About this item
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.
About the Author
Anthony Casillo is a life long typewriter repairman and vintage typewriter collector. He lives in the New York City area where he also operates his office machine repair service, TTS Business Products. His passion for collecting and researching typewriter history dates back to the late 1970s when he discovered his first antique typewriter. In the decades that followed he amassed a world class collection of historic typewriters while researching their history.
He was early in his efforts (1996) to create a web site, located at www.typewritercollector.com, promoting the folklore of early typewriter history and collecting.
In his book, TYPEWRITERS, Iconic Machines from the Golden Age of Mechanical Writing, Casillo puts forth some of the finest examples of this illustrious writing device that one could ever expect to see.
