son ▁agreed ▁to ▁write ▁the ▁book . ▁Keith ▁Bl u em el , ▁a ▁writer ▁with ▁a ▁background ▁of ▁published ▁books ▁about ▁historic ▁Ferr aris , ▁was ▁cred ited ▁as ▁the ▁technical ▁editor . ▁ ▁Print ▁ed itions ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁were ▁printed ▁and ▁each ▁was ▁individually ▁number ed . ▁ 5 5 0 ▁copies ▁were ▁le ather - bound ▁with ▁an ▁emb oss ed ▁silver ▁pla que . ▁The ▁remainder ▁were ▁cloth - bound , ▁cost ing ▁£ 2 4 5 ▁each . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁widely ▁critic ised ▁in ▁the ▁media . ▁Clark son ▁brand ed ▁it ▁a ▁" rid icul ous ▁t ome ". ▁ ▁Thor ough bre d ▁and ▁Classic ▁Car ▁magazine ▁critic ised ▁the ▁book ▁for ▁having ▁the ▁tone ▁of ▁van ity ▁publishing , ▁re lying ▁too ▁much ▁on ▁car ▁show ▁snap sh ots ▁of ▁question able ▁quality . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁also ▁critic ised ▁for ▁placing ▁too ▁much ▁emphas is ▁on ▁main stream ▁models ▁and ▁being ▁too ▁similar ▁to ▁other ▁Ferr ari ▁books ▁that ▁cost ▁consider ably ▁less . ▁ ▁Andrew ▁Frank el ▁of ▁Motor ▁Sport ▁magazine ▁in ▁describing ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁" the ▁better ▁candidates ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁disappoint ing ▁book ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁review ed "; ▁critic ised ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁" does n ' t ▁read ▁like ▁Clark son ▁at ▁all " ▁and ▁" bew ilder ingly ▁lack ing ▁in ▁his ▁tra dem ark ▁style ▁and ▁hum our " ▁whilst ▁pra ising