SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                February 3, 1999

                     CUNNINGHAM GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in Charter)


          New Jersey                      0-24021                22-3561164
(State or Other Jurisdiction            (Commission            (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)                File Number)         Identification No.)


629 Grove Street, Jersey City, New Jersey                     07310             
(Address of principal executive office)                     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code:  (201) 217-1990


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          (Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)







Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

     On February  3, 1999,  Cunningham  Graphics  Realty,  L.L.C.,  a New Jersey
limited liability company  ("Realty"),  of which the Company is the sole member,
purchased the real  property and  improvements  commonly  known as 5 Burma Road,
Jersey City, New Jersey (the "Premises") for a purchase price of $5,525,000 from
Willco Associates 1, L.L.C. ("Willco 1"). The Premises were previously used as a
paper  warehouse.  The Company  intends to renovate the Premises and relocate to
the Premises its existing operations in Jersey City and Midtown New York.

     Realty also has a contract with Willco  Associates 2, L.L.C.  ("Willco 2"),
an affiliate of Willco 1, for the  acquisition  of an unimproved  parcel of land
adjacent to the Premises,  for a purchase price of $975,000. The closing of such
transaction  is  contingent   upon  the  completion  of  certain   environmental
remediation to the  satisfaction of the New Jersey  Department of  Environmental
Protection.

     On February 3, 1999,  the Company and Realty also  obtained a mortgage loan
from Summit Bank, the Company's existing lender,  under which the bank agreed to
finance  $4,400,000  in  respect  of the  acquisition  of the  Premises  and the
unimproved parcel and $3,000,000 in respect of the cost of the improvements.

     The  portion of the  purchase  price for the  Premises  and the  unimproved
parcel  in  excess  of the loan  from the  bank  have and will be paid  from the
Company's available cash reserves.


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Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(c)  Exhibits

Exhibit No.     Description
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10.23           Loan  Agreement  dated  February  3,  1999  among  Summit  Bank,
                Cunningham Graphics International,  Inc. and Cunningham Graphics
                Realty, L.L.C.

10.24           Agreement  of  Sale  dated  October  28,  1998  between   Willco
                Associates-1, L.L.C. and Cunningham Graphics International, Inc.

10.25           Amendment  to Agreement  of Sale  between  Willco  Associates-1,
                L.L.C.  and  Cunningham  Graphics   International,   Inc.  dated
                February 3, 1999

10.26           Agreement  of  Sale  dated  October  28,  1998  between   Willco
                Associates-2,  L.L.C.  and  Cunningham  Graphics  International,
                Inc.

10.27           Amendment  to Agreement  of Sale  between  Willco  Associates-2,
                L.L.C.  and  Cunningham  Graphics   International,   Inc.  dated
                February 3, 1999

10.28           Assignment of Agreement of Sale



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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     Cunningham Graphics International, Inc.
                                                 (Registrant)


Dated:  February  10, 1999           By:  /s/ Robert M. Okin             
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                                          Name:  Robert M. Okin
                                          Title:  Executive Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer



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