binding: Quarter-bound in leather and blue marbled paper. Title in gold on spine. End sheets dark blue. Paper: Blue, handmade by Peter Thomas in 1983 using white and black rags and blue pigment.…

D4. Novel - A Poem

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7 x 5 cm (2 ¾” x 2”) 150 copies.

Binding: Full bound black cloth over boards. Hand bound by Donna Thomas. Dust Jacket made of marbled paper. Title on front cover. Photo of the author on the back cover. Paper: White, commercial. Printing:…

A76. A Collection of Paper Samples

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30.5 x 24 cm (12” x 9 ½”), 31 pages, 195 copies.

Binding: Quarter-bound in leather and light brown paper. Raised relief decoration on cover. "Paper" blind-stamped on spine and cover. Raised bands on spine. End sheets, cover paper, and introductory…

A77. A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

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30.5 x 24 cm (12” x 9 ½”), 31 pages, 195 copies.

Binding: Quarter-bound in leather and light brown paper. Raised relief decoration on cover. "Paper" blind-stamped on spine and cover. Raised bands on spine. End sheets, cover paper, and…

A79. Holt Mill Papers

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38 x 29 cm (15” x 11 ½”), 11 pages, 50 copies.

Binding: Hand-stitched Coptic binding. Covers are multicolored paper boards, handmade by John Babcock. Copies 1-10 are housed in a wooden picture frame slipcase. Paper: Blue or green, handmade using…

A83. Handmade Paper

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19.5 x 14 cm (7¾” x 5½”), 10 sheets, 75 unnumbered copies.

Binding: A single sheet of grey paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, is folded to form a portfolio. Adage and linocut printed on cover. Publisher information on back cover. Paper: Nine…

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…