newspaper ad from 1948. That $1.89 stapler would cost $19.53 in 2018 dollars.
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bottom of rubber base, note the patent numbers
chrome Presto 40
newspaper ad from 1956
a rather dilapidated Presto 40 Stapler box
This month’s post is courtesy of my trusty Underwood No 5 s/n 2392412-5. If you go to the Antique Typewriter’s Collectors page on Facebook or on the American Stationer’s Facebook page, then back a month or so you can see a picture of her. She is my mechanical pride and joy, has a wonderful feel, and types like a charm. I had her professionally serviced at Cambridge Typewriter about 7 weeks ago and I couldn’t be happier.
Nice, another typecast, and another nifty-looking stapler I’ve not heard of before!
Hmmn, I notice that my Amazon kindle version of the book hasn’t updated to the 2nd edition, despite trying to force it to. Not sure if that’s something that needs to be pushed from the Amazon end or what. Probably won’t matter if I just get the paper version. (:
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I found out the hard way you need to contact the Amazon folks and ask them to send you the updated book. They were cool about doing it but won’t do it automatically (even for the author). As for the softcover physical book – one will be in the mail to you on Monday. Slainte!
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Ooh, awesome, thanks! Shame about the Amazon update issue, that actually sounded like an interesting feature. 😀
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