Writing Instruments

	The Incredible Ball Point Pen: A Comprehensive History & Price Guide - 0764304372 The Incredible Ball Point Pen tells the story of the ball point pen's painful development, its cacophonous launching, the public hysteria accompanying its debut, and its outrageous and scandalous promotion. It recounts the fabulous riches which followed, the public's rapid and total disillusionment with the product, the collapse of the market, scientific breakthroughs in the 1950s, the industry's resurrection, myriad improvements occurring from 1950 to 1959, and the modern period from ... $22.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Busiest House in America 1889 Illustrated Catalogue - PUB148 This is a big catalog (472 pages) and it has a slew of products in it. Silver, particularly Rogers Bros, Clocks from Waterbury, Seth Thomas, Ithaca Calendar, and Gilbert Co., pocket watches with Waltham and Illinois Watch Co. movements, walking canes and fancy umbrellas, fountain pens by Peerless and Crown, pocket toothpicks, and lots of jewelry are all beautifully illustrated. Printed 30 years ago in 1974, the covers have faded somewhat. $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Victorian Pencils: Tools to Jewels - 0764304135 Victorian Pencils: Tools to Jewels is a groundbreaking study of the development of mechanical and metal cased pencils in the nineteenth century. Illustrated with over 700 photographs, the book provides examples of the extraordinary variety of propelling pencils that were created between 1800 and 1920. Readers will be struck by the ingenuity of the inventors and creators of this (until now) forgotten form of decorative art. From metal cased pencils that are elegantly practical, to "magic" penc... $47.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Restoring This Old Lathe - PUB014 Restoring This Old Lathe is a 25-page guide that has over 40 pictures and several line drawings to show you step-by-step how to disassemble, clean, reassemble, lubricate, and adjust an old watchmaker's lathe without damaging it. You are also shown how a new lock nut was made for the tailstock. Useful information about turning tool geometry for the slide rest, and hand-held gravers, is included as well. $8.95     View Details Add To Cart