The Good Book Press
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Peter and Donna Thomas have been creating miniature books in Santa Cruz CA since 1976, first as the Good Book Press and, after 1988, under their own name. Note: Each listing below has a Bradbury (RB#) or Lorson Number (LN#); please include the book title and this number when inquiring about or ordering a book. |
| | 1000 Mile Walk to the Gulf, A; Muir, John | 1994, 2 3/4" x 2 1/4", a scrolling page, cloth boards, vellum label, 37 copies | RB #44 | SOLD |
| | Aesop's Fable, The Donkey and the Thistle; Aesop | 1993, 3" x 2 1/2", 12 pp., paper boards, slipcase, 175 copies | RB #43 | SOLD |
| | Almost Paper; Thomas, Peter | 1997, 2 7/8" x 2 1/16", 24 pp., hard wood boards, tipped-in samples, 100 copies | RB #52 | SOLD |
| | Accordian to Zither: A Musical ABC | 2002, 2 3/8" x 1 7/8", 6 pp., printed paper boards, accordion fold, 100 copies | LN #12 | $75.00 |
| | Aesop's Fable, The Miser; Aesop | 1982, 3" x 2 5/8", 10 pp., pictorial paper boards, 200 copies | RB #6 | SOLD |
| | Aesop's Fable, The Old Man and Death; Aesop | 1986, 2 15/16" x 2 5/8", 12 pp., pictorial paper boards, 200 copies | RB #19a | SOLD |
| | Aesop's Fable, The Old Man and Death; Aesop | 1986, 2 15/16" x 2 5/8", 12 pp., deluxe edition, vellum, gilt vellum boards, 26 copies | RB #19b | SOLD |
| | Almost Paper; Thomas, Peter | 1997, 2 7/8" x 2 1/16", 24 pp., coptic bound wood boards, 100 copies | RB #52 | SOLD |
| | Aloha Oe/Farewll to Thee, Farewell to Thee; Queen Liliuokaulani | 1998, 2 3/4" x 1 1/2", 16 pp., cloth boards, paper labels, 50 copies | RB #54 | SOLD |
| | Alphabet People; Thomas, Tanya | 1989, 2 3/8" x 1 7/8", 64 pp., suede leather, 200 copies | RB #31 | $40.00 |
| | Bird Word; Thomas, Peter | 1996, 1" x 9/16", 12 pp., gilt leather, 39 copies | RB #48 | SOLD |
| | Brief History of the Ukulele, A; Thomas, Donna | 1997, 3" x 1 1/8", 24 pp., leather boards, 50 copies | RB #53 | SOLD |
| | Celia Fiennes: A Record of Seventeenth Papermaking; Fiennes, Celia | 1990, 2 9/16" x 2", antique paper boards, 200 copies | RB #33 | SOLD |
| | Climb the Mountains; Muir, John | 1995, 2 5/8" x 1 7/86", 17 pp., paper boards, accordian fold, 100 copies | RB #47 | SOLD |
| | Counting Toys; Thomas, Donna | 1987, 2" x 1 1/2", 24 pp., gilt cloth boards, 200 copies | RB #24 | SOLD |
| | Dard Hunter; Hunter Dard Jr. | 1989, 2 7/8" x 2 1/8", 8 pp., gilt leather, 200 copies | RB #30 | SOLD |
| | Divine Plan, The; Clark, Glen | 1993, 2 13/16" x 2 3/16", 26 pp., cloth boards, 200 copies | RB #40 | $50.00 |
| | Dwarf, A Short Story of a Short Man, The; Thomas, Peter | 1983, 1 3/8" x 2 7/8", 44 pp., leather bound, 150 copies | RB #8 | SOLD |
| | Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 (For Everything There Is a Season); Bible. Old testament | 1986, 2 7/8" x 1", 20 pp., wood boards, accordion fold, sterling silver band, velvet pouch, 30 copies | RB #21 | $85.00 |
| | Farmer's Magic; Thomas, Peter | 1981, 2 3/4" x 1 7/8", 26 pp., gilt leather spine, marbled paper boards, 130 copies | RB #5 | $35.00 |
| | First Christmas Story, The; Bible. New Testament | 1988, 2 5/8" x 1 15/16", 32 pp., deluxe edition, gilt leather, colored illus, 25 copies | RB #28a | $95.00 |
| | First Christmas Story, The; Bible. New Testament | 1988, 2 5/8" x 1 15/16", 32 pp., pictorial paper boards, 200 copies | RB #28b | $35.00 |
| | Four Views of Kaelakekua Bay; Cook, James, Noble, Johnny and Twain, Mark | 1998, 2 7/8" x 1 3/4", 22" scroll, printed paper boards, 50 copies | RB #55 | SOLD |
| | Girls | 1993, 2 1/8" x 1 7/8", 14 pp., paper boards and slipcase, accordion fold with hand-colored illustrations, 2 copies | LN #6 | SOLD |
| | Good Books: A bibliograghy of books by Peter and Donna Thomas, 1978 - 1991 | 1992, 2 3/4" x 2", 97 pp., gilt leather spine, marbled paper boards, 200 copies | RB #41 | SOLD |
| | Grand Canyon, The; Powell, John Wesley | 2007, 2 15/16" x 2 3/16", 5 pp. accordion fold, decorative paper boards, 50 copies | LN #5 | SOLD |
| | Half Dome: A Climbing History | 2000, 3" x 2 5/16", wood boards, hand-colored, 150 copies | LN #10 | SOLD |
| | If All the World Were Paper | 1988, 1 3/16" x 1 1/16", 12 pp., gilt leather spine, marbled paper boards, 1 of 2 copies | LN #2 | SOLD |
| | Jack be Nimble and Other Rhymes | 1987, 2 15/16" x 2 1/2", 36 pp., gilt leather boards with original watercolor label, 26 deluxe copies | RB #23a | SOLD |
| | Jack be Nimble and Other Rhymes | 1987, 2 15/16" x 2 1/2", 36 pp., paper boards, 200 copies | RB #23b | SOLD |
| | Miniature Leaf Books; Thomas, Peter | 2006, 2 7/8" x 2 1/8", 23 pp., paper boards, 126 copies | LN #3 | SOLD |
| | Mushroom ABC, A | 1996, 2 1/8" x 1 5/8", 30 pp., shaped paper boards with slipcase, accordion fold, hand-colored, 50 copies | LN #13 | SOLD |
| | New Baby, A; | 1984, 5/8" x 3/4", paper boards | RB #13 | $25.00 |
| | Night Before Christmas, The;Moore, Clement | 1982, 2 3/8" x 3", printed dust wrapper, printed paper boards, illustrated in black and white, 116 of 200 copies | RB #7 | $45.00 |
| | Novel: A Poem; Moracarco, Fred | 1993, 2 3/4" x 2", 77 pp., cloth boards with printed wrapper, 150 copies | RB #42 | SOLD |
| | Our Baby's First Year Book; Youngblood, Donna | 1985, 2 1/2" x 1 7/8", 32 pp., deluxe edition wih gilt leather, 30 copies | RB #16 | $45.00 |
| | Ovid in Latin and English; Ovid, Publius | 1984, 1 7/8" x 1 3/8", 14 pp., leather spine, gilt paper boards, 150 copies | RB #10 | $16.75 |
| | Pandora's Box; Vonnegut, Kurt | 1997, 1" x 1", 1 pp., wooden scroll with marbled paper, 130 copies | RB #49 | SOLD |
| | Papermaking Rhyme; Thomas, Peter | 1988, 2 15/16" x 1 7/8", 36 pp., paper boards, 150 copies | RB #25 | SOLD |
| | Paper Making with Kids; Various | 1988, 3" x 2 3/8", 14 pp., gilt leather spine, marbled paper boards, paper made by authors, 50 copies | RB #27 | SOLD |
| | Passionate Shepherd to His Love, The;Marlowe, Christopher | n/d, 3" x 2 3/8", 12 pp., full leather with onlays and gilt, marbled paper slipcase; calligraphic text with four full page, hand-painted illustrations, copy 2 of 2 | LN #15 | $350.00 |
| | Psalm 128 | 1983, 2 1/2" x 1 7/8", 16 pp, full leather with gilt titling, copy 9 of 26 | RB #9 | $95.00 |
| | Rags Make Paper | 1985, 1 5/8" x 1 1/8", 32 pp., paper boards, 225 copies | RB #18 | $25.00 |
| | Saroyan; Saroyan, William | 1991, 2 15/16" x 2 5/16", 14 pp., paper boards, 150 copies | RB #32 | SOLD |
| | Shakespeare on Papermills; Thomas, Peter | 1988, 1 15/16" x 1 9/16", 64 pp., gilt leather spine, printed paper boards, 150 copies | RB #26 | SOLD |
| | Shakespearian Words of Gratitude; Shakespeare, William | 1991, 1 1/4" x 15/16", 4 pp., gilt leather boards | RB #36 | $25.00 |
| | Single Day, A; Young, Gary | 1991, 3" x 2 1/4", 6 pp., accordion fold, leather, deluxe edition with sterling silver plate on cover, 34 copies thus | RB #35a | $125.00 |
| | Single Day, A; Young, Gary | 1991, 3" x 2 1/4", 6 pp., leather boards, accordion fold, 68 copies thus | RB #35b | $45.00 |
| | Spring Wildflower ABC | 2007, 2 7/8" x 2", 28 pp. accordion fold, decorative paper boards, hand-colored illustrations, 150 copies | LN #4 | SOLD |
| | Story of Life, A; Thomas, Peter | 1994, 2" x 1 3/8", 24 pp., leather spine, paper boards, 200 copies | RB #45 | $50.00 |
| | Story of the Treekeeper's Wisdom; Thomas, Peter | 1985, 2 1/2" x 1 7/8", 32 pp., gilt leather spine, pictorial paper boards, 200 copies | RB #15 | $27.00 |
| | Story of Word Pictures, The; Lewis, Mark W. | 1984, 2 1/8" x 2", 14 pp., printed paper boards, 200 copies | RB #11 | SOLD |
| | Twenty Third Psalm, The | 1985, 2 1/2" x 1 7/8", paper boards, 28 copies | RB #14 | SOLD |
| | Two Sisters; Thomas, Peter | 1986, 3" x 2 1/4", gilt leather, 200 copies | RB #20a | $25.00 |
| | Two Sisters; Thomas, Peter | 1986, 3" x 2 1/4", deluxe edition, colored illus, metal clasp, gilt leather, 25 copies | RB #20b | SOLD |
| | View from Mt. Dana, The; Muir, John | 1997, 2 5/8" x 2 1/8", 10 pp., paper boards, accordion fold, 97 copies | RB #50 | SOLD |
| | We Found a Carrot; Thomas, Tanya | 1987, 1 15/16" x 1 1/2", 4 pp., marbled paper boards, 12 copies | LN #1 | SOLD |
| | Wildflowers of the John Muir Trail | 2002, 2 5/8" x 2 1/8", 37 pp., decorative paper boards with slipcase, accordion fold with hand-colored illustrations, 150 copies | LN #6 | SOLD |
| | Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus; Church, Francis P. | 1984, 2 3/8" x 3", 20 pp., pictorial paper boards, 125 copies | RB #12 | SOLD |
| | Yosemite ABC, A | 2001, 2 1/8" x 1 5/16", 28 pp., gilt leather boards, slipcase, hand-colored, 50 copies | LN #11 | SOLD |
| | Yotan's Vision; Thomas, Peter | 1980, 3" x 2 3/4", 32 pp., leather spine, marbled paper boards, 150 copies | RB #1 | SOLD |
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