Reviews and Feedback for Smaller English Pen Makers 1890-1930

Deb Gibson of the popular Goodwriterspens blog reviewed an advance copy of the book for us. You can read her review by clicking here

The book was also reviewed in the WES Journal. You can read that review here

Here are some initial comments from purchasers on first receiving their books, reproduced below with their permission

Just thought that I would let you know that your beautiful book arrived yesterday lunchtime. It is absolutely amazing and wonderful. I have already read the Wade family section and am half way through the Curzon section. The rest of the book will be read later this week. I think I will need to read it a few times over to absorb all the information I did not know.

Thank you both so much for researching and publishing this book.

This was updated later to add

...in my humble opinion, your book is by far the best fountain pen reference book I have ever read - and I have read quite a few...

RC, Australia

Thank you so much for the book. I would like to say that I am completely in awe of the depth of research and the presentation of this opus.

I have already found much information for some of the more obscure pens I have, like 'Tant'. Every time I pick the volume up, I end up engrossed for hours.

My favourite chapters (so far!) have been ....W J May & Co and the British Carbon Papers / Henry Stark ones. Excellent work!

(The text above is a transcription of another of RP's beautifully handwritten letters to us. Click here to see the original)

RP, Australia

It's arrived! What a book -WHAT A BOOK! I am over the moon and presently inhaling it with a cup of tea. It is glorious. It is worth far, far more than the asking price....

....My heap of BHR and red ripples of unidentified name and origin can now have a context. I could not be happier.

VM, Henley-On-Thames