Santa Cruz: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1993. Quarto. (120)pp. One of 195 copies. With an introduction by Peter Thomas. The book highlights a variety of visual and textural qualities found in today’s handmade papers, and includes thirty-two folio-size samples, each of which has a statement from the papermakers printed on..... More
Santa Cruz: Good Book Press, 1988. (33)pp. One of 150 copies. A nonsense rhyme, illustrated with photographs of the printer, Peter Thomas, at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Printed by letterpress on Peter's handmade paper, with five samples of his handmade papers tipped-in. Fine in lilac colored boards. (2 15/16 by..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1999. (28)pp., accordionfold. The second, expanded edition of 300 copies, signed by Peter and Donna Thomas at the rear. A beautifully illustrated cultural and historic survey of the ukelele, from its origins in the Portuguese braguinha to its appearance in Elvis' "Blue Hawaii"..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1997. One of forty copies. Six sheets wrapped around six dowels, so that the viewer can read the Latin aphorism, "Ars est longa / vita est brevis," first, then can twist each dowel to see the English translation and publication information. An innovative..... More
Naropa: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1999. (10)ff. One of thirty copies. Nine sheets represent nine poets, who each provide pithy and profoud poetic excerpts. Composed and printed by the Thomases and their class in the Harry Smith Print Shop during the summer of 1999. Housed in a paper folder. Tiny..... More
(Santa Cruz, CA): Peter & Donna Thomas, 1999. One of forty-two copies. Five sheets, each one wrapped around a dowel that when twisted reveals the text printed on the underside. Thus the reader can read the first words of Dante's quotation - "Paradise: nature, stardust, music & romance" - and..... More
Santa Cruz: Peter and Donna Thomas, 1997. (8)pp., leporello. One of 97 copies. A quote by John Muir, illustrated with a panorama of mountain peaks and birds. Bound in green and copper paste-paper boards, and housed in a marbled slipcase. Very fine. (2 3/4 by 2 1/4; 70x55mm). More
Santa Cruz: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1991. (ii), (4)ff. One of 150 copies. Title page bears a postage stamp portrait of Saroyan, and what follows, shown through watermarks backed in salmon paper, is a quote from him declaiming the significance of fine paper. Bound in full mauve paper with title..... More
