Official book collectors thread

Wow Lars, nice little shopping spree!

Very nice find!

 

Did you know there has been one of the Fitzgerald & Merritt early editions for sale for ages for $1400.00. I guess it is just to get people to look at their other offerings. Have you had a look at a b e books and t e warth. They have a lot of good Ferrari literature available. You can also check out Ebay Motors. Look under Manuals and Literature and select Ferrari also at Amazon. Then try "search.ebay.com/ferrari" This should keep you busy for a while. Good luck! just one man's opinion tongascrew

 

Jeez! My copy was a gift when new and if it weren't for my then girlfriend, now wife's, inscription I'd be tempted to sell

 

Why would anyone seriously interested in correct information want one of the early editions? It is my understanding that, though the best information at the time, the early editions were corrected in many ways in the later editions. $1400?!? Might as well be $14000.

George

 

I know. Wonders never cease to exist! just one man's opinion tongascrew

 

Yeah,
Who'd want and old, slow and smelly Italian car from the fifties?
Price is silly but the old book game is not based on pure reason.

 

I wonder if they're still in business. The email address given on their web site does not work, nor does their "order form" page.

Jack.

 

Gulp... $1400!?! My copy is from 1968. Is that considered an 'early edition'? Thanks for the rec on eBay and Amazon.

 

They definitely were in January when I had my 2010 book from them, although I ordered it via the mailing they sent me and did notice their website wasn't up-to-date.

Jonathan

 

Please can anybody recommend a book, or other information, detailing the prototype's and 1969 Daytona's. I am particularly interested in the details of the changes made to the early production cars.

Mike.

 

Thank you , Paul! Would love to recieve some scans of it to get the story complete. Will send you an PM for my e-mailadres. Many thanks in advance!

Maarten

 

Totally agree on this one! This book is worth having not sole for its great , many before unpublished pictures. It also tells the inside story of the last Mille Miglia. It reveals some interesting documents like timecontrol-stamps and partial and general classifications. For the historici among us a interesting read...

This book is the first in a serie of all post-war Mille Miglia races.

 

Thanks, Jonathan. Can you (or anyone else here) provide additional information? I still haven't been able to contact them and I would like to purchase a couple of back issues before deciding to subscribe.

Thanks again.

Jack

 

Here's a book that might interest one or two of you. But first, must let you know that it is written in Italian.
It is basically a history of the town of Modena from a motoring point of view. So there's plenty of Ferrari content, as well as Bugatti, Maserati and Stanguellini, to name a few. And, of course it was the home of the Modena Autodromo until the '70s, so there's also quite a few photos of cars that tested there.
Let's not forget that Ferrari started in Modena in the '20s as a racing driver and Alfa Romeo dealer. In 1929 he established the famous Scuderia Ferrari which mainly raced Alfa Romeos, and even after moving the factory to Maranello he often went back Modena for the traditional end of year press conferences, and new car testing.
Beautifully produced, large format (25 x 35cms), 230+ pages, with more than 400 photos, including interesting documents and race posters.
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Jack, I'm not sure I can. I have dug out the mailing I got from them but all the details match the website (e-mail address, website address, postal address, phone and fax numbers). I just filled in the form in January and sent it back, as I do every year more-or-less as soon as I receive it and a little while later my book arrived.

You can purchase them via other sources though. I know Hortons in the UK stock them or Libreria dell Automobile in Milan. I don't know about the US offhand.

Jonathan

 

Forced to do my own research as Nathan has missed out some important information I find that the cover price is 68 Euros and that it is available from the usual Italian suspects at that price (www.libreriadellautomobile.it, www.gilena.it). It isn't available from www.amazon.it and Warm Up in Maranello have it at 56.67 Euros: http://www.warmup.it/shop/product.php?productid=10117&cat=558&page=1

Jonathan

 

Hi Jack,

If you still can´t contact the publishers, you might want to check Ebay (especially Ebay.fr), where several issues and a few of the yearbooks are currently offered:

http://shop.ebay.fr/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=ferrari+world+in+red&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_sacat_sel=See-All-Categories

Ciao,

Lars T.

 

Thank you, Lars. I don't know why my my own global ebay search didn't find that page.

Best,

Jack.

 

Yes, I have that problem myself too! Global searches still seem to leave out many items. So I´ve made a habit out of searching the regional Ebay sites of Germany, France, the U.K. and Italy regularly, instead of trusting the very incomplete global search.

Ciao,

Lars T.

PS: The magazines offered for EUR 5 a piece are very cheap (normal seems to be more like EUR 20 a piece), the yearbooks offered at around EUR 50-55 are the regular price and certainly worth that amount.

 

I know nothing more than what appears here:

http://www.ferrarisecretwar.com/

But, it sounds like it might explore an angle of Ferrari history of which very little has been written about so far.

 

This was mentioned in the book thread over at www.autosport.com It sounds pretty interesting, with a lot of wartime information about Enzo Ferrari that hasn'r been published before. I plan to buy it.

Jack

 

Thanks Jonathan
I should add that I got mine from Shopping F1 in Maranello - email Luca at - [email protected] - mention my name - thanks
Nathan

 

Here is another new book, regarding the 1961 F1 Championship, that looks promising:

http://www.amazon.com/Limit-Life-Death-Grand-Circuit/dp/0446554723/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1KFOMHV78HLUL&colid=1KX8XFVUTWIZG

 

Anyone here who has bought or is considering to buy the Ferrari Opus?

 

A Dutch bookshop claims they sold a 175.000 euro version to a Belgian collector. No name given.

http://www.ed.nl/regio/kempen/8772368/Belg-koopt-Ferrariboek-van-175000-euro.ece