Adagio Press (68 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn yellow stiff printed wrappers, tall slender 8vo., 8 pages. "A story for the day before Christmas 1964". One of 150 copies printed on Alexandria Japan paper from Palatino roman and italic for the friends of Donald Weeks. A fine Copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 12 by 8 inches, printed in three colors on stiff tan paper. Tribute to Hermann Zapf on his 70th birthday. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 10 by 8 inches. Typograph 6. One of 188 copies printed in four colors on Rives Heavyweight paper. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 12 by 9 inches, printed in blue, gold and black on delicate white laid paper. The four ideals, elaborated, are Artistry, Utility, Originality, and Personality. One of the most attractive and nicely designed and printed ephemera done by Leonard Bahr. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 7 by 5 inches, printed on both sides in red and black. Bahr's first use of the name Adagio and the pressmark. Printed for (It's a) Small World. A fine copy.

Single sheet. Condition: Fine. Single tan sheet printed in brown and black on recto side. 11 x 7.25 in. Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Stiff creme wrappers printed with ornaments in sepia, slender 12mo., (16) pages. One of 250 copies. Title and quote by Henry Lewis Bullen followed by ruled pages headed by the month, each with different ornaments. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn stiff gold printed wrappers, small 12mo., (20) pages. Illustrated with Adagio pressmarks, including two designed by Paul Hayden Duensing. One of an unstated edition of 450 numbered copies printed in many colors. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn stiff green printed wrappers, large slender 12mo., (8) pages. One of 483 copies printed in three colors and with two illustrations of presses. Compliments slip from the author and printer laid in. A fine copy.

self paper wrappers. small 12mo. self paper wrappers. single sheet folded into thirds. Pamphlet on the origins, equipment, and current projects of the Adagio Press. Two photographs, one of Leonard Bahr and the other of his workroom, laid-in. A near fine copy. Adagio Press (illustrator).

8vo. stiff paper wrappers, hand-sewn. (24) pages. One of approximately 300 numbered and signed copies (Tanner and Alstrom 29). Fine condition. Essay on Bahr's personal approach to the problems of printing books. stiff paper wrappers, hand-sewn. Adagio Press (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn stiif brown wrappers with a decoration in brown, slender 12mo., (16) pages. Printed in four colors from a multitude of typefaces. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Stiff creme wrappers printed with ornaments in sepia, slender 12mo., (16) pages. One of 250 copies. Title and quote by Henry Lewis Bullen followed by ruled pages headed by the month, each with different ornaments. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Tan printed wrappers, slender 12mo., 15, (1) pages. One of approximately 200 copies, printed in black, as a suppliment to Typographic Embellishers. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn stiff tan wrappers printed in brown and black, small slender 12mo., 7, (1) pages. One of 275 copies printed in brown and black. A fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Stiff grey wrappers printed in blue and black, 12mo., 15, (1) pages. Printed for distribution among members of the National Amateur Press Association and other friends. Precedes Bahr's use of the Adagio Press name. Tanner & Alstrom #1. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 10 by 8 inches. Typograph 10. One of 298 numbered copies in three colors on tan Beckett Cambric paper. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Stiff creme wrappers with printed ornaments, slender 12mo., (16) pages. Title, brief quote by Eugene Field and instructions for filling out the ensuing ruled monthly pages. One of 400 copies, this never bound. A fine copy thus.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Adagio: the Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr [with a selected checklist], by Gerald Lundeen; Coole Library, by Colin Smythe; Tracking Down the Beats: A Preliminary Survey, by Jim Burns; Reviews and Private Press Books.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 10 by 8 inches. Typograph 8. One of 194 numbered copies printed in three colors on ivory Rives Heavyweight paper. Small soft crease to one corner, else a fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 10 by 8 inches. Typograph 3. One of 67 copies, this out of series, printed in four colors on Millbourn Antique paper. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 10 by 8 inches, printed in blue, brown and black on Alexandra Japan cover paper. Typograph 9. One of 181 numbered copies. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 10 by 8 inches. Typograph 4. Out of 129 numbered copies, this is one of 38 printed in four colors on Artemis Cover paper. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Single sheet of thick tan paper, folded once to form four 10 by 6 inch printed pages. One of 125 copies printed for Donald Weeks. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Unsewn folded sheets laid into stiff green printed wrappers, tall slender 12mo., (15) pages, hand-colored ornament. One of 157 copies printed on Strathmore Chroma paper. A fine, never bound copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Sewn, stiff pale yellow printed wrappers, large slender 8vo., (9) pages. "Text of the Sermonette delivered by The Reverend Allan A. Zaun at the wedding of Ann and Leonard Bahr." One of 210 numbered copies printed for the friends of the Bahrs. A fine copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside, 7 by 5 inches, printed both sides in red and black. Printed in February, 1957, before Leonard F. Bahr started using the name Adagio Press. A fine copy.

stiff paper wrapper. large 12mo. stiff paper wrapper. (8) pages. Not in Tanner and Alstrom. Bahr's thoughts on the purpose of Adagio Press, influenced by Daniel Berkeley Updike's PRINTING TYPES. Adagio Press (illustrator).