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Authors: Ramón Campos & Daniel Zazove.
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A spectacular journey through Parker’s early icons from its formative years—140 different models showcased across 400 reproduced pre-Duofold pens. This richly documented guide reveals rare styles, materials, and early innovations—enhanced with period memorabilia and archival sources. The result of deep original research is a fresh look at Parker’s origins and the artisans behind its earliest creations.
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PARKER PENS: THE PIONEERS
The Parker Early Icons
The definitive work on Parker Pen in its formative years.
Discover the most authoritative guide ever published on Parker pens, richly illustrated with exceptional visuals from the pre-Duofold era. This encyclopedia presents, for the first time, a complete and detailed catalog of every model manufactured by the Parker Pen Company in Janesville, Wisconsin, before the 1920s.
Based on extensive original research—including early Parker advertisements, catalogs, flyers, and internal newsletters—this reference work offers a wealth of high-resolution photographs and documentation.
It features over 400 Parker pens photographed, showcasing a variety of designs and technical innovations corresponding to an anthology reviewing 147 distinct model numbers. The collection begins with Parker’s earliest fountain pens from 1891. The presentation includes many models and their various versions, ensuring a comprehensive visual exploration of Parker’s early fountain pens.
It covers design and technical variations—such as barrel materials, filling systems like eyedroppers and button fillers and cap types like the Jack Knife Safety Pen. The book presents all overlays and variants, including repoussé, filigree, precious metal overlays, mother-of-pearl, abalone, and Bakelite barrels.
Documentation of all models—including those once considered “skipped” or “unrecorded”—clarifies longstanding questions about model numbering alongside original patents and manufacturing insights on Parker’s early filling systems and the evolution of the Lucky Curve feed.
The research gives special attention to the identity of Parker’s craftsmen and silversmiths, shedding new light on the creators behind its gold and silver designs.
CONTENTS
| The Parker Pen Company | 1 |
| Parker Pens: The Inception | 16 |
| Parker and Lord & Thomas | 24 |
| Parker Culture of Communication | 26 |
| The Parker MOP & Abalone Models | 28 |
| Parker No. 18, Special, & Silver Dollar | 38 |
| Parker Showcases | 42 |
| The Parker Lucky Curve | 44 |
| The Parker #2X Models | 46 |
| The Parker Jack Knife Safety Caps | 60 |
| The Parker #2X Series Timeline | 66 |
| Parker Advertisements | 68 |
| The Parker Overlay Filigree Models | 70 |
| Parker and Its Silent Goldsmiths | 77 |
| Parker Lantern Movie Slides | 78 |
| The Parker Snake Models | 80 |
| Parker Presentation Boxes | 84 |
| The Parker Flat-Mounted Pens | 86 |
| Stories Behind the Designs | 100 |
| The Parker Banded Models | 104 |
| The Parker Pens Repoussé Models | 114 |
| The Parker Awanyu Models | 124 |
| The Parker Unconventional Models | 126 |
| The Parker Ivorines | 134 |
This book draws on the research of Ramón Campos and Daniel Zazove, co-authors of several articles in The Pennant —the magazine of the Pen Collectors of America—and webmaster and content creator for www.parkersheaffer.com.
Zazove is also co-author of best-selling titles on Parker pens, including Parker Vacumatic and Parker Duofold.
This work is a thorough investigation of primary sources and factory documentation, and an essential reference for anyone interested in the legacy of Parker pens.