Two great books for your library

 

Andreas Lambrou Publishers Limited | Classic Pens Books - Fountain Pens of the World

 

Fountain Pens of the World, Classic Pens 1995

Large format, 12 x 9 inches with 448 pages, cloth bound
120,000 words of text provide a comprehensive history throughout the world

 

In his foreword for the book Richard Leigh, an author in London, wrote:

“With the fountain pen once more in vogue, there has been an increasingly pressing need for a definitive book on the subject. It is just such a need that this book addresses. The pages that follow encompass an ambitious and impressive spectrum. They provide a comprehensive yet accessible history of the fountain pen and of its primary manufacturers. They constitute an indispensable manual for collectors, offering an authoritative guide to rare models and worthy investments. They furnish a vivid introduction for the novice, and a welcome compendium for the initiate and devotee. They comprise, in short, the nearest approximation possible to a definitive reference work – an encyclopedia of the fountain pen. And through their copious illustrations and vibrant photographs, they convey, with intense immediacy, just how beautiful an instrument the fountain pen can be”.

Guy Ryecart Photography Limited and Robert Enever Associates, two professional studios specializing in pen photography were commissioned to create the photographs for the book. Guy Ryecart, a creative photographer, traveled with the author in Europe and the USA to capture the photos of rare pens in private collections and company museums. The book contains 170 specially commissioned photographs in full color, the majority full page.

 

Andreas Lambrou Publishers Limited | Classic Pens Books - Fountain Pens of Japan

 

Fountain Pens of Japan
By Andreas Lambrou and Masamichi Sunami

 

Andreas Lambrou and Masamichi Sunami began working together in 1980. Their ultimate goal has been to document the pens and pen industry of Japan. Research on this book began in 1986. After 26 years, a substantial financial investment by Classic Pens, over 12,000 man hours by each author and with the generous help of many pen collectors and companies in both the East and the West, the work was completed and published in 2012.

Fountain Pens of Japan has an ambitious specification.

• Large format, hardbound cloth with dust jacket, 12 x 9 inches , 448 pages.

• History of the fountain pen and its industry in Japan from around 1880 to the present. Major and minor manufacturers are covered. Pens, inks, ephemera and equipment used for hand pen manufacture in earlier eras are detailed.

• Materials and techniques to embellish pens, are extensively discussed.

• Customized pens for the Japanese Trade and pens made or embellished in Japan, for other makers are included.

• Professional photography throughout the book depicts the pens life size for easy identification.

• A large number of prototypes not documented before are included.

• More than 1,700 images are detailed, of these more than 500 vintage and modern pens, have not been previously documented in a book on pens.

 

In his preface, Yoshinobu Akiyama,General Manager, Sailor Pen International states:

The transmission of thoughts and emotions through the handwritten word using a fountain pen is still widely appreciated and valued throughout the world.

Japanese fountain pen manufacturers are relatively few in number, but the variety of styles and surface decorations they employ makes this new book exceptionally colorful and informative..

Andreas and Masamichi have excelled in the detailed research required for such a publication and have skillfully brought together all the information and images from contacts and sources around the globe. This reference book will undoubtedly be a valuable source of information for pen lovers everywhere.