A100. If It Were up to Me
Title
A100. If It Were up to Me
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Wheeler, Cheryl
Author: Wheeler, Cheryl
Description
47.5 x 76 mm (1 7/8” x 3”), scroll, 75 copies.
Binding: Scroll. Case-bound in dark grey paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Scroll is wound between two brass machine screws set in a wooden frame that is affixed to the inside spine of the binding. Scroll turned by brass knobs threaded into the screws. Title on label on cover. End sheets light grey. Paper: Grey, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Titles are handset News Gothic. Text is digitally set News Gothic. Illustration: Linocut of two guns in black. Four shapes in red.
“This book was made to further explore the scrolling book format. I had come up with a way to restrain the scroll so that it would turn in a perfectly controlled manner. The text is the lyrics of a song by Cheryl Wheeler and the punch line is ‘I would take away the guns’ One of our major collectors was also a gun collector and refused to buy our books after she saw this one.”
Binding: Scroll. Case-bound in dark grey paper, handmade by Peter Thomas, over boards. Scroll is wound between two brass machine screws set in a wooden frame that is affixed to the inside spine of the binding. Scroll turned by brass knobs threaded into the screws. Title on label on cover. End sheets light grey. Paper: Grey, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Letterpress. Typography: Titles are handset News Gothic. Text is digitally set News Gothic. Illustration: Linocut of two guns in black. Four shapes in red.
“This book was made to further explore the scrolling book format. I had come up with a way to restrain the scroll so that it would turn in a perfectly controlled manner. The text is the lyrics of a song by Cheryl Wheeler and the punch line is ‘I would take away the guns’ One of our major collectors was also a gun collector and refused to buy our books after she saw this one.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: Peter & Donna Thomas
Date
2000
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Author: Wheeler, Cheryl, “A100. If It Were up to Me,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 18, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/558.