For fountain pen aficionados who are also history buffs, this is your book! Arranged by year of manufacture instead of brand, it is a delight for the eyes as well as the mind; many of the photographs show instruments grouped by color resulting in images of red pens, jade pens, Mandarin yellow pens, black hard rubber pens, etc. Liberal use is made of events calendars, putting fountain pens into a context of what was happening in world history. Indexed and with a lengthy list of information sources and references, this book will find its way to many libraries.

352 pages 12" X 9 1/4" Hard cover Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2007