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Fountain Pens the Collectors Guide to Selectin
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Price Last Updated : 7-30-2008
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Features
Hardcover: 80 pages
Publisher: Running Press March 1994
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1561382213
ISBN-13: 978-1561382217
Product Dimensions:
12.2 x 9.2 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
From Booklist
The product of a long search for better writing instruments, fountain pens proliferated in this century. Indeed, they dominated the writing utensil market until the post-World War II rise of the ballpoint. They are still considered to indicate a preference for quality over convenience. They're status symbols, and so today's desk sets disguise ballpoints as fountain pens. Produced during a time when illustration and embellishment were prized, they often resembled the jewelry of their era in their fine crafting and artistic appearance. Manufacturers marketed fountain pens as much on their looks as their performance, but Steinberg points out that the pens also facilitated a more artistic, individualistic script. His colorfully illustrated volume is a valuable addition to popular culture and collectibles collections alike. Mike Tribby
Reader Reviews
Anyone who enjoys the beauty and mechanics of fine fountain pens will enjoy this volume. The book contains dozens of beautifully photographed pens, most from 1900-1940, a golden age for fountain pens. The intricately engraved and filigreed metals and hand-painted plastics are well presented, with brief descriptions of each pen. Most of the pens are beyond the budget of anyone but the most serious collector, but their allure is captured well. The emphasis on collecting rare pens limits its scope and appeal: Interesting (but less valuable) pens of the post-World War II period are largely ignored. However, this is one of the few book s on pens, and the beautiful merging of form, function, and fanciful embellishment is evident on every page. There is a brief history of fountain pens, focusing mainly on mechanical advances. Some of this description is too dense, and the inclusion of diagrams from the period is interesting but not very instructive for the non-collector. Includes names of dealers (and even fountain pen clubs), a guide to what is repairable in a used pen, and histories of pen manufacturers. Recommended especially for collectors, and generally for people interested in how design and craft can elevate the aesthetics of an everyday object.
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Fountain Pens the Collectors Guide to Selectin
by Jonathan Steinberg
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