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One example. Colors, sub-models, and production years vary; the machine you find may differ.
Olivetti Lettera 32
What people say
"used the same Lettera 32 for over fifty years, writing roughly five million words on it; sold one at Christie's for $254,500 in 2009 to benefit the Santa Fe Institute"
Used by
Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, The Road, and roughly five million words besides (1963–2009)
Günter Grass
later novels (1970s–)
See & hear it for yourself
All sources
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Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Olivetti
- Origin
- Italy
- Years
- 1963–1983
- Form
- Portable
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Shift
- segment