FERRARI, Enzo; Stirling Moss.

The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs.

First Edition of The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs; Signed by Stirling Moss

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1963.

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First edition in English of Enzo Ferrari's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Stirling Moss on the title page. With an introduction by Stirling Moss. Edited by Richard Hough. Translated by Ivan Scott. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed by the legendary driver.

Enzo Ferrari was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" or "il Grande Vecchio (the Great Old Man)". In 1920, Enzo joined the racing department of Alfa Romeo as a driver. In 1924, Ferrari won the Coppa Acerbo at Pescara, a success that encouraged Alfa Romeo to offer him a chance to race in much more prestigious competitions. Deeply shocked by the death of Antonio Ascari in 1925, Ferrari, by his own admissions, continued to race half-heartedly. Following the birth of his son Alfredo (Dino) in 1932, Ferrari decided to retire and to focus instead on the management and development of the factory Alfa race cars, eventually building up a raceteam of superstar drivers, including Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari. This team was called Scuderia Ferrari (founded by Enzo in 1929) and acted as a racing division for Alfa Romeo. The team was very successful, thanks to the excellent cars, for example the Alfa Romeo P3 and to the talented drivers, like Nuvolari.