1959 Yearbook question

I have a 1959 yearbook that has a brown hardback cover.

All the others appear to be softback. Can anyone please explain what I have and should it have a dust jacket?

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Would you please post the first few inside pages?

 

Maybe a rebound copy because of damage to the original cover or simply done for preference? I have seen a run of auction catalogs also done up as hardcover volumes to. Need pictures inside the cover and how the pages are bound in!
Thanks for sharing here and a dust jacket is unlikely.

 

Here's what the cover should look like plus a couple of inside pages.

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Pages look nice, not a factory binding.

 

I am inclined to agree but you state that with a certain authority. Were you there ? Can you prove that ?

 

Thank you for sharing these detailed images!
375+ can speak for himself but I believe he is speaking from many years of experience with Ferrari practices regarding yearbooks...

 

Perhaps offer it to Ronald Stern or Nathan Beehl for their opinions? I would be interested in hearing what they have to say. Best of luck.

 

One further observation; if this binding had been supplied by the factory the book would likely have been signed and dedicated to a particular person on the page inside the cover.
One other consideration is where the book came from. Is it part of a set or just a one off that was bound in this manner? Typically people collect more than one year and there should be more copies floating around if it was a factory effort to present the book with this binding.

 

I don't have experience with these particular books or much in automotive book "collecting" in general, but have seen similar hardcover binding practices on other factory reference books/manuals that were usually done with softcovers and many have appeared to have been intended(?) for "public" facilities, like libraries, trade schools, etc and often appear to be (high quality) facsimile copies rather than original prints. I even have small variety of some (non-Ferrari) from the '50s/'60s in my private shop- /parts manual reference library.

 

This sums it up. No need for further discussion.

 

Thank you all for your wisdom. I agree it is a later binding. Looking again the paper between the cover and the book itself is definitely newer. The paper inside looks, feels and smells right to me anyway. It measures 12x9 inches. Is that correct ?

It came from Bonhams Gstaad in 2002 and the 1961 YB was bought at the same time.

I think Nathan will be watching this and probably would have chipped in if there was anything to add.

Mark

 

I hope it is OK to ask this here.

What is the real value of a standard 1959 YB and does anyone have an opinion on how this later binding knocks the value of this one ?

Mark

 

Here's some asking prices on ebay. The question is, do they actually sell for that? Who knows . . . .

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=1959+Ferrary+yearbook&_sacat=0

 

Exactly !

I will list it above, open to sensible offers and see if anything happens.

 

Here is a recent sale on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-Yearbook-1959-/162957328328?hash=item25f1037fc8%3Ag%3AKv4AAOSwZB9aEeqA&nma=true&si=qhYXZn0cLK7ytXjgb68QA8CrzvE%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

In my opinion, as a collector, an original will always be more valuable than one that has been fitted with an non-original, even if this leather-bound one is very nice.

Hugo

 

But you would agree the hardbound cover is a step above a total reprint of a yearbook even though the cover has changed with the binding job. I agree a collector would typically prefer the accepted factory finish cover.
With all that said the Ferrari year books with the original laminated covers are rather fragile.

 

A standard very good condition 1959 yearbook normally sells for around $600.00

Barry
green308gtsi on ebay

 

That brings up an interesting point... My experience in recent years has been that yearbooks do not sell for what they once did. It seems that those who are most interested in them are older. Many are now selling off their collections and prices have declined accordingly.

 

+1 unfortunately true. Certain volumes(1949,50) still command high prices but generally paper is dying a slow death.

 

Noooooooooo . . .

 

Sad but true. That has been my experience to.
Not to mention condition which has become a real challenge with no grading system like for example a collectible coin or bank note...