Written and illustrated by Carol Cunningham

Mill Valley, CA; Sunflower Press, 1983. Hardcover. As new from the printer. First edition. Unpaginated (28 pp: vi, 22). Book is 2 ³/₈ (height) x 2 ³/4 (depth) inches. A handmade miniature book. Printed letterpress from handset 10 pt. Cooper Black type in mustard-green colored ink. Eight hand-colored illustrations—printed using artist’s original linoleum blocks then watercolored. Hand-bound in mustard-green corduroy cloth over boards, with image of frog (printed letterpress and hand-colored) pasted on cover. Letterpressed title-label with two printers ornaments pasted on spine; matching green endpapers.

Limited to 80 copies, numbered and signed by Carol Cunningham, only 59 of which were actually bound.

An amusing and original tale written in verse. Another whimsical use of this large and unusual type face for a mini-book (see also Mr. Finney and the Turnip). This is a miniature re-working of Carol’s 1975 larger format book Toad, which used a different text face.

In addition, as a special offering from Carpe Libris while quantities last, this book comes with a signed Toad keepsake measuring 9 ¹/₂ (height) x 12 ¹/₂ (width) inches, suitable for framing. Written and printed by Carol Cunningham in 1970 using a combination of silk-screen, letterpress, and computer-printed imaging, this is a broadside of a very large toad sitting amidst the stanzas of a humorous toad poem. Done in the style of what would later come to be the Toad books. A collectable in it’s own right, this keepsake is a appropriate pairing with this book.

$95

Or purchase the Toad keepsake separately for $45