Categorii: Diverse
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2017
Editura: Chronicle Books
Tip copertă: Hardcover
Nr Pag: 208
ISBN: 9781452154886
Dimensiuni: l: 23.8cm | H: 29.2cm
This handsome volume is a visual homage to the golden age of the typewriter, charting a century of beautiful machinery and design innovation. Eighty vintage devices ranging from the world's first commercially successful typewriter the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer of 1874 to the iconic electric models of the 1960s are profiled in elegant photographs and fascinating text, highlighting the design modifications, intricate details, and peculiar quirks that make each typewriter unique. Packed with visuals and rich with history, Typewriters is the essential story of a writing invention that changed the world.