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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…

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…

A129. The Grand Canyon

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76 x 54 mm (3” x 2 1/8”), 12-page accordion, 50 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are brown and red paper over boards. Title on label on cover. Accordion is printed on both sides. Paper: Duplex sheet, off-white with umber pigmented pulp…

A127. Spring Wildflower ABC

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A127.
73 x 56 mm (2 7/8” x 2 3/16”), 26 page-accordion, 150 copies.

Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion; full-bound in green stenciled paper over boards. Title and illustration by Donna Thomas on label on cover. Paper: White, handmade by Peter…

A126. Miniature Leaf Books

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73 x 57 mm (2 7/8” x 2 ¼”), 30 pages, 127 copies.

Binding: 120 copies are full-bound in brown paper, handmade by Peter Thomas and tinted with a raw umber wash, over boards. Title is printed on a label and attached to a sample of paper from Keble’s…

A123. The Train Comes to Wichita

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18 x 7.5 x 7 cm (7” x 3” x 2 ¾”), five scrolls, all measure 38.5 x 2 cm (15 1/6" x ¾"), 20 copies.

Binding: The book consists of five scrolls which are rolled onto a single spool in the rear compartment of a model train engine. The spool is…

A118. Covering Ground: A Chronicle of the John Muir

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11.5 x 19 cm (4 ½” x 7 ½”), 40 pages, 25 copies.

Binding: Coptic binding. Covers are redwood with a carving of a landscape by Donna Thomas on cover. Paper: Blue, handmade by Peter Thomas with inclusions of shirts worn on the trail. Printing: Text…

A111. Accordion to Zither

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A111.
60.5 x 47.5 mm (2 3/8” x 1 7/8”), 30-page accordion, 100 copies.

Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion; full-bound in illustrated paper over boards. Title on label on cover. Paper: Cream, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital.…

A109. Wildflowers of the John Muir Trail

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A109.
66.5 x 54 mm (2 5/8” x 2 1/8”), 40-page accordion, 150 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are green painted paper over boards. Title and illustration on label on cover. Held by a green painted paper sleeve with blue paper lining.…

A108. Good Luck

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A108.
33.5 x 24 mm (1 5/16” x 15/16”), 3 pages, not a limited edition.

Binding: Case-bound accordion; glued at spine. Full-bound in light green paper over boards. Shamrock stamped in gold on cover. Paper: Green, handmade by Peter Thomas.…