PETER & DONNA THOMAS
260 Fifteenth Avenue Santa Cruz CA 95062 (831)
475-1455
Fine Press Books
& Books About Hand Papermaking
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Click here for information about our private collection of books on the subject of papermaking.
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Where the Crossing Happens. (2008) 13 broadsides of poets at Naropa University. 6.75 tall by 5.25 wide . 15 broadside pages. 38 copies. $245. |
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The History of Papermaking in the Philippines. (2005)
Written by Peter Thomas. Illustrated by Donna Thomas. 10 3/4 by 13
5/8 inches. 50 pages. Five special copies accompanied by a suite of
prints from the book. 75 copies. $950. |
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Papermaking in the Philippines: Overseas File 664 from the
Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Spain. (2005) Edited
by Peter Thomas. 8 1/8 by 7 1/8 inches, 36 pages. This is the full
translation of the text referred to in Appendix One to our History
of Papermaking in the Philippines. $25. |
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| Paper From Plants (1999). 30 specimens of the paper made from local plants by America’s hand papermakers are displayed facing a text by the papermaker and an illustration by Donna. Letterpress printed on Peter's handmade paper using Centaur type and Neuland type in three colors. Edition binding is quarter green Moroccan leather and painted paper boards. Special copies are full bound in green Morrocan leather and all illustrations are hand colored. 8 3/4 by 11 5/8 inches. 100 pages.105 edition copies $830. | 
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| The Renaissance Pleasure Faire / Typographic Print Series: 1979-88 (1998). Peter and Donna Thomas.13 broadsides, letterpress printed on Peter’s handmade paper with illustrations by Donna Thomas and a 22 page four color photographic history of the Faire are housed in a clamshell portfolio box. 18 by 12 inches. 50 copies. $450. |
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| Meditations at the Edge: Paper and Spirit (1996). Dorothy Field’s observations of how paper has been used in the Orient to connect the physical and the spiritual worlds. Four illustrations by the author. Letterpress printed in Centaur on Peter and Dorothy’s handmade papers. 42 pages. 11 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches. 14 special copies have pages mounted on wooden dowels housed in a wooden pagoda. 12 1/2 by 16 inches. 1-14 sold, 14-100 $350. | 
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The Tarantella Rose (1995). Previously unpublished poems by William Everson. 7 linocut illustrations by Donna. Letterpress printed with Weiss type on Peter's handmade paper. modified limp vellum binding using Peter's handmade paper. 7 special copies have hand colored and quarter bound, red moroccan and origami folded handmade paper.10 5/8 by 7 5/8 inches. 38 pages. Copies 1-75, $395 | |
| Bikupan / The story of a trip to visit a hand paper mill in Sweden, with a bit of history added in for good measure (1992). Peter Thomas. 10 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches. 36 pages. 119 copies. $350. | 
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Papermaking in Seventeenth Century England (1990). Peter Thomas. The diary entries written by John Evelyn and Celia Fiennes, recording their visits of paper mills during the late 1600’s, are preceded by short biographies and accompanied by commentary on the author’s observations. 6 3/4 by 5 inches. 42 pages. 200 copies. $250. | |
| A Tale of Life (1984). Peter Thomas. A story about the cycle of life, with a full page linocut by Donna. 15 by 10 1/4 inches. 8 pages. 75 copies. $100. | 
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Wake
Up. (2004) 9 poems on political activism compiled by Peter
and Donna Thomas (2004) 7 3/4 by 6 inches. 11 broadside pages. 30 copies.
SOLD OUT. Signed by poets. Click here for more images and information. |
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Covering Ground -
a chronicle of the John Muir Trail (2003). This book was edited
and illustrated by Donna Thomas. 4 1/2 by 7 1/2, 48 pages. 25 copies.
Editon Sold Click here for more images and information. |
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