A127. Spring Wildflower ABC
Title
A127. Spring Wildflower ABC
A128. A Trans California Ramble
Creator
Thomas, Peter and Donna
Description
A127.
73 x 56 mm (2 7/8” x 2 3/16”), 26 page-accordion, 150 copies.
Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion; full-bound in green stenciled paper over boards. Title and illustration by Donna Thomas on label on cover. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of twenty-six watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas.
“This is an alphabet book. The paintings are of twenty-six wildflowers, renderings of native flowers found in the California coast range with botanical names ranging from A to Z.”
73 x 56 mm (2 7/8” x 2 3/16”), 26 page-accordion, 150 copies.
Binding: Case-bound fold out accordion; full-bound in green stenciled paper over boards. Title and illustration by Donna Thomas on label on cover. Paper: White, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of twenty-six watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas.
“This is an alphabet book. The paintings are of twenty-six wildflowers, renderings of native flowers found in the California coast range with botanical names ranging from A to Z.”
A128.
11 x 9 cm (4¼” x 3 5/8”), 8-page accordion with map on reverse, 50 copies.
Binding: Eight-fold accordion that folds out into a map. Held by a dark green commercial paper sleeve. Illustration by Donna Thomas on label on sleeve. Cover has title John Muir's First Trip to Yosemite. Back cover has colophon. Map has title Trans-California Ramble. Paper: Off-white, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Digitally set type and reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of four watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas. Reproduction of watercolor map by Donna Thomas. Notes: Map traces the path that Peter and Donna Thomas walked trying to recreate the route John Muir took in 1868.
“This was made as a prospectus promoting our planned trip to walk across California. The trip was later documented in a commercial book, The Muir Ramble Route [G2], published by Poetic Matrix Press.”
11 x 9 cm (4¼” x 3 5/8”), 8-page accordion with map on reverse, 50 copies.
Binding: Eight-fold accordion that folds out into a map. Held by a dark green commercial paper sleeve. Illustration by Donna Thomas on label on sleeve. Cover has title John Muir's First Trip to Yosemite. Back cover has colophon. Map has title Trans-California Ramble. Paper: Off-white, handmade by Peter Thomas. Printing: Digital. Typography: Digitally set type and reproduction of text handwritten by Donna Thomas. Illustration: Reproductions of four watercolor paintings by Donna Thomas. Reproduction of watercolor map by Donna Thomas. Notes: Map traces the path that Peter and Donna Thomas walked trying to recreate the route John Muir took in 1868.
“This was made as a prospectus promoting our planned trip to walk across California. The trip was later documented in a commercial book, The Muir Ramble Route [G2], published by Poetic Matrix Press.”
Publisher
Santa Cruz, California: Peter & Donna Thomas
Date
2006
Language
English
Files
Collection
Appears in Exhibits
Citation
Thomas, Peter and Donna, “A127. Spring Wildflower ABC,” Digital Exhibits - UWM Libraries Special Collections, accessed November 16, 2024, https://web.uwm.edu/lib-omeka-spc2/items/show/577.