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PEN, INK, & EVIDENCE: A STUDY OF WRITING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR PENMAN, COLLECTOR, AND DOCUMENT DETECTIVE.
Nickell, Joe.

   

- New Castle : Oak Knoll Press 2003
- small 4to.
- stiff paper wrappers
- x, 228 pages.
- ISBN 9781584560920 ; 1584560924 / Order Nr. 71215
- Price: $ 29.95

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First edition, second printing with corrections. An excellent study of writing and writing materials for the penman, collector, and document detective. The author traces the development of writing and writing materials from the ancient cuneiform tablet to today's historical documents. This work is essential for all calligraphers, archivists, literary historians and document examiners. Over one hundred illustrations.

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