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Looks like another waste of paper !

 

I just received another notice from Amazon that publication of Doug Nye’s Ferrari photobiography has been delayed again; this time until February, 2026.

 

The same person who has "authored" this book is responsible for the German lifestyle and car mag "RAMP", another publication that does take the money from subscribers and then does not deliver. More than a dozen mails and letters later, since November 2023 until today, no magazines arrive at my place.

Marcel Massini

 

And this Mr. K. from RAMP also authored the worst Lamborghini book I ever held in my hands. I put it on resale the very next day. I suppose that the Ferrari book is equally bad.

 

The outrageous F50GT from Magneto issue 26, a deep dive into the ultra-rare Ferrari F50 GT.
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This is not a book.

 

Yes I know, but it s very rare to have something for the F50GT.
You know, I take care some magasine like books. I keep them like new.

 

Which Lambo book was that ?

 

There's no surprise with that news.

 

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Does anyone know what became of Maurice Khawam and his Ferrari 330 GTC book? The website isn't working anymore. I doubt that the book has been sold out with 2,000 copies at USD 575.

 

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A friend of mine picked one up directly from Maurice when they were both at the Pasadena Concours.

He sent me this photo. It's a bit pricey!! $575.00

 

A bit pricy?

 

I recently found this version of the two volume "Ferrari 550 Maranello Prodrive" book. Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. I haven't seen it shown her (but might have missed it)
Nathan
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I recently found this version of the two volume "Ferrari 550 Maranello Prodrive" book. It's a limited edition of 100 numbered copies. I haven't seen it shown on this thread, although I might have missed it.
Nathan
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So the total number of books is 650, not 550? Any differences between the two editions?

 

I don't have the book, so I can't compare. AFAIK, apart from the slip case it's the same contents.
Nathan

 

I was communicating with him about six months ago by email and then he just vanished, I hope he is alright.

 

Most interesting! So, in the end, they managed to produce the red slipcase which was originally announced to be part of the set.

As a happy owner of one of the handful of pre-series red slipcases which were produced for the Retromobile presentation in 2024, I can confirm that it just looks gorgeous in that livery, much better than the pale one, which became standard.

From a collector's view, of course, it would be a pity, if suddenly the limited print run of 550 copies were just extended with a further 100 copies. That would be a bad thing to happen.

But maybe, they hadn't already bound the whole print run and now took remaining prints for 100 items to produce these special copies.

I would guess that the signatures and the red slipcase are the only features which distinguish this limited edition from the other limited edition.

 

By the way, this is how the signed page of the original version looks like, featuring a signature just by Keith Bluemel.

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My number 538 speaks against my own theory (see above) that they had some unbound prints in reserve out of which they produced the last 100 books as special limted edition.

 

Now you need to buy that version to complete your 550 Prodrive collection.