Typewriter: The History The Machines The Writers

Author: Tony Allan

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  • : $17.00 AUD
  • : 9781627950343
  • : Shelter Harbor Press
  • : Shelter Harbor Press
  • : August 2015
  • : 16.99
  • : October 2015
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  • : Tony Allan
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Description

Personal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up in Urban Outfitters to Tom Hanks's bestselling app that recreates the manual experience on a tablet, the typewriter has never been so hot. This celebration of the typewriter covers what a platen knob is, why QUERTY won out over other arrangements of keys, which authors loved (or loathed) their typewriters, and much more. A gift book with yellowed paper and typewriter fonts for a cool vintage look Timeline of the typewriter features key models Foreword by Paul Schweitzer of Gramercy Typewriter Co.

Author description

Chair the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Tony Allan (University of London)