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The Incredible Ball Point Pen. A Comprehensive History and Price Guide.
Gostony, Henry; Schneider, Stuart
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Description for The Incredible Ball Point Pen. A Comprehensive History and Price Guide.
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 469 color photos. BIC Classification: TDPB; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 219 x 13. Weight in Grams: 840.
The Incredible Ball Point Pen tells the story of the ball point pen's painful development, its cacophonous launching, the public hysteria accompanying its debut, and its outrageous and scandalous promotion. It recounts the fabulous riches which followed, the public's rapid and total disillusionment with the product, the collapse of the market, scientific breakthroughs in the 1950s, the industry's resurrection, myriad improvements occurring from 1950 to 1959, and the modern period from 1960 on. This is the most exhaustive work available on early ball point brands, manufacturers, and models. It includes over 400 photos of pens, copies of original ads, patents, ... Read more
The Incredible Ball Point Pen tells the story of the ball point pen's painful development, its cacophonous launching, the public hysteria accompanying its debut, and its outrageous and scandalous promotion. It recounts the fabulous riches which followed, the public's rapid and total disillusionment with the product, the collapse of the market, scientific breakthroughs in the 1950s, the industry's resurrection, myriad improvements occurring from 1950 to 1959, and the modern period from 1960 on. This is the most exhaustive work available on early ball point brands, manufacturers, and models. It includes over 400 photos of pens, copies of original ads, patents, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764304378
SKU
V9780764304378
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About Gostony, Henry; Schneider, Stuart
Henry Gostony is an internationally recognized writer and authority on fountain and ball point pens. Stuart Schneider has written eleven books on collectibles and antiques and is well known in the pen collecting world.
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