Esterbrook Camden Composition Rollerball PenNamed for the city where Richard Esterbrook settled his company, the Camden Collection speaks to a time in the 1930s when Camden, NJ was at its most prosperous and For nearly two hundred years, the traditional Composition Notebook has remained virtually unchanged. Evolved from the ancient Japanese art of Suminagashi, its unique black and white marbled cover has graced the desks of schoolchildren and scholars, artists and authors. It has been a top