Review Coachwork on Ferraris--agree with my slant?

Coachwork on Ferrari V12 Road cars 1948-89

If ever here was a book considered to be a "bible" for Ferrari judges a serious concours it is this slim volume. Mostly a picture book it has lots of facts crammed into the captions which are set exceedingly small and light .
Simon Clay the photographer is to be complemented for the pictures where he tried hard to set the cars in non-distracting settings so no ladies gents kids, dogs etc distract from admiring the lines and studying the body shapes.
The book is organized by coachbuilder, not chronologically so a chapter on Ghia might be further than a coachbuilder that came later simply because the coachbuilder's chapter names are alphabetical.
You learn a lot from this book, how sometimes a car carried one coachbuilder's badge but was built by another shop.
Some of the chances for more dramatic stories are tossed aside like when Chinetti. the US importer built ten or eleven open versions of the 275GTB coupe in a style resembling the coupe The legend has always been Ferrari opposed it because he already had an open version (though his had none of the lines of the coupe.) So was there a battle or not?
In the 275GB I couldn't find a single picture or reference of the Competition coupe which is sort of a lowered sexier version --I would have liked an explanation how and why it came about and why only three were built? Why wasn't it mentioned when it is one of the most valuable '60's Ferraris?
And they leave out names of significant people. As a personal friend of Tom Tjaarda, the Detrotier who spent his whole life designing in Italy, I was disappointed that he doesn't get mentioned for doing the 330GT 2-plus-2, the 365 California spyder and other cars.. In other cases where there were Italian designers he mentions them. As an American I am proud an American succeeded doing Italian cars in Italy and miffed they don't get a single line.
The aftermarket conversion of production models are studiously avoided (which might have confused concours judge as this book is designed to be an official guide) but nonetheless the 400 400i and 412 aftermarket convertible conversions are worthy of at least a photograph. That's the Big Question in books like this----do you include aftermarket conversions?
Also rarely does the author identify the customer who ordered a speciale-- only a Princess in Belgium who spawned a new style car with her order and another car built for Ingrid Bergman, a movie star. . I think in cases where a prominent individual ordered a speciale built those individuals should get mentioned as they may have influenced the style with their good taste.
One significant car lett off being covered is the targa roofed Michelotti-designed Daytona spyder that looked unaccountably like a 1968 Corvette. That car disturbed the Pininfarina design trend and needs to be explained. Turns out it was a rebody, so I could see leaving it out. But it should be included if it's a coachbuilder who built it. In fact there were five Daytonas with Michelotti-designed coachwork built new for Chinetti the US importer. Some might have been rebuilt wrecks but if the Michelotti body was the first coachwork they had they should have been in the Michelotti section.
The book also displays several pages worth of engines but I think the space should have been reserved for bodywork.
In sum, to me the book accomplishes a lot being a reference work. But it leaves out some significant cars which can be added if here is a later edition.
The book was priced at $64.95 in the US. I think it's worth even more--say $100-- as a reference book.The publisher is Herridge & Sons.