Le Mie Gioie Terribili.

FERRARI, Enzo.

Item Number: 59020

Italy: Cappelli Editore, 1962.

First Italian edition and true first of Ferrari’s memoirs. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Enzo Ferrari on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some wear and tear. Rare and desirable signed.

Enzo Ferrari was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently the Ferrari automobile marque. Notorious for his strong personality and controversial management style, Ferrari’s automotive career began when he won the Coppa Acerbo for Alfa Romeo, a success which encouraged him to build his own raceteam and factory Alfa cars in the early 1930s. It was during this era that the iconic prancing horse emblem created by Italian fighter pilot Francesco Baracca, now synonymous with the brand, emerged.