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The ‘Adana Agency’ was founded in 1922 in Twickenham by Donald Affleck Aspinall. Adana was distin­guished by catering for the hobby letterpress printer, at a time when some suppliers did not approve of the hobby printer. The type founder Caslon stated that ‘We are not among those who are alarmed at the increase in amateur printing in this country, though we will not encourage it.’ The first official Adana machines were advertised in November 1922 in the Exchange and Mart. The machine was a devel­opment on the Parlour Presses of the late Victorian period, and retailed for 45/- (£2.25).

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