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Exhibit 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY


Bowne & Co., Inc. and each person whose signature
appears below hereby authorize both Philip E. Kucera and
Scott L. Spitzer, each with full power to act alone, to
file in either paper or electronic form an annual report on
Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004, which report and amendments shall
contain such information and exhibits as the said Philip E.
Kucera or Scott L. Spitzer deems appropriate. Bowne &
Co., Inc. and each such person signing below hereby further
appoint both Philip E. Kucera and Scott L. Spitzer as
attorneys-in-fact, each with full power to act alone, to execute
such report and any and all amendments thereto in the name and
on behalf of Bowne & Co., Inc. as well as in the name
and on behalf of each such person, individually and in each
capacity stated below, thereby granting to said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that any
of them may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out
fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or
could do personally or in their capacities aforesaid.




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| | Bowne & Co., Inc.



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| | By: | /s/ Philip E. Kucera

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| |                        
| | Philip E. Kucera       
| | Chief Executive Officer



|                                                       |  |                                                                                     |  |                |  | 
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|Signature                                              |  | Title                                                                               |  | Date          
|                                                       |  |                                                                                     |  |               
|                                                      
|/s/ Philip E. Kucera(Philip
    E. Kucera)             |  | Chief Executive Officer and Director                                                |  | March 16, 2005
|                                                      
|/s/ David J. Shea(David
    J. Shea)                   |  | Chief Operating Officer, President and Director                                     |  | March 16, 2005
|                                                      
|/s/ C. Cody Colquitt(C.
    Cody Colquitt)             |  | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
    Financial Officer) |  | March 16, 2005
|                                                      
|/s/ Richard
    Bambach, Jr.(Richard
    Bambach, Jr.) |  | Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting
    Officer)          |  | March 16, 2005
|                                                      
|/s/ H. Marshall Schwarz(H.
    Marshall Schwarz)       |  | Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Director                                    |  | March 16, 2005
|                                                      
|/s/ Carl J. Crosetto(Carl
    J. Crosetto)             |  | Director                                                                            |  | March 16, 2005
|                                                      
|/s/ Douglas B. Fox(Douglas
    B. Fox)                 |  | Director                                                                            |  | March 16, 2005



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|-------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------- |  | -------------- |  | 
|Signature                                    |  | Title            |  | Date          
|                                             |  |                  |  |               
|                                            
|/s/ Gloria M. Portela(Gloria
    M. Portela) |  | Director         |  | March 16, 2005
|                                            
|/s/ Wendell M. Smith(Wendell
    M. Smith)   |  | Director         |  | March 16, 2005
|                                            
|/s/ Lisa A. Stanley(Lisa
    A. Stanley)     |  | Director         |  | March 16, 2005
|                                            
|/s/ Vincent Tese(Vincent
    Tese)           |  | Director         |  | March 16, 2005
|                                            
|/s/ Harry Wallaesa(Harry
    Wallaesa)       |  | Director         |  | March 16, 2005
|                                            
|/s/ Richard R. West(Richard
    R. West)     |  | Director         |  | March 16, 2005
|                                            
|/s/ Philip E. Kucera(Philip
    E. Kucera)   |  | Attorney-in-Fact |  |