A43. Drop Dead
Title
A43. Drop Dead
A42. We Found a Carrot. Santa Cruz
A44. Counting Toys
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Description
A43.
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 black sheepskin. Skull and crossbones stamped in silver on cover. Paper: Charcoal, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Old Town and Century.
“A nameless friend, upon seeing our I Love You book said, ‘I need one that says #@*!@$.’ This was the closest we could put in print.”
49 x 24 mm (1 15/16” x 15/16”), 4 pages, not a limited edition.
Binding: Case-bound accordion; glued at spine. Full-bound in black sheepskin. Skull and crossbones stamped in silver on cover. Paper: Charcoal, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Handset Old Town and Century.
“A nameless friend, upon seeing our I Love You book said, ‘I need one that says #@*!@$.’ This was the closest we could put in print.”
A42.
51 x 38 mm (2 x 1 ½”), 7 pages, 12 copies.
Binding: Blue and red marbled paper over boards. Title on label on cover. End sheets navy blue. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of four hand-drawn illustrations by Tanya Thomas. Typography: Handwritten by Donna Thomas. Notes: Text dictated to Donna Thomas by Tanya Thomas.
51 x 38 mm (2 x 1 ½”), 7 pages, 12 copies.
Binding: Blue and red marbled paper over boards. Title on label on cover. End sheets navy blue. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of four hand-drawn illustrations by Tanya Thomas. Typography: Handwritten by Donna Thomas. Notes: Text dictated to Donna Thomas by Tanya Thomas.
A44.
51 x 38 mm (2” x 1½”), 24 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Case-bound accordion; glued at spine. Some copies bound in French marbled paper over boards. Title stamped in gold on cover. End sheets tan. Some copies bound in multi-colored, hand-woven Guatemalan cloth over boards. Title stamped in gold on leather panel on cover. End sheets tan. Paper: White, commercial. Printing: Four-color offset. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of eleven watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas.
“Donna made a large one-of-a-kind Counting Toys book for Christmas, 1986. She then recreated it in miniature format, which provided the art work for the offset printing. This is the only book we did not print ourselves. The pages use a modified accordion fold. This came about because the company we had print the book only printed on one side of the paper.”
51 x 38 mm (2” x 1½”), 24 pages, 200 copies.
Binding: Case-bound accordion; glued at spine. Some copies bound in French marbled paper over boards. Title stamped in gold on cover. End sheets tan. Some copies bound in multi-colored, hand-woven Guatemalan cloth over boards. Title stamped in gold on leather panel on cover. End sheets tan. Paper: White, commercial. Printing: Four-color offset. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of eleven watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas.
“Donna made a large one-of-a-kind Counting Toys book for Christmas, 1986. She then recreated it in miniature format, which provided the art work for the offset printing. This is the only book we did not print ourselves. The pages use a modified accordion fold. This came about because the company we had print the book only printed on one side of the paper.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press
Date
1987
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna, “A43. Drop Dead,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/517.