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Maserati Dizionario by ? Published by ? I came across this book advertised on an Italian web site. Does anyone know if this book was ever published and if so by whom? Unfortunately I have forgotten where I spotted it! Any information concerning this book would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!	Text in Italian

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Maserati Vittorie 1926-1954
by Various contributors

Published by Officine Alfieri Maserati SpA 1954

"THE HOLY GRAIL OF MASERATI BOOKS"

A beautifully illustrated cover by Dany Oppi binds this very rare and important book produced by the Casa del Tridente in 1954.
The book contains a series of articles charting the history of the Maserati racing cars and their drivers during this very important era. Filled from cover to cover with some truly stunning and rare factory photographs in black and white (some in colour).
There is a chapter containing a list of podium successes between 1926 and 1954. A catalogue of their successful speed record attempts and championship successes. One chapter, A factory of champions, records through a series of photographs the notable racing drivers who have graced these machines.
A must for the serious Maseratista!

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Il Tridente Storia della Maserati
Terza Edizione
by Severo Boschi

Published by Il Borgo 1964

This beautifully written book by the renown Italian motor sport journalist, Severo Boschi, gives a fascinating insight into the magic of motor racing with Maserati in the early days. Packed with some stunning monochrome photos of the cars and their drivers. The final chapter in entitled eighty five engines in the history of Maserati. I am at present struggling my way through it and will report on it when I have succeeded in translating it?

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Maserati: Storia di una grande Casa
1st edition
by Severo Boschi

Published by Il Borgo 1965

At last I now have a copy of this rare book and now my Maserati library is complete.

I am afraid I will have to wait until Christmas to read this one as it is a present from my dear wife.

This copy is signed by the legendary Maserati test driver Guerrino Bertocchi.

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Archivio Maserati - il Faldone
by Giorgio Nada

Published by Maserati SpA 1998

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Purchased in Italy

1898-1926	Maserati Trident drawing Drawing of the Tipo 26.
1927-1934	Maserati sales brochure Bill of sale to Tazio Nuvolari.
1935-1940	1940 Drawing of the Tipo 4CL / Schedule of modifications for Tipo 8 CTF (five documents).
1941-1945	Technical drawing for a 1.5-litre single seater No 2 sales brochures for electric vehicles.
1946-1952	A6 1500cc GT and Sport brochure Drawing of the Tipo A6 1500 chassis Certificate from the 'Concorso D'Eleganza Monte Carlo'.
1953-1957	Maserati Sport 2000 / Maserati 2000 GT Maserati Sport 450S / Maserati 300 S Maserati 200 SI / Maserati 150S 250F engine test bench results Drawing of Tipo A6 GCS chassis.
1958-1961	Drawing of Tipo 60 Sport chassis 3500 GT brochure Drawings by Michelotti (2 types).
1962-1967	Mistral brochure / Quattroporte brochure.
1968-1992	Quattroporte brochure / Biturbo brochure Drawing of the Bora.
1993-1997	Cutaway drawing of 3200cc V8-cyl engine 1998 Giugiaro 3200 GT drawing (front view) 1998 Giugiaro 3200 GT drawing (rear view).
1998- ?	Quattroporte original sales brochure 3200 GT original sales brochure.

This is wonderful 'portfolio' produced by Maserati for the supreme enthusiast. It contains a number of facsimiles of important bills of sale, technical drawings', sales brochures and Maserati literature from the archives of the 'Casa del Tridente'. Produced in a limited series of 1998, of which only 498 are for general sale, it is now one of my favourite possessions. Maserati SpA and Giorgio Nada, the editor, are to be congratulated for their foresight in the production of this 'Faldone'.

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MASERATI A complete history from 1926 to the present
by Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari

Published by Libreria dell'Automobile 1980

A well written and well researched book with many monochrome and some colour photographs. Opens with a chapter entitled 'From the beginning until 1925', a brief story of the Maserati brothers. This English version was produced in a single volume and covers the complete Maserati production story with chapters on every famous racing, sports and GT car up to and including the Biturbo. Each chapter contains technical specification, production numbers and some fine technical drawings.

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MASERATI Una storia nella storia, dalle origini ad oggi
by Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari

Published by Emmetigrafica for Libreria dell'Automobile, Italia 1980

A well written and well researched book with many monochrome and some colour photographs. Opens with a chapter entitled 'From the beginning until 1925', a brief story of the Maserati brothers. This Italian version was produced in two volumes encased in a slip case; one covering the period from Maserati's origins to 1945, the other from 1945 to the Biturbo. It covers the complete Maserati production story with chapters on every famous racing, sports and GT car up to and including the Biturbo. Each chapter contains technical specification, production numbers and some fine technical drawings.

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MASERATI Una storia nella storia, dalle origini al 1945 - Volume I
by Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari

Published by Emmetigrafica - Italia 1980

A well written and well researched book with many monochrome and some colour photographs. Opens with a chapter on the Maserati Brothers and ends with a chapter on the departure of the brothers from the factory. This first volume covers the complete Maserati production history from 1925 to 1945, with chapters on every famous racing and sportscar, from the Tipo 26 to the Tipo 8CL. Each chapter contains technical specification, production numbers and some fine technical drawings.

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MASERATI Una storia nella storia, dal 1945 ad oggi - Volume II
by Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari

Published by Libreria dell'Automobile 1980

A well written and well researched book with many monochrome and some colour photographs. Opens with a chapter on the Tipi A6 - A6GCS and A6G, the book covers the complete Maserati production story with chapters on every famous racing, sports and GT cars up to the Biturbo. Each chapter contains technical specification, production numbers and some fine technical drawings. The copy illustrated is a poor copy I found in the 'Bargain Bin' of a bookseller in Italy.

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Maserati Owner's Handbook
by Hans Tanner

Published by Floyd Clymer 1961

An excellent softback book containing a lengthy chapter detailing Maserati production from the Tipo 8CL to the Tipo 60/61 Maseratis. Interesting chapters on the tuning and maintenance of the 3500GT, the 200S, the 450S and the A6G/2000. Chapters containing horsepower and torque graphs for many competition models.

"I think you'll find it costs a little more than four dollars today!"

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Maseratis and Ferraris in Action
by Hans Tanner
Published by Hamish Hamilton 1957
Not a history but a brief account of the racing contests between these two great marques from 1946 to 1956. Brief chapters on the Italian GP, Syracuse, Mille Miglia, Monaco, French GP, Le Mans, German GP, Barcelona, Swedish GP, Argentina, 1000 km of Buenos Aires, British GP, Nassau, Sebring, Indianapolis and Daytona Beach. Ends with a chapter entitled 'Ferrari and Maserati out of action'. This book contains over 150 black and white photographs but the text is brief.

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Maserati: The Post-War Sportsracing Cars
by Joel E. Finn
Published by John W Barnes 1977
A softback 224 page landscape book detailing the development and background of the great Maserati sportscar racers from the A6GCS of 1947 to the Tipo 65 of 1965, of which total production was around 200. Chapters on chassis and engine number identification, production data and technical specifications. Well illustrated with many important colour and black and white photographs. A superbly written and well researched book by a gentleman who has owned/owns a number of Maseratis.

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Maserati: The Post-War Sportsracing Cars
by Joel E. Finn
Published by John W Barnes 1977
The hardback, with dustcover, version of Maserati: The Post-War Sportsracing Cars by Joel E. Finn.

I have removed the dustcover to show the original cover of the book.

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Maserati Birdcage
by Joel E. Finn

Published by Osprey Publishing Ltd 1980

A hardback 204 page book detailing the development and background of the great Tipo 60 and 61 sports cars. Well illustrated with many important black and white photographs. Superbly written and well researched book charting the racing history of the 'Birdcage' Maseratis. The appendix contains detailed technical specification taken from official Maserati records.

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Maserati Birdcage
by Joel E. Finn

Published by Osprey Publishing Ltd 1980

Even rarer is this limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. The number of this copy has been removed.

Maserati Tipo 60 and 61:
The Magnificent Front-engined Birdcages

by Willem Oosthoek and Michel Bollée

Published by Dalton Fine Books 2009.

Almost 30 years have passed since the publication of the first book about the famous Tipo 60 and 61 Birdcage Maserati race cars. A new, more comprehensive description of their competition history has been long overdue and Dalton Watson Fine Books are delighted to announce the publication of Maserati Tipo 60 and 61; The Magnificent Front-engined Birdcages. Much additional information has come to light in the last two decades which has enabled the authors, Willem Oosthoek and Michel Bollée, to include numerous updates, corrections, and further elaboration regarding the history of this innovative design.

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In 1959, while Ferrari and Aston Martin battled for supremacy in the World Sports Car Championship, Maserati returned to the racing scene with an amazing sports racer, revolutionary in concept: the 2-liter Tipo 60. The car received the nickname ‘Birdcage’ because of the design of its chassis and was immediately successful. The 3-liter version, the Tipo 61, appeared soon after, in response to demand from the many private owners and drivers determined to make the Ferraris eat dust. Twenty-two front-engined Birdcage Maseratis campaigned in a vast number of races during the nine-year period between 1959 and 1967. Light and fast, by 1967 they had accumulated almost 170 victories. The new book is a complete history of the car during those years and, for the first time, includes the many Birdcage appearances in European events.

Part 1 of the book covers each individual year, divided in segments on World Championship, North American and European events. Part 2 portrays the individual race history of each chassis number, as well as the owner sequence over the years. At the end of the book each driver is linked to the specific chassis number[s] of the Birdcages in which he competed.

The authors have had the benefit of input by many personalities involved in the early history of the Birdcage Maseratis, both drivers and car owners. The book contains first-hand anecdotes, the result of interviews with Bill Krause [the 1960 Times Grand Prix victor, who also wrote the Introduction], Chuck Daigh, Jim Jeffords and many more. In addition, making the book come alive visually are the great images taken by professional photographers such as Flip Schulke and Bob Tronolone, and photographs from the personal collections of the owners and drivers, many of them previously unpublished.

Produced in hardback with dust cover in portrait format (330 x 240mm) with 344 pages containing 140 colour & 275 b&w photographs.

The book is supplied with a slipcase.

In addition, a limited number of double slipcases are available upon request that will also hold Willem Oosthoek’s book about the rear-engined Birdcages, Maserati Tipo 63, 64, 65, Birdcage to Supercage. The books have been designed to match and can also be purchased as a pair in the double slipcase.

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A Short Photographic History of the Work of the Maserati Brothers
by Dott. Alfieri Maserati

Published by Museo del Patrimonio Industriale

Just what the title says, it is a short pictorial history of the technical achievements of the Maserati Brothers from 1900 to 1963 by Dott. Alfieri, son of Ernesto Maserati, one of the five brothers.

Each double page pull-out covers a period in Maserati's and OSCA's history: from 1900 to 1926, from 1927 to 1932, from 1933 to 1940 and from 1941 tp 1963.

Many previous unpublished photos from the private collection of Alfieri, Licia and Paola Maserati.

Also contains a list of Maserati's and OSCA's victories.

Portrait format containing 38 pages with b/w illustrations measures 300mm x 210mm. A limited edition publication, this book is definitely a collector's item. This copy is signed - 20th Feb 04 - To Enrico, Alfieri Maserati

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