Ukulele Books. Peter and Donna Thomas
260 Fifteenth Avenue Santa Cruz CA 95062 (831) 475-1455

About the artists	Ukulele Books	Exhibition Information
Interviews and Essays Hear Peter play the Ukulele Books	Book Arts Folk Songs	Peter and Donna's Artists' Book Website
Read about our walking across California and the Muir Ramble Route	Ukulele Class Information	Read about our road trip as Wandering Book Artists

Ukulele Series Book #23. A Brief History of the Ukulele. 2003. This book was made by sawing a ukulele in half, building up the insides and then re-connecting the two halves with hinges and a lock. Both halves of the ukulele have chambers constructed in them to accomodate and accordion book bound in tapa cloth. The text was oringially made by Donna for a miniature book in 1999. It has been enlarged and reprinted for this edition, with a new title page and colophon, printed on Peter's handmade paper, sewn to the text. $1500.

A variation on this binding has been used to make an edition of 15 copies of Ukulele book #23.