Marsh's typescripts were all typed on an Imperial 50 standard manual typewriter, seen here in Marsh's house in the Cashmere Hills outside Christchurch in New Zealand, which is now a Marsh museum:
Edith Ngaio Marsh was born in Christchurch on April 23, 1895. She died there on February 18, 1982, aged 86. A crime writer and theatre director, she was internationally known for her creation Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a gentleman detective who works for the Metropolitan Police in London. She had 32 detective novels published between 1934 and 1982.
Marsh, right, meets Agatha Christie at the Savoy Hotel in London in June 1960.
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It's very nice that Google (at least Down Under) is featuring an Antipodal typist -- even if she wasn't a typist in real life, and even if, when you think about it, she must be typing in Hebrew or Arabic in the GIF!
I suppose I should say "Antipodean."
Must get that first day cover! :)
Found it! AUD$ 0.83 plus postage.
Richard, I thought there was something a bit peculiar about that carriage movement. Trust you to pick it up!
PS: Yes, Antipodean.
Steve, I have a spare if you haven't already bought one.
PS Steve: Mansfield used a Corona 3. I have seen it in real life. It's in her old home in Wellington.
Thanks for the offer Robert, but I already impulse bought one! Four interesting writers to investigate ...
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