A19. An Aesop's Fable: The Miser
Title
A19. An Aesop's Fable: The Miser
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Aesop
Author: Aesop
Description
80 x 66.5 mm (3 1/8” x 2 5/8”), 10 pages, 90 copies.
Binding: Speckled light blue commercial paper over boards. Title on spine. Linocut by Donna Thomas in blue on cover. Paper: Cream, hand-made by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Hand-set Lydian. Initial set in Broadway. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“This was the second of the three Aesop’s Fables books we planned to make. It was such a great story we were surprised it didn’t sell as fast as The Man and the Lion. We might have found the answer when someone told us, ‘I’d like to get your book for a friend who collects little books, but what would he think if I gave him a book about a miser?’”
Binding: Speckled light blue commercial paper over boards. Title on spine. Linocut by Donna Thomas in blue on cover. Paper: Cream, hand-made by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Hand-set Lydian. Initial set in Broadway. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“This was the second of the three Aesop’s Fables books we planned to make. It was such a great story we were surprised it didn’t sell as fast as The Man and the Lion. We might have found the answer when someone told us, ‘I’d like to get your book for a friend who collects little books, but what would he think if I gave him a book about a miser?’”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press
Date
1981
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Aesop, “A19. An Aesop's Fable: The Miser,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 15, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/501.