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Typewriter The History The Machine The Writers by Tony Allan

A gift book with yellow paper and typewriter fonts for a cool vintage look

Filled with trivia and archive photos of writersat their typewriters' a fascinating look at one of the great inventions in history

Foreword by Paul S chweitzer of Gramercy Typewriter Co.

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, 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 QWERTy won out over other arrangements of keys, which authors loved (or loathed) their typewriters, and much more.

Code No. 017107, 96 pages, ISBN 9781627950343, $17.00

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