COLOPHON: "These words, written by Eleanor Roosevelt, were printed & bound for Donna's birthday in an edition of 47 copies by Peter and Donna Thomas, Santa Cruz: 2004."
21 inch scrolling page. Letterpress printed on Peter's handmade paper, using old wood and various metal typefaces, with a rainbow roll of ink that goes from red to purple. No two copies are exactly the same. The back of the scroll was printed with hearts that were carved in a linoleum block by Donna for Peter on Valentine's Day. The scroll is wrapped around a capped brass shaft. This scroll unit is slipped inside a hole that was drilled into a small paduk wood block. This block was in turn glued as a textblock into the covers of the book. The outside cover is made from Peter's handmade paper. It has a title label glued on the front cover. This label which depicts violets and the script initials "E.R.", as E.R. signed her letters, was printed from a linoleum block carved by Donna: E.R. states that in her day it was the custom to give violets as a token of affection to ones' lovers.
Quote on scroll: "No form of love is to be despised."