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A62. Bayad

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76 x 51 mm (3” x 2”), 32 pages, 50 copies.

Binding: Copies 1-10 are housed in a Hako Chitsu box covered in handmade Philippine suminagashi paper made at the Duntog Paper Mill. Text and illustrations held by a white silk ribbon. Copies 11-50 are…

A63. Aesop's Frog Fables

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20.5 x 14 cm (8” x 5 ½”), 24 pages, 50 copies.

Binding: Full-bound in green suede. Title in green on cover. End sheets green. Housed in green paper slipcase. Title in green or gold on cover. Paper: Green or turquoise, handmade by Peter Thomas.…

A55. Papermaking in 17th Century England

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17 x 12.5 cm (6 ¾” x 5”), 42 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in brown goatskin. Title in gold on cover. Housed in a brown cloth slipcase made by A1 Bindery. Paper: Ivory, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset…

A62. Beer Will Help Your Shake

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19.5 x 16 cm (7¾” x 6¼”), 18 pages, 114 copies.

Binding: Copies 1-100 are full-bound in blue paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Pages are sewn over parchment tapes with manuscript indentures laced into binding. Title on label on…

A64. A Single Day

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76 x 57 mm (3” x 2 ¼”), 2 pages and an 11 page accordion fold-out, 68 copies.

Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion. Copies 1-34 are full-bound in eggplant Morocco leather. Sterling silver plate, with etching by M. Taylor, mounted on cover.…

D3. Patterns from Chaos

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75 x 75 mm (2 15/16”x 2 15/16”) 56 pages, 50 copies.

Binding: Non-adhesive Coptic style binding, paper with Rococo patterned paper over boards. Housed in metallic blue cloth covered clamshell box. Paper: White, handmade Torinoko (Japan).…

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.…