Collections (46 total)

I reckon that I must have been born at least four hundred years too late, as, amongst all the categories in the collection, I feel more of an…

Mr. Simpson (the neighbour), Pucketts, Pirages, A variety of eBay sellers, Bouquinistes along the Seine, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The first items for the collection were a Parker51 fountain pen that I purchased with my first salary, the manuscript repaired with earlier ones and a…

Lady Augusta Herbert, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The first items for the collection were a Parker51 fountain pen that I purchased with my first salary, the manuscript repaired with earlier ones and a…

Lady Augusta Herbert, Sothebys, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The medieval scribe's writing kit is said to be one of the most comprehensive, although not at all in size. It must be boring and confusing to read…

Thomas Edwards, Davies Antiques, Jane Stewart, Michael Finlay, Philip Poole, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The first items for the collection were a Parker51 fountain pen that I purchased with my first salary, the manuscript repaired with earlier ones and a…

Lady Augusta Herbert, William Cole, Sothebys, Bonhams, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Philip Poole, widely known as 'His Nibs', was as charming a person as you could hope to meet and he had one of the finest collections of pen nibs…

Philip Poole, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language,…

Davies Antiques, M. Ayers, James Ede, Jane Stewart, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The term Graeco-Roman world describes those regions who were for many generations subjected to the government of the Greeks and then the Romans i.e.…

Davies Antiques., Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The cradle of civilisation and a most interesting area to visit. I was lucky enough to do so many years ago when one could get to most of the…

Davies Antiques., M. Ayers., Parthenon Gallery, London., Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Philip Poole, widely known as 'His Nibs', was as charming a person as you could hope to meet and he had one of the finest collections of pen nibs…

Philip Poole, Alan E. Cole/MOW, MOWRC

Philip Poole, widely known as 'His Nibs', was as charming a person as you could hope to meet and he had one of the finest collections of pen nibs…

Philip Poole, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Philip Poole, widely known as 'His Nibs', was as charming a person as you could hope to meet and he had one of the finest collections of pen nibs…

Philip Poole, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Seals are fascinating objects and many are works of art in themselves. Seals go back almost as far as the beginning of writing itself - the seals on…

Jon Ash, Davies Antiques, M. Ayers, Bonhams, Jane Stewart, Philip Poole, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The first items for the collection were a Parker51 fountain pen that I purchased with my first salary, the manuscript repaired with earlier ones and a…

Lady Augusta Herbert, Jon Ash, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The first items for the collection were a Parker51 fountain pen that I purchased with my first salary, the manuscript repaired with earlier ones and a…

Lady Augusta Herbert, Eric Bristow, Christies, Sothebys, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Most people come to Ruskin via Turner, but I, as usual, did the contrary. I had a third share in Jon Ash, the only antiquarian bookshop in the City…

Sara Anderson, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Coptic is the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written in the Coptic…

Davies Antiques, M. Ayers, Alan E. Cole, MWRC

Writing collections would not be complete without a section on Rome, which gave us much of our language & script . There is always the contention…

Davies Antiques., M. Ayers., Jane Stewart., James Ede, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

The first items for the collection were a Parker51 fountain pen that I purchased with my first salary, the manuscript repaired with earlier ones and a…

Lady Augusta Herbert, Jon Ash, Alan E. Cole, MOWRC

Philip Poole, widely known as 'His Nibs', was as charming a person as you could hope to meet and he had one of the finest collections of pen nibs…

Philip Poole., The Poole family., Alan E. Cole/MOW, MOWRC