The Incredible Ball Point Pen: A Comprehensive History & Price Guide

by Henry Gostony, Stuart Schneider, Stuart L. Schneider

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764304372
• ISBN13: 9780764304378
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.1"