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I’m happy to buy your copy.

 

Hello all

I chanced upon this thread after looking at all the other sections of Fchat and it looks like it's right up my 'book hobby' street! I just came across this book which I haven't seen discussed here or anywhere before. Can anyone advise me if it's worth selling one of my kidneys for??! It looks great but I can't get hold of a copy in person to see before I purchase it.

A Quiet Greatness Book - Japan's Most Astonishing JDM Collector Cars – A Quiet Greatness, LLC

Many thanks, Malc

 

Welcome, I believe, IIRC, that is the book of the year of the IHMA November 2023 awards.

Octane magazine editor in chief James Elliott told me he was very impressed by those tomes and he has reviewed a huge number of books.

 

Hortons had a copy at Pebble Beach so worth asking them.

 

Hurry up almost sold out, no further English print runs will be done.

 

Many thanks for your input, I'll get right onto it!

 

Absolutely outstanding book for an incredible price. See my review at Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBDl9jIRfe/?igsh=N3RhZThya3cwMjZh

 

If you have only a little interest in this subject I would recommend this book. It's really awesome. According to the author's facebook page a couple of weeks ago there were less than 50 copies available and there will be no English (!) reprint.

 

How is the text though? It looks like a great catalog of photos and cutaways, but does the text discuss the history and engineering aspects of the development of the vehicles?

 

For mid-June, a new Daytona book has been announced:

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Details are here:
https://www.motors-mania.com/fr/tous-nos-produits/10968-ferrari-365-gtb4-etonnante-daytona.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=flashsdays

 

Pretty pictures only? I would not be surprised.

 

No English language version?

 

Not yet according to a comment the author made.

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again....

Ferrari books today are like Hollywood movies.

90% are either rubbish or just a remake of what has already been made beforehand.

 

Last few copies of the Taschen Ferrari book are remaindered for €10.000,— Bargain of the week.

 

Oops……..sold out.

 

IMHO the least collectable "collectable" of all.

Opus had some merits but this one

Took them 10 years to sell all those copies and I'm sure they are doing the Porter Press trick of storing some to bring out at a later date for an inflated price.

 

A pump and dump scheme!

 

Still way too much for another bling bling book.

 

I just got a copy yesterday and spent the whole afternoon going through it. Every race covered individually, starting with motorbikes in 1961, and with at least one photo for each. I alos liked the coverage of his driving in historic events after his competition days were over, with a page devoted to the tribute provided him at the Amelia Island Concours a few years ago. Particularly recommended to Ferrari and Porsche fans, though he drove plenty of Ford Lotus Cortinas and Matra & BMW F2 cars, and we can't forget the Ford GTs and Mirages.

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I think that I should add that Evro is probably producing the best driver biographies that I've ever seen. I have the Lauda companion book to this one on order, and I have their books on Clark, Hobbs, Redman and Surtees, and they're all top-shelf. And there are others!

 

New publication that may be of interest to some of you:

https://www.fyshe.com/products/macchina

https://www.jonnicholson.co.uk/artists#/macchina

 

Hefty fare for a picture book….

 

I would not call them pictures.

 

Hello,
Here is a sample of what is inside. Many pictures, yes (some very rare or unseen), with a lot of information explaining why the Daytona has such an interesting story. Maybe the richest of all the berlinettas V12.
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