Gift ideaFeatured · Christmas
Give a typewriter: the gift guide
By profile and by budget, from €250 to €650, plus the keyboard question and the dates to be delivered before Christmas.
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AdviceWhich typewriter should you choose for a child?
Our advice for choosing a simple, sturdy machine suited to small hands.
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Cleaning, lubrication, changing the ribbon: our advice to extend the life of your machine.
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Inspiration5 iconic typewriters
Discover five emblematic machines that shaped the history of mechanical writing.
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Practical guideHow to change the ribbon on a typewriter
The four ribbon-holder systems explained from period manuals: the complete method, for all spool machines.
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HistoryThe world's most expensive typewriter
The record sale of Cormac McCarthy's Lettera 32 — $254,500 at Christie's.
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TroubleshootingMy typewriter won't type
Stuck keys, jammed carriage, pale typing: twelve common faults and what they mean, before entrusting the machine to the workshop.
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The modelsTypewriters, model by model
Hermes Baby, Lettera 32, Olympia SM, Valentine… each model's page: its history, its typing, its ribbon, and the restored examples in stock.
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HistoryFamous writers who swore by their typewriters
From Hemingway to Plath, the typewriters that accompanied the great authors of the twentieth century.
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