A34. I Love You
Title
A34. I Love You
A33. Our Baby's First Yearbook
A35. Rags Make Paper
A36. Mother Goose Rhymes
A41. Jack Be Nimble
Creator
A34. Thomas, Peter and Donna
A33. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Youngblood, Donna
Author: Youngblood, Donna
A35. Thomas, Peter and Donna
A36. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Goose, Mother
Author: Goose, Mother
A41. Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Goose, Mother
Author: Goose, Mother
Description
A34.
29x 24 mm (1 15/16” x 15/16”), 4 pages, not a limited edition.
Binding: Case-bound accordion; glued at spine. Full-bound in red sheepskin. Heart stamped in gold on cover. Paper: Pink, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Broadway and Canterbury. Notes: Peter Thomas originally made this book for Donna Thomas for Valentine’s Day.
29x 24 mm (1 15/16” x 15/16”), 4 pages, not a limited edition.
Binding: Case-bound accordion; glued at spine. Full-bound in red sheepskin. Heart stamped in gold on cover. Paper: Pink, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Broadway and Canterbury. Notes: Peter Thomas originally made this book for Donna Thomas for Valentine’s Day.
A33.
63.5 x 47.5 mm (2 ½” x 1 7/8”), 32 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Some copies bound in printed lavender cloth over boards. Title in gold on label inset on cover. Some copies full-bound in purple Cabretta. Title in gold on label inset on cover inside bas-relief frame. Paper: Lavender, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Canterbury. Illustration: Four line drawings by Donna Youngblood. Illustrations in copies 1-30 are hand-colored by Donna Thomas.
“Donna Youngblood is Peter’s sister. When her first child was born she received too many baby books and never had the time to fill any of them in. When we began to plan this book we were expecting our first child. We wanted to have a baby book that would not be left blank, and decided to make it a fill-in-the-blank book, as that would be the best format for the parent on the go. Of course we didn’t finish the book until after our second child was born. Maybe we should have made it multiple choice.”
63.5 x 47.5 mm (2 ½” x 1 7/8”), 32 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Some copies bound in printed lavender cloth over boards. Title in gold on label inset on cover. Some copies full-bound in purple Cabretta. Title in gold on label inset on cover inside bas-relief frame. Paper: Lavender, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Canterbury. Illustration: Four line drawings by Donna Youngblood. Illustrations in copies 1-30 are hand-colored by Donna Thomas.
“Donna Youngblood is Peter’s sister. When her first child was born she received too many baby books and never had the time to fill any of them in. When we began to plan this book we were expecting our first child. We wanted to have a baby book that would not be left blank, and decided to make it a fill-in-the-blank book, as that would be the best format for the parent on the go. Of course we didn’t finish the book until after our second child was born. Maybe we should have made it multiple choice.”
A35.
39.5 x 32 mm (1 9/16” x 1 ¼”), 32 pages, 225 copies.
Binding: Quarter-bound in tan calfskin and ivory paper with bits of rag & thread, handmade by Peter Thomas. Title blind-stamped on spine. Some copies full-bound in tan calfskin. Title blind-stamped on spine. End sheets cream at front and tan at back. Paper: Eight different colors, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset American Uncial; ornaments in black, red, green, blue, yellow and orange. Illustration: Six linocuts by Donna. Printer’s ornaments.
“We had already printed this saying as a broadside. We designed the book through the encouragement of Jim Ingals, our papermaking assistant at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, who came up with the concept of a little picture for each line. We were inspired to use the multiple colors of paper and ink by Walter Hamady’s Hand Papermaking.”
39.5 x 32 mm (1 9/16” x 1 ¼”), 32 pages, 225 copies.
Binding: Quarter-bound in tan calfskin and ivory paper with bits of rag & thread, handmade by Peter Thomas. Title blind-stamped on spine. Some copies full-bound in tan calfskin. Title blind-stamped on spine. End sheets cream at front and tan at back. Paper: Eight different colors, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset American Uncial; ornaments in black, red, green, blue, yellow and orange. Illustration: Six linocuts by Donna. Printer’s ornaments.
“We had already printed this saying as a broadside. We designed the book through the encouragement of Jim Ingals, our papermaking assistant at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, who came up with the concept of a little picture for each line. We were inspired to use the multiple colors of paper and ink by Walter Hamady’s Hand Papermaking.”
A36.
76 x 60.5 mm (3” x 2 3/8”), 24 pages, 10 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in blue Morocco leather. Blind-tooling on cover. Raised bands on spine. “Mother Goose” blind-stamped on spine. Hand-sewn headbands. End sheets blue. Paper: Ivory, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Canterbury. Illustration: Ten original watercolors hand-painted by Donna Thomas.
“This was the first project Donna worked on after Tanya and Suzanne were born. After Peter printed the pages she painted the ten copies of each of the 10 illustrations.”
76 x 60.5 mm (3” x 2 3/8”), 24 pages, 10 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in blue Morocco leather. Blind-tooling on cover. Raised bands on spine. “Mother Goose” blind-stamped on spine. Hand-sewn headbands. End sheets blue. Paper: Ivory, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Canterbury. Illustration: Ten original watercolors hand-painted by Donna Thomas.
“This was the first project Donna worked on after Tanya and Suzanne were born. After Peter printed the pages she painted the ten copies of each of the 10 illustrations.”
A41.
74.5 x 66.5 mm (2 15/16” x 2 5/8”), 12 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Copies 1-25 are full-bound in parchment. Title in gold on spine. Housed in a slipcase covered in grey paper. Linocut by Donna Thomas on front. Copies 26-200 are bound in grey commercial paper over boards. Title on spine. Linocut by Donna Thomas on cover. Paper: Copies 1-25 are printed on vellum. Copies 26-200 are printed on cream paper, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Lydian. Initial set in Broadway. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“We finally made the third Aesop’s book, but by this time all copies of the first two books were gone so we never made the slipcase to hold the set.”
74.5 x 66.5 mm (2 15/16” x 2 5/8”), 12 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Copies 1-25 are full-bound in parchment. Title in gold on spine. Housed in a slipcase covered in grey paper. Linocut by Donna Thomas on front. Copies 26-200 are bound in grey commercial paper over boards. Title on spine. Linocut by Donna Thomas on cover. Paper: Copies 1-25 are printed on vellum. Copies 26-200 are printed on cream paper, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Lydian. Initial set in Broadway. Illustration: Two linocuts by Donna Thomas.
“We finally made the third Aesop’s book, but by this time all copies of the first two books were gone so we never made the slipcase to hold the set.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press
Date
A34. 1985
A33. 1985
A35. 1985
A36. 1985
A41. 1986
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
A34. Thomas, Peter and Donna et al., “A34. I Love You,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/512.