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Collector's
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Luca De Ponti's study, La storia
dell'Aurora dal 1919 ai giorni nostri/The Story of Aurora from 1919 to
the Present (Milan, 1995), is extensively
illustrated and has text in both Italian and English. OUT OF PRINT |
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Emilio Dolcini's monograph on what must be the most
famous of Italian penmakers belongs to the same series as the Aurora
volume above, and adheres to the same high standards of research and
production. OMAS: La storia di una grande casa
italiana e dell'intera sua produzione/The history of an important
Italian firm and its entire production is
now out of print.
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Enrico Bettazzi and Letizia Jacopini, Tibaldi:
A Story of Fountain-Pens and Men (Allemandi,
1998) is a 176 page hardback that proudly carries on the Italians' lead
in thoroughly-researched monographic studies of individual pen
manufacturers. In English.
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Alex Fortis, Antonio Vannucchi, and Antonio
Fedeli, Fountain Pens/Penne stilografiche
(Bella Cosa Library, 1995), paperback. Economical and full
of useful illustrations, light on the text (English/Italian), a nice
pocket-sized survey book.
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There isn't much in print on inkwells; Veldon Badders,
however, has written two useful paperback volumes: The
Collector's Guide to Inkwells: Identification & Values
(1995); Book II of the same
title is illustrated at left (1997).
Book I (175 pp.)
Book II (256 pp.)
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Regina Martini, Pens and Pencils: A
Collector's Handbook
(revised edition, 1998), paperback. Many illustrations of secondary
brands, especially
German and British (the book was originally written in German, and the
translation is at
times a bit awkward). Price guide unreliable, as is much of
the pen company history.
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Dietmar Geyer, Collecting Writing
Instruments: From the Flint Tool to the Stylus, From the Quill Pen to
the Fountain Pen and Felt-Tip Marker (Schiffer,
1990), 176 pages, hardcover. An enjoyable,
heavily-illustrated book that touches on a rather wide range of
material. Originally in German, with a correspondingly
European focus.
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Glen Bowen, Collectible Fountain Pens:
Parker, Sheaffer, Wahl-Eversharp,
Waterman (revised edition, 1996),
paperback. Not expensive, but this
volume, originally published in 1982, is showing its age.
Coverage is less than
comprehensive, and nearly all illustrations are black and
white.
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Giorgio Dragoni and Giuseppe Fichera, Fountain Pens :
History and Design (1998). Hardcover, 192 pages; some nice
illustrations, especially of Italian pens not often seen, but text is
riddled with errors and attribution of some pens is entirely
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