Olivetti Lettera 32 (1963)

Olivetti Lettera 22 
 
Year of production:  1963
 
Company:  Olivetti, Ivrea, Italy
 
Marcello Nizzoli followed up the wildly successful Lettera 22 design with the Lettera 32 thirteen years later.
 
Though things got a little more square and less organic, something beautiful happened; one of history’s iconic typewriters was born.
 
It’s been the machine chosen by countless writers throughout the century, including some of the most iconic creators of our times; Thomas Pynchon, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen.
 
“Cormac McCarthy used an Olivetti Lettera 32 to write nearly all of his fiction, screenplays, and correspondence, totaling by his estimate more than 5 million words. The Lettera 32 that he purchased in 1963 was auctioned at Christie's on December 4, 2009, to an unidentified American collector for $254,500, more than 10 times its high estimate of $20,000.”
 
Features:
Precision cast aluminum carriage return lever folds for travel
2 color function while using duo-tone ribbons
Auto Tab Features (set and release tabs with the push of a button)
Auto-Ribbon Reverse when it reaches the end of the ribbon.
Durable metal shell and construction
Touch-sensitive key mechanisms
Locking ribbon spools
Quiet bell to signify the end of the line
Carriage lock for travel