COLLECTORS CAR BOOK

TITLE: FERRARI IL LIBRO ROSSO / THE RED BOOK

PUBLICATION YEAR/ DATE: 1974 (1st EDITION)

LANGUAGE: ITALIAN

COVER TYPE: HARD-CLOTHBOUND PUBLISHED WITHOUT DUSTJACKET

SIZE & # OF PAGES: 23.5CM x 34CM - 252 PAGES

PUBLISHER & AUTHOR: CONTI EDITORE - OLIVER MERLIN & GIUSEPPE PREZZOLINI

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR AGE, GREAT FOR YEAR 7.5 OUT OF 10 - DUE TO AGE & STORAGE THE TOP EDGE OF THE FRONT COVER SHOWS SOME FAINT WATER STAIN/ DISCOLOURING; IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE PRESENT ELSEWHERE. INSIDE IS VERY CLEAN WITH JUST A LITTLE FOXING MARK ON FRONT-END PAPERS.

Detailed Item Description:

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1974, IL LIBRO ROSSO (“THE RED BOOK”) IS ENZO FERRARI’S REVISED EDITION OF HIS EARLIER WORKS LE MIE GIOIE TERRIBILI (1962) AND LE BRIGLIE DEL SUCCESSO(1970). THIS VOLUME OFFERS RICH HISTORICAL INSIGHT, BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AND PERSONAL REFLECTIONS FROM ENZO FERRARI HIMSELF. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS, IT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF FERRARI’S LEGACY AND IS A PLEASURE TO REVISIT TIME AND AGAIN.

THIS BOOK WRITTEN BY ENZO FERRARI IS ‘HIS STORY’; HAVING BEEN ASKED TO WRITE THE STORY MANY TIMES, HE ALWAYS SEEMED TO POSTPONE THE MOMENT UNTIL NOW. HE HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVEAL HIS THOUGHTS, IDEAS, BELIEFS, FEELINGS THAT HAVE FORMED THE FABRIC OF THE MAN HIMSELF. HE RECALLS THE MEMORIES OF HIS FAMILY, THE MEN, THE THINGS, THE EVENTS WHICH LED TO HIS LIFE AND LED HIM ON TO BUILD CARS UNDER HIS NAME. HIS DAYS WITH ALFA ROMEO AND SCUDERIA FERRARI. THE DEATH OF HIS SON DINO WAS PAINFUL, THOUGH ENZO MANAGED TO BRING TOGETHER HIS STRENGTH AND CONTINUE WITH HIS OWN LIFE AND WORK. THE STORIES RECALL AND ILLUSTRATE MANY NAMES AND FIGURES WHO HAVE ENJOYED WORLDWIDE POPULARITY WITHIN THE HISTORY OF MOTOR SPORT. ENZO IS ABLE TO PORTRAY THESE EVENTS FROM A FRONT ROW SEAT, HAVING BEEN SO INVOLVED WITH FAMOUS NAMES LIKE ASCARI, FANGIO AND MOSS, WHO WERE, FROM YEAR TO YEAR, DECADE AFTER DECADE, TEACHERS, FRIENDS, STUDENTS, STAFF AND ALLIES. THE LATTER PAGES OF THE BOOK ARE PRESENTED RATHER LIKE A FERRARI YEAR BOOK WITH A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF CLIENTS AND PERSONALITIES WITH CARS, AS WELL AS AN INTERESTING SECTION AND COLOUR REFERENCE ON FERRARI PUBLICATIONS ISSUED 1930-1970 SUCH AS THE MAGAZINES AND YEARBOOKS.

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