A22. West Park Sonnets
Title
A22. West Park Sonnets
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Gower, Brother P.E. Thomas
Author: Gower, Brother P.E. Thomas
Description
16.5 x 25 cm (6 ½” x 9 ¾”), 26 pages, 100 copies.
Binding: Some copies quarter-bound in blue leather and blue marbled paper, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, over boards. Title in gold on spine. End sheets light blue with grid watermark. Some copies quarter-bound in blue cloth and blue marbled paper, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, over boards. End sheets light blue. Paper: Cream, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, or cream commercial paper. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset “Dutchess,” a recasting of Bernhard Modern Roman by LA Type Foundry.
“This was a commissioned book. Brother Thomas actually came down to our home in Santa Cruz to help make the paper. This was before I bought a good mould from Tim Moore, and the paper shows the watermarking of the plastic grating used to support the screen of my handmade mould.”
Binding: Some copies quarter-bound in blue leather and blue marbled paper, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, over boards. Title in gold on spine. End sheets light blue with grid watermark. Some copies quarter-bound in blue cloth and blue marbled paper, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, over boards. End sheets light blue. Paper: Cream, handmade by Peter and Donna Thomas, or cream commercial paper. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset “Dutchess,” a recasting of Bernhard Modern Roman by LA Type Foundry.
“This was a commissioned book. Brother Thomas actually came down to our home in Santa Cruz to help make the paper. This was before I bought a good mould from Tim Moore, and the paper shows the watermarking of the plastic grating used to support the screen of my handmade mould.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press
Date
1982
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Gower, Brother P.E. Thomas, “A22. West Park Sonnets,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 15, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/505.