A/D, December-January 1941-42

Volume 8, number 2 of the magazine A-D: An Intimate Journal for Art Directors, Production Managers, and their Associates. Published by The Composing Room/PM Publishing Inc in December-January 1941-1942. Edited by Robert L. Leslie and Percy Seitlin, co-founders in 1934 of PM Magazine, forerunner of A/D. Slim 12 mo, 60 pages with photo-offset illustrated articles and ads handsomely printed on multiple paper stocks. Wrap-around cover design by E. McKnight Kauffer, whose work is featured in a 16-page article (Advertising Art Now) in the issue. Also included is a 16-page portfolio of work by photographers Arnold Newman and Ben Rose, an article about the art education of Nathaniel Pousette-Dart by Martha Cheney, author, along with her husband, of Art and the Machine and, at the rear, a bound-in copy of Design and Paper Number 7. Throughout its run from 1934-1942, PM/A-D was a preeminent and influential proponent of leading-edge American graphic design and production, incorporating high quality printing practices, championing modernist American graphic designers, and helping introduce avant-garde European designers to an American audience. Light bumping and chipping to extremities. Light soiling to front wrapper.