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A103. Home on the Range

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63.5 x 44.5 mm (2 ½” x 1 ¾”), 26-page accordion, 30 copies.

Binding: Case-bound accordion; full-bound in tooled brown calfskin with a fringed flap. Secured with a leather strap on fringed flap. Paper: Off-white, handmade by Peter Thomas.…

A102. Ergonomics of Hand Papermaking

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Several iterations of this title were produced over the course of ten years and appear as follows:

A. 18 x 11 cm (7 ¼" x 4 ¼"), 12 pages.

Binding: Pamphlet, stapled. Title and illustration on cover. Paper: White, commercial. Printing: Digital.…

A101. John Muir Trail

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66.5 x 54 mm (2 5/8” x 2 1/8”), 62-page accordion, 40 copies.

Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion; full-bound in grey speckled paper over boards. Paper: Ivory, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text…

A100. If It Were up to Me

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47.5 x 76 mm (1 7/8” x 3”), scroll, 75 copies.

Binding: Scroll. Case-bound in dark grey paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Scroll is wound between two brass machine screws set in a wooden frame that is affixed to the inside spine of the…

A99. Half Dome

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76 x 57 mm (3” x 2 ¼”), 32 pages, 130 copies.

Binding: Coptic binding. Covers are redwood boards. Title in silver on cover. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Monotype Gill Sans. Illustration: Seven linocuts…

A97. Paper From Plants

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29.5 x 22 cm (11 5/8” x 8 ¾”), 100 pages, 150 copies.

Binding: Some copies full-bound in green Morocco leather over boards. Raised geometric design on cover. Title on pampas grass paper label on cover. Title stamped in black on spine. Housed in a…

E4. From Marriage: A Sentence

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76 x 54 mm (3” x 2 1/8”) 16 copies.

E5. Nine Poets

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76 x 60 mm (3” x 2 3/8”) 30 copies.

“We developed the dowel spine portfolio as the binding for this series of miniature broadsides made while we were teaching a workshop at the Naropa Institute's Kavyayantra Press. The press did not have a…

A98. A Brief History of the Ukulele

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73 x 54 mm (2 7/8” x 2 1/8”), 26-page accordion, 300 copies.

Binding: Simple accordion; covers are mahogany or koa boards. Accordion is printed on both sides. Held by a leatherette paper sleeve. Title and illustration on label on cover. End…

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.…