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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.…

A7. The Maid and Her Cat

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17 x 9cm (6 5/8” x 3 5/8”), 12 pages, 25 copies.

Binding: Folder, full cloth brown marbled velveteen tied with burgundy ribbon. Etching mounted on left cover. Text mounted on right cover, or folder, full cloth red and purple marbled velveteen tied…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

A61. Celia Fiennes

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65 x 51 mm (2 9/16” x 2”), 22 pages, 200 copies.

Binding: Copies 1-25 are full-bound in brown goatskin. Title in gold on spine. Copies 26-200 are bound in paper from text of Keble’s Reports over boards. Title and illustration on cover. Title…