Valentine and Ford Pens of the 1930s

Chpt   1 - Valentine & Sons

Printers and Publishers of Dundee
The Valentine Whytwarth and Valentine Retractable-Nib Safety Pens
Valentine & Sons Ltd 1950-1970

Chpt   2 - George Stewart Vivian (1885-1967) 

His Early Years
John Waddington
From Waddington to Valentine to Ford
Vivian's Pen Patents
After Ford

Chpt   3 - Valentine Pen Co: 1930-1934  

The Amalgamation of Whytwarth Pens Ltd, Gold Nibs Ltd and Felix Macauley Ltd
Valentine's First Pens
Valentine Initial Pens
Osmia Pen Co 
Progress Pen Co
Patent Infringement
Valentine Desk Sets and Penwells
The Valentine Securité Pen

Raja and Krishna Pens

Other Own-Brand Pens Made by Valentine

Chpt   4 - Valentine Pen Co: 1935-1946   

The Valentine Catalogues of the mid-to-late 1930s
Valentine Pens of the Late 1930s
Kingswood Fountain Pens
[Summary of the Financial Position of Valentine Pen Co Ltd 1930-1950]
The Acquisition by Parker

Chpt   5 - TB Ford

Paper-Making in the Wye Valley, Buckinghamshire
TB Ford and Snakely's Mill 428
The Mill: Early History

Snakeley Mill 1950-1980
Ford's Gold Medal Blottings
Ford's Advance .... to Mayfair!
Sales of TB Ford Products in 1963

Chpt   6 - Ford's Patent Pen

Ford Ink
The Master Pen of the Modern Age
The Princess Royal's Ford Pen

Ford's Self-Cleaning Inkwell
New Models
Who Made Ford's Patent Pen?
Some Experimental Models from the Early 1930s
The Late 1930s

Appendix 1 - The Valentine Catalogue c1934/35

Appendix 2 - The Valentine Catalogue c1936/37

Appendix 3 - Extracts from a TB Ford Blotting Sample Swatch

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