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Description for Fountain Pens
Hardback. The fountain pen is developed over thousands of years, from the simple stylus used for cutting marks into clay tablets, to the brush, through the reed, the quill and the steel-nib dip pen, and finally to the self-contained fountain pen. This title covers the history of the fountain pen with an advice on how to build a collection of these pens. Series: Crowood Collectors' Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 265 colour photographs. BIC Classification: WCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 201 x 15. Weight in Grams: 686. Series: Crowood Collectors' Series. 160 pages, 265 colour photographs. The fountain pen is developed over thousands of years, from the simple stylus used for cutting marks into clay tablets, to the brush, through the reed, the quill and the steel-nib dip pen, and finally to the self-contained fountain pen. This title covers the history of the fountain pen with an advice on how to build a collection of these pens. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WCX. Dimension: 254 x 201 x 15. Weight: 678.
The fountain pen as we know it today developed over thousands of years, from the simple stylus used for cutting marks into clay tablets, to the brush, through the reed, the quill and the steel-nib dip pen, and finally to the self-contained fountain pen. The advent of electronic communication of the written word has failed to dim the appeal of the fountain pen, and names such as Parker, Waterman and Sheaffer remain household names. Fountain Pens covers the complete history of the fountain pen with useful advice on how to build a collection and where best to look ... Read more
The fountain pen as we know it today developed over thousands of years, from the simple stylus used for cutting marks into clay tablets, to the brush, through the reed, the quill and the steel-nib dip pen, and finally to the self-contained fountain pen. The advent of electronic communication of the written word has failed to dim the appeal of the fountain pen, and names such as Parker, Waterman and Sheaffer remain household names. Fountain Pens covers the complete history of the fountain pen with useful advice on how to build a collection and where best to look ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Crowood Collectors' Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847971142
SKU
V9781847971142
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Peter Twydle
Peter Twydle is the only son of the master pensmith, the late Arthur Twydle, and has been involved in selling, restoring and collecting fountain pens for over forty years. He trained in pen repair and sales with the Parker Pen Company, which had also trained both his parents. At eighteen, he took over the running of his father's ... Read more
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