Author: ROMANO, FRANK J
Title: Machine Writing and Typesetting the Story of Sholes and Mergenthaler and the Invention of the Typewriter and the Linotype
Description: Salem, NH: GAMA, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; 7 x 10; 146 pages; Soft cover is brown with grey spine with white lettering. Cover has light bumping, rubbing/scuffing. Pages are clean and tight. Illsutrated with 51 b/w pictures and photographs. "This is the story of the men and the machines involved in the development of mechanical approaches to writing and typsetting. Both the typewriter and the Linotype have played important roles in written and printed communication....". Very Good+ .

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