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I would imagine a plate like FERRARI would be worth thousands.

 

As far as I know they are retired to avoid possible confusion in the future,

 

I didn’t find any information on the book in the web. Details about publisher and how to order it would be appreciated

 

Hi, it's not 365 GT 2+2 on the picture. It's 330 GTC Speciale #9653.

 

Google Mak group books

 

Thanks! Wow, what a book (and what a price):

https://www.makgroupbooks.com/product/hoodie-with-logo/

 

Pls be super careful before you spend your $$$. You might be seriously disappointed.

Marcel Massini

 

The author is quite full of himself. 'Caveat Emptor'.

 

Haha, you are probably correct; there are a lot of people on this site that have a similar problem.

 

Correcting myself, from what I heard, I have to say, it’s rather not a 'wow book' ...

And one has to ask the question why a book with a print run of 2,000 copies is priced at 575 USD, which is rather insane.

 

This was discussed earlier on. And it’s probably only a ‘wow price’.

 

Agree.

Even though there hasn't been much written on the 330 GTC over the years that book is a pass from me.

It's getting harder and harder to find good quality books on Ferrari at a decent price these days.

I long for the 1990's - 2010.

 

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What the hell ! I think that picture says it all...

 

When does a limited edition create value in terms of print run?
Obviously and most importantly the book requires good content to attract demand but is 2000 copies in such a specialist subject that few? Yes it’s limited but at 2000 …. Guidance thoughts please or am I missing the point!

 

For this type of book, 2000 copies is a huge number, especially at $575. If Khawam has actually had that many printed (which may or may not be the case), expect discounts (or an estate sale) at some point in the future...

 

+1

Yes 2,000 books is technically limited in number but for such a specialist subject it's a big number.

I think you'd surprised to find most enthusiast focused Ferrari books that are aimed at us (not the general big coffee table books made for Christmas presents) would be produced in numbers less then 5,000 copies, in fact I'd say many would be half that or even sometimes less.

"Limited edition" for such a specialist subject is a bit of a marketing ploy by publishers these days to think you are buying something very rare and exclusive when many "unlimited" books are produced in not dissimilar numbers.

 

Limited usually means ‘limited to what the market can absorb’, in other words: marketing nonsense.

 

The more I think about this, the more disappointed I am that I wasn’t made aware of it when I placed my order.

 

While not specifically Ferrari, it seemed worth it to mention here the recent Porter Press publication of Doug Nye's "The last eye witness", based around a collection of glass plate negatives shot by the French photographer M-L Branger between 1902-1914. Excellent research, circuit maps, and remarkable images of an industrializing world before it became crowded with all the things we see now, for better or worse.

 

Just wondering if anyone has heard any updates on the publishers edition or premium publishers edition?

The David Bull Publishing website says "sold out" and still has the blurb shipping December 15th at the earliest

 

premium publishers edition of 30 copies is sold out but looking at the website the publishers edition is not as of right now. I see you get an additional copy of the standard edition with the publishers but get confused re the standard edition and slipcases!

 

Hello everyone. This is my first post on this forum. I've been reading for a while but had never responded to a post.

Just a little something about myself. I am a car enthusiast, but not only of the Ferrari brand. I am interested in more Italian brands, but I am interested as well in brands such as Delage, Delahaye and Bugatti. I don't have a Ferrari in my garage, but I do have a large collection of books and documentation on the shelf(s).

My question during this post is what exactly the differences are between the old and new series of the Ferrarissima books. I know that the old series consists of 26 books and the new later series consists of 19 books. But it is not entirely clear to me what exactly the differences are? Who can tell me more about this?

 

And one more question.

I get the feeling that the magazine 'Cavallino' is not seen as good lately when I read some posts on this forum. What is the reason for this?
And what is the big difference for you compared with the magazine 'Forza', except that in Forza more modern Ferraris are discussed?
And where does the magazine 'Prancing Horse' stand for you in terms of information?

 

How many books have been published about the 250GTO tours? I have the one for the 2007 45th anniversary tour.

 

I think there’s a book for the 25th, 35th, 45th and the 50th anniversary