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Fountain Pens of the World
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Price Last Updated : 7-30-2008
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Features
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers May 2, 2003
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0302006680
ISBN-13: 978-0302006689
Product Dimensions:
12.8 x 9.2 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
Glen B Bowen -- World Publications 'Pen World' Magazine (July/August 1995)
'To say that this book is the definitive book on fountain pens to date is an understatement'
Book Description
The authoritative and comprehensive text features countries not previously covered in other books, a new chapter on limited editions, and a chapter on materials from 1833 to the present day which defines processes such as lacquering, guilloche engraving and plastic identification. The development of design and logos is illustrated by specially produced line drawings. The text is complimented by many period advertisements.
Fountain Pens of the World provides more information on pens and illustrates more pens than any other book on the subject.
Reader Reviews
My love affair with fountain pens - particularly vintage fountain pens - entered a new stage the day that my copy of Lambrou's Fountain Pens of the World arrived. Covered with a gorgeous dust jacket, weighing in at several pounds and measuring 9" by 12.5", the book made an impression before the first page had even been turned. This first impression, positive as it was, in no way prepared me for what I was to find inside: over four hundred pages with glorious color plates. Literally thousands of pens - mostly vintage - spectacularly photographed, and presented exactly life size. (Ever wonder whether your newly purchased vacumatic is a sub-deb, debutante, junior, slender, standard, major, oversized, or Maxima? Just lay it over the photographs in Lambrou's book!) Fascinating reproductions of vintage advertisements. Detailed histories - model by model - of all major manufacturers and many lesser-known ones, including Edward Todd, Triad, Diamond Point, Chilton, Stephens, Mentmore, Summit, Wyvern, Burnham, Soennecken, Osmia, Tropen, and so on and so forth, covering the U.S., the U.K., Germany France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Japan. The book is, plain and simple, a work of art and of incredible beauty. I could spend weeks just browsing its pages. In retrospect, my biggest mistake in fountain pen collecting was to wait for several years before purchasing a copy of Lambrou's Fountain Pens of the World...
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Fountain Pens of the World
by Andreas Lambrou
Available from Amazon
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on 7-30-2008
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