From the 1930s into the 1960s, if you used a desk pen in the workplace, at a bank, or in your attorney's office, you most ikely wrote with a "one-dip" pen. Less expensive to buy than fountain-pen desk sets and more economical to use, one-dip sets were produced by important ink and pen makers such as Esterbrook, Carter's, Sanford's, Fount-O-Ink, Sengbusch, and even Sheaffer's. These pens often are mistakenly called "dipless," a misappropriation of Esterbrook's Dip-Less brand, which connoted less dipping than their dip-pen predecessors. They are not in fact dipless, they just require much less frequent dipping because the pens have the ability to hold enough ink to write 200-300 words or more.

This book, the world's first devoted to this fascinating genre of pens with iconically designed bases that evoke the Art Deco, Moderne, and Streamline periods and come in many beautiful colors, will take you through the decades of the rise and golden years of these remarkable writing instruments.

To view the available book formats and place an order, go to Richard's Books on Richard Binder's Web site.