San Francisco: Herbert and Peter Fahey, 1940. Octavo. (21)pp. One of 50 copies, signed by Herbert and Peter Fahey below the colophon. Frontispiece illustration by George C. Pearce. With six vellum and two parchment samples tipped-in. Beautifully printed within a border of blue lines and with opening initials of blue..... More
Venice: Peter Koch, Printer, 2006. Small folio. 25ff., + 7 plates. From an edition of fifty copies, this is one of thirty bound in Venetian red stiff wrappers. Signed by the printer, Peter Koch, and photographer Robert Morgan. Produced during Koch's term as artist-in-residence at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica..... More
London (but Hertfordshire): John Marshall (but Anne and Peter Stockham), 1801 (but 1976). One of forty-eight copies. In this "cabinet," there are two miniature books and a collection of twenty-eight hand-colored engravings of the objects listed in the books. The books are bound in full leather, one maroon and one..... More
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: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1999. Quarto. 20ff., + 30 specimen sheets. One of 150 copies. Illustrated with line drawings by Donna Thomas. Published as a companion volume to the Thomases’ A Collection of Paper Samples from Hand Papermills in the United States of America (1993), this work contains..... More
NY: Peter Weed Books, 1993. First printing of the Peter Weed reissue. Signed by Gorey on the title page. This title originally appeared among "The Vinegar Works." The dust wrapper warns the reader that it is "An admonitory tale of Temptation, hapless Greed, abduction and Unspeakable Ritualistic Practices." Slight wear..... More
Santa Cruz: Peter & Donna Thomas, 2012. Small quarto. (12)ff. One of fifty copies. Illustrated througout with arboreal linoleum cuts by Donna Thomas, two of which are full-page bookends to the volume's text. Others serve as backdrop to Everson's poem, as well as the colophon, so the text appears as..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 2005. 23pp. One of 126 copies. A brief history of leaf books by Peter Thomas, with three tipped-in leaves from miniature books: one each from a Thumb Bible, a Bryce Shakespeare, and an American Tract Society title. Frontispiece also tipped-in. Beautifully printed on..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1995. 54pp. One of 100 copies. Each chapter opens with an enlarged initial, which has been decorated with elements from the Thomas's travels in Africa. In boards covered with handmade brown paper that has been printed with a zebra pattern. When opened, the..... 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: Thomas, Peter & Donna, 1992. xvi, 97pp. One of 200 copies. Provides a brief history of Peter and Donna Thomas' involvement in the bookmaking arts, as well as a bibliography of their books. Printed on handmade paper by Peter Thomas with reproductions of illustrations by Donna, Tanya..... More
Santa Cruz: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1991. (11)pp. One of 150 copies. Young Suzanne Thomas' own drawings, printed in color, accompany her original tale of an angel on a walk. Bound in full blue cloth with three small stones inset to upper cover. Fine. (2 15/16 by 2 3/16; 75x54mm)..... 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
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter and Donna Thomas, 2001. (25)pp., accordionfold. One of forty copies. When unfolded, the book follows the Thomas family's summer backpacking trip, largely through images painted and color-copied. Another exquisite and heartfelt installment in the Thomas' series of miniatures documenting various wilderness excursions. Bound in boards covered..... 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
