PETER & DONNA THOMAS
260 Fifteenth Avenue Santa Cruz CA 95062 (831)
475-1455
One-of-a-kind Books: Miniature
| To date Donna has made and sold more than 200 of these unique books. Some were lavish productions with original research, others, original illustrations of well known quotes. Most of these books feature her calligraphy and watercolor paintings. They are often full bound in leather with leather onlays in a slipcase with chemise or in a clamshell box. |
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Farmer and the
Snake (2008). 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches. (Clamshell box is 3 1/8
by 2 5/8 inches). Dos-a-do binding. The text on one side is the fable
Aesop. The text on the other side is a quote by Petronius from The Satyricon.
Number 2 of 2 unique copies. $395. |
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Sit and Knit
(2008). 3 x 2 7/8 inches. (The clamshell box is 3.5 by 3.25). The text
is a short quote by William Howitt about folk art knitting in rural
England. Number 1 of 2 unique copies. $425. |
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Nature Paints (2008).
2 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches. (Silpcase measures 3 1/4 by 2 3/4 inches.) The
text is a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1 of 2 copies. $395. |
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Bop (2008).
1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches. (Slipcase measures 1 3/4 by 1 5/8 inches). The
text is a quote by Duke Ellington. Number 1 of 2 unique copies. $ 245
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A Poem by Rumi
(2008). 2 15/16 x 1 7/8 inches. (Clamshell box is 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches) |
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Voice of Love
(2008). 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches. (Clamshell box is 2.25 by 2.25 inches).
The text is a Hawaiian proverb written in both Hawaiian and English.
Number 2 of 2 unique copies. $325. |
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Out of Focus (2006) Mark
Twain. 3 X 1 7/8". A scrolling book structure. $145. Click here for more images and information |
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The Stars. Virginia Woolf.
2004. 2 3/8 x 2 inches. A water color painted tunnel book in a chemise
and slipcase. $145 Click here for more images and information |
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Ab ovo: From the Egg.
2-1/4" x 1-3/4". Accordion pages. $275. Click here for more images and information. |
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Dominos (2008). 1 5/8 x 7/8 inches. (Slipcase measures 1 7/8 by 1 inches.). The text is by Oscar Wilde: Number 2 of 2 unique copies. Sold |
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A Fish (2007) 1 3/16 by
1 1/2 inches. Text is a quote by John Ruskin. Sold. Click here for more images and information |
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The Range of Light
(2006) 3 by 2 inches. The text is by John Muir, from "The Yosemite".
Sold. |
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Wildflowers of Iceland
(2006) 3 X 1 1/4". 10 watercolors of Iceland wildflowers. Sold. Click here for more images and information |
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Stars. (2000) 2 7/8 by
2 1/8 inches. Text by Ralph Waldo Emerson from "Nature". Sold Click here for more images and information |
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The Imagination (2007)
2 1/2 by 1 3/4 inches. Text is a quote by R. W. Emmerson. Sold |
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Spring and All (2004)
William Carlos Williams. 2 x 2 7/8 inches. 6 pages. SOLD. Click here for more images and information |
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A Signal Flag Alphabet
(2003) Quote by R. Kipling. 2 7/8 x 1 5/8 inches. Twenty six marine signal
flags. Bound in full red leather, SOLD. Click here for more images and information |
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Wild Flowers of the French Alps
(2006) 2 1/16 by 1 5/8". Eleven watercolor paintings of flowers growing
in the Chamonix/Mt. Blanc area of the Alps. $sold.
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Mont Blanc, Percy Shelley.
2006. 2 3/4 X 2 1/4". Pop-up accordion book structure with watercolor
of Mt Blanc. Sold Click here for more images and information |
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In Just - Spring. E.E. Cummings. 2004.
2 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches. 14 pages. Brightly colored pop-up illustrations
on 4 full page spreads . Sold. Click here for more images and information |
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Bridalveil Falls. 2004. 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches.
A tunnel books with a three-dimensional watercolor painting of Yosemite
Valley's Bridalveil Falls. $275. Click here for more images and information |
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Where Go the Boats? Robert Louis Stevenson.
2004. 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches. 12 pages, double accordion pop-up structure
$425. Click here for more images and information |
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Impressionism: Eight Paintings and Twenty-six
Words. 1-3/8" x 2-1/4". Double fold accordion. $395.
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Everything that was Static. Amadeo Souza
Cardoso. 2-1/8" x 2-7/8". 8 page booklet. $395. Click here for more images and information. |
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An Excerpt From Art - May Day and Other
Pieces. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 2003. 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches. Ten accordion
pages. Six watercolors Sold.. Click here for more images and information |
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Keep Unmarred that Majesty. Teddy Roosevelt.
2-7/8" x 2". 10 pages. Sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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Yosemite Falls. 2004. 2 7/8 x 2 3/8
inches. A tunnel books with a three-dimensional watercolor painting
of Yosemite Valley's Yosemite Falls. Sold |
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Wise Orion. Emily Dickenson. 1-9/16" x
2-3/8" Tunnel book. Sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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Pack of Cards. Lewis Caroll. 1-3/4" x 1-3/8".
20 pages. sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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Wonder. Edward Abbey. 2-7/8" x 1-7/8".
8 page double accordion. sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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The Wizard of Oz in Pictures. 1-3/4" x
2-7/8". Accordion pop-up. $sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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Claude Monet. 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 inches. 11
accordion pages. $sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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The Golden Rule. Confucius, Aristotle,
Matthew. 2-3/16" x 1-3/8". Accordion pages. $sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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Wild Jack. W B Yeats. 1-7/16" x 1-1/8".
14 accordion pages. $sold. Click here for more images and information. |
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Mineral King-Kern Loop. 2-1/4" x 2-3/8".
$245. Click here for more images and information. |
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Creation's Dawn by John Muir. 2-3/8" x
1-7/8". 12 pages. $385. Click here for more images and information. |