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Typewriters.
Typewriters -- History.
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Casillo, Anthony.
Typewriters.
Typewriters -- History.
MARC Display
Typewriters
:
iconic
machines
from the
golden
age
of
mechanical
writing
/ by Anthony Casillo ; foreword by Tom Hanks ; photography by Bruce Curtis and Anthony Casillo.
by
Casillo, Anthony.
Chronicle Books, 2017.
Call #:
652.3 C339t
Subjects
Typewriters
.
Typewriters
-- History.
ISBN:
9781452154886 (hc.)
Description:
207 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Eleven reasons to use a typewriter -- A collector's story -- The history of the typewriter -- 80 vintage
writing
machines
.
Summary:
"From the creation of the QWERTY keyboard to the world's first portable typing machine, this handsome collection is a visual homage to the
golden
age
of the typewriter. From the world's first commercially successful typewriter, the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer of 1874,to the
iconic
electric models of the 1960s, eighty vintage devices are profiled in elegant photographs and fascinating text that highlights the design modifications, intricate details, and peculiar quirks that make each typewriter unique. From functional advances like noiseless
machines
to luxurious details such as mahogany covers and inlaid mother-of-pearl, a century of design innovation and experimentation is charted in these pages. Packed with visuals and rich with history,
Typewriters
is the essential story of a
writing
invention that changed the world"--Back cover.
Other authors:
Curtis, Bruce, photographer.
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Adult Nonfiction
652.3 C339t
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