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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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"Typewriters may be outdated and rarely used, but these creations will live on in design history" -- Belfast Telegraph

Typewriters

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    A Hardback by Anthony Casillo, Bruce Curtis, Tom Hanks

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      Publisher Abrams & Chronicle
      Imprint Chronicle Books
      Published 17 October 2017
      ISBN-13 9781452154886
      978-1452154886
      ISBN-10 1452154880
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "Typewriters may be outdated and rarely used, but these creations will live on in design history" -- Belfast Telegraph

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