A25. Psalm 128
Title
A25. Psalm 128
A26. Ovid in Latin & English
A27. The Story of Word Pictures
A28. Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
Creator
A25. Thomas, Peter and Donna
A26. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Ovid, Publius
Author: Ovid, Publius
A27. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Lewis, Mark
Author: Lewis, Mark
A28. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Church, Francis Pharcellus
Author: Church, Francis Pharcellus
Description
A25.
73 x 44.5 mm (2 7/8” x 1 ¾”), 16 pages, 26 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in red sheepskin. Title in gold on spine. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress; paragraph marks in red. Typography: Handset Bernhard Modern. Illustration: Printer's ornaments. Notes: This was the second book made for Donna’s birthday. A second edition was printed for Mary Helen Dawson later that year. It was the same except for the colophon.
73 x 44.5 mm (2 7/8” x 1 ¾”), 16 pages, 26 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in red sheepskin. Title in gold on spine. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress; paragraph marks in red. Typography: Handset Bernhard Modern. Illustration: Printer's ornaments. Notes: This was the second book made for Donna’s birthday. A second edition was printed for Mary Helen Dawson later that year. It was the same except for the colophon.
A26.
48 x 35 mm (1 7/8”x 1 3/8”), 14 pages, 150 copies.
Binding: Quarter-bound in black Morocco leather and blue handmade paper. Title in gold on cover. End sheets blue. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset American Uncial and Centaur; Uncial in red. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas. Opening initial rubricated by Donna Thomas.
“We decided to make a book to celebrate the first conclave of miniature book publishers. A fellow printer, Gene Holtan, suggested the text when we told him about the event.”
48 x 35 mm (1 7/8”x 1 3/8”), 14 pages, 150 copies.
Binding: Quarter-bound in black Morocco leather and blue handmade paper. Title in gold on cover. End sheets blue. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset American Uncial and Centaur; Uncial in red. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas. Opening initial rubricated by Donna Thomas.
“We decided to make a book to celebrate the first conclave of miniature book publishers. A fellow printer, Gene Holtan, suggested the text when we told him about the event.”
A27.
54 x 51 mm (2 1/8” x 2”), 14 pages, not a limited edition.
Binding: Copies 1-50 are full-bound in green sheepskin. Illustration by M. Lewis blind-stamped on cover. Title blind-stamped on spine. Copies 51-200 are bound in green commercial paper over boards. Illustration on cover. Title on spine. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Text printed from photoengraving. Typography: Goudy Thirty and Hadriano. Illustration: Opening initial; in copies 1-50 initial has gold leaf and is hand-colored by Donna Thomas.
“This edition was a reduced photoengraving of book A20. The book was so popular that when it sold out, another edition was printed. That edition was the same except that it had a different colophon (which does not state a limitation) and no dust jacket. Some later copies of the unlimited edition were printed on colored Peter-handmade paper and some were bound using Peter-handmade paper.”
54 x 51 mm (2 1/8” x 2”), 14 pages, not a limited edition.
Binding: Copies 1-50 are full-bound in green sheepskin. Illustration by M. Lewis blind-stamped on cover. Title blind-stamped on spine. Copies 51-200 are bound in green commercial paper over boards. Illustration on cover. Title on spine. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Text printed from photoengraving. Typography: Goudy Thirty and Hadriano. Illustration: Opening initial; in copies 1-50 initial has gold leaf and is hand-colored by Donna Thomas.
“This edition was a reduced photoengraving of book A20. The book was so popular that when it sold out, another edition was printed. That edition was the same except that it had a different colophon (which does not state a limitation) and no dust jacket. Some later copies of the unlimited edition were printed on colored Peter-handmade paper and some were bound using Peter-handmade paper.”
A28.
60.5 x 76 mm (2 3/8” x 3”), 20 pages, 125 copies.
Binding: Ivory paper with red and purple pulp, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Title and linocut illustration by Donna Thomas on cover. Paper: White, handmade at Hayle Mill. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Linotype Garamond. Illustration: Four linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“When we printed The Night Before Christmas we printed some of the illustrations in the wrong order. To salvage that mistake we printed this book using those illustrations. The cover paper seemed to have been universally disliked by everyone who saw it because of the purple blotches.”
60.5 x 76 mm (2 3/8” x 3”), 20 pages, 125 copies.
Binding: Ivory paper with red and purple pulp, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Title and linocut illustration by Donna Thomas on cover. Paper: White, handmade at Hayle Mill. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Linotype Garamond. Illustration: Four linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“When we printed The Night Before Christmas we printed some of the illustrations in the wrong order. To salvage that mistake we printed this book using those illustrations. The cover paper seemed to have been universally disliked by everyone who saw it because of the purple blotches.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press
Date
A25. 1983
A26. 1983
A27. 1984
A28. 1984
Language
A25. English
A26. English/Latin
A27. English
A28. English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
A25. Thomas, Peter and Donna et al., “A25. Psalm 128,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 15, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/507.