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 ...
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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.
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Add this copy of Typewriters: Iconic Machines From the Golden Age of to cart. $22.89, good condition, Sold by Zoom Books East rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Glendale Heights, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Chronicle Books.
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Add this copy of Typewriters: Iconic Machines From the Golden Age of to cart. $31.50, very good condition, Sold by William Blair Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Richmond, VA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Chronicle Books.
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Photographs. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Previous owner's stamp on half title page. Otherwise, clean, tight and unmarked in DJ.
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As New in As New jacket. 9.4 x 1 x 11.5 inches. pp. 208. New, with small remainder dot to text edge, otherwise unmarked. Glorious celebration of the typewriter, with eighty classic machines from the Sholes and Glidden 1874 typewriter to the iconic electric models of the 1960s. Full-page, beautiful photographs with data pages opposite, showing original price, weight, dimensions and other details. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.
