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Adagio Press Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Papers concerning the Adagio Press.
Correspondence about the Adagio Press, gift given by Christian Vinyard.
Biographical material about Leonard Bahr.
"A Selected Check-List of works printed at Adagio", 1973. Adagio: A Checklist, 1993. ML A Quarterly: "Adagio: The Private Press of Leonard F. Bahr", 1968.
Two letters: October 31, I960, Leonard Bahr, Detroit, Michigan, to Norman Forgue and July 4, 1964, Leonard [F.] Bahr, Harper Woods, Michigan to [Norman] Forgue, [Chicago, Illinois]. One letter: February] 29,1972, Henry Morris, North Hills, Pennsylvania, to Leonard Bahr, [?], concerning a bill and a personal note to the recipient.
Miscellanea Typographica: Notes on Books and Printing, Number Three. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
How to Build a Poor Man's Morgan Library. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Printing in Privacy: A Review of Recent Activity Among American Private Presses. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
An Intrusion Upon Eternity. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Cordially Yours. The Contemptible Horse. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
An Introduction to the Adagio Press. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
A Tribute to Anton Bohm and His Work at the Sans Souci Press. The Angel That Didn't Fly. The Spirit of Liberty: An Address by Judge Learned Hand. But the Greatest of These Is Love. ABC Card. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
The Spring of the Year. Interpretations and Insinuations. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
The Question of Christmas. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Experiments With the Bradley Ornaments (2 copies). The Evolution of Printing Presses From Wood to Metal: An Essay in Tribute to Paul A. Bennett. A Book Collector's Chronicle. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Typographic Embellishers: Some Specimens From the Collection Used at the Adagio Press. The Adagio Press Has Acquired A Different Printing Press. MLA Quarterly. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
C-S: The Master Craftsman. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
A Few Sentences From the Writings of Robert Lewis Stevenson. A Gathering of Typographic Odds and Ends. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
A letter to Stella: An Epilogue to the Publication C-S: The Master Craftsman. Exchanges. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Alphabet in Color. Antique, Decorated and Kindred Types. Typographic Doodling. Man Errs So Long As He Strives. Adagio is a Private Press. The Tragedy of Life. The Artist of Kauroo. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Christmas Card: In Rivers, the Water That You Touch. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
A Manner of Printing. (2 copies) Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Christmas Card: And Now Let Us Believe in the Year That is Given Us. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Christmas Card: Matthew David, Ann and Leonard Bahr wish you a very Merry Christmas. If One Advances. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
24 Hours (2 copies). Man Truly Lives (2 copies). Typographia 1 (2 copies). Printed by Leonard Bahr.
The Strength of Fields. Adagio. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Christmas Card: When Shall All Men's Good Be Each Man's Rule. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Typographia 2 (2 copies). Printed by Leonard Bahr. (2 items)
To Affect the Quality of the Day (2 copies). Psalm 23. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Proverbs of Hell. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
A Paragraph on Paper (2 copies). Taken All in All, The Private Press is Replete With Possibilities (2 copies). Literature Must Struggle With Difficulties. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Various Aspects of Borrowed Books. Bookmark: Borrowers of Books. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
We Will Either Find A Way or Make One (2 copies). Practice is Art (2 copies). Printed by Leonard Bahr.
Universal History. Printed by Leonard Bahr.
LFB to PHD, re: C and VH . Printed by the Louisville Contre Coup Press.
Envelopes.
Christmas Cards: The Approach of Christmas and a New Year. Christmas is Goodwill and Compassion. Christmas: Music Family Friends. I Saw the Night Visions. For low, the Days are Hast'ning On. Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth. How Silently, How Silently, the Wonderful Gift is Given. Joy to You on This Day and Throughout the Year. Oh! Merry Piping Time of Christmas. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel. Merry Christmas! Some Say that Ever 'gainst that Season Comes Wherein Our Savior's Birth is Celebrated. From the Preface to Travels with a Donkey. For I dipt into the Future. Rise, Happy Mourn. The Time Draws Near the Birth of Christ. What is Hope, What is Expectation? Somehow not only for Christmas but All the Long Year Through. Bookmarks: I Rejoice That There Are Owls (2 copies). Calling card of Leonard Bahr (2 copies). Four Ideals. Printed by Leonard Bahr.