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A48. The Paper Making Rhyme

Title

A48. The Paper Making Rhyme
A49. The Paper Making Rhyme #2

Creator

Thomas, Peter and Donna

Description

A48.
70 x 44.5 mm (2 ¾” x 1 3/4”), 26 pages, 200 copies (edition not completed).
Binding: Bound in a purple paper cover handmade by Peter Thomas. Exposed stitching on spine. “PP” stamped in gold on cover. Held by a cream paper sleeve painted with blue, green, purple, and red. Paper: Purple, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Text is letterpress. Photographs are digital. Typography: Handset Glyptic. Illustration: Eight photographs of Peter Thomas making paper. Five paper samples tipped in.

"This edition was hastily completed to take to a papermaking conference in Hawaii and most of the binding was done while camping.”
A49.
74.5 x 47.5 mm (2 15/16” x 1 7/8”), 36 pages, 150 copies.
Binding: Full-bound in purple paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Title in black on spine. Paper sample inset on cover. Paper: Purple, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Text is letterpress. Photographs are digital. Typography: Handset Glyptic and Goudy thirty, photoengraved Goudy Thirty. Illustration: Reproductions of eight photographs of Peter Thomas making paper. Five paper samples tipped in.

“This edition was different than the previous edition: We used photo-reduced Goudy thirty type on the title page and colophon, and the paper samples were labeled.”

Publisher

Santa Cruz, California: Thomas Press
Santa Cruz, California: The Good Book Press

Date

1988

Language

English

Files

pd047-048.jpg

Appears in Exhibits

Peter and Donna Thomas

Citation

Thomas, Peter and Donna, “A48. The Paper Making Rhyme,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/519.