DA [DIRECT ADVERTISING]: GRAPHICS AND SMALL PRESSES: The Paper Quarterly for the Graphic Arts. Volume LIV Number 2 Second Quarter 1968. Issue Theme: The Private Press.

(Adagio Press). Bahr, Leonard; et al.

Published by Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1968., 1968

About this Item

- Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed wrappers with a black-and-white vignette on each cover. The binding is bumped & soiled with some light creasing & chipping to the edges of the wraps & a few tiny ink stains to the front wrap. There is some foxing to the spine & to the front wrap at the tail of the spine. 28 pages of text plus a large section of advertisements with paper samples & examples of graphic design by association members. The last few paper samples are detached. Good. This issue contains an article on the Adagio Press by Leonard F. Bahr. Bahr [1934-1992]founded the press in 1956, working out of his home in Harper Woods, Michigan and specializing in fine and limited editions. He worked as an advertising typographer with George Willens and Company in Detroit for thirty-four years, retiring in 1991.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DA [DIRECT ADVERTISING]: GRAPHICS AND SMALL PRESSES: The Paper Quarterly for the Graphic Arts. Volume LIV Number 2 Second Quarter 1968. Issue Theme: The Private Press.
• Publisher: Westfield, MA: Paper Makers Advertising Association, 1968.
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
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