I sprung for a first edition a couple of years ago, nearly had to take out a loan to do it. Great, great book though. I was pleased I did it a few months later when I had the great fortune to sit with Phil Remington at Monterey while he looked through it. He had never seen the book, or many of the pictures, before, and it was amazing to have him look at quite a few of them and say things like, "oh, I remember that pit stop. We were having trouble with the fuel pumps and Carroll Smith and I got some wire and..." It was like being in a time machine.
I'm amazed that there is a new volume of this book as I was told somewhere along the line that they had destroyed the plates from the original printing. I guess that doesn't prevent a whole new edition from being done. Can't wait to see it.
By the way, the Pete Lyons GT40 book that Carroll Smith was helping him on is available for pre-order once again on Amazon.com. Publication date is now listed as something like December. I've twice pre-ordered it and had my order canceled after many months of waiting, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Pete Lyons is a very fine writer and told me a couple of years ago that Carroll Smith had sent him page after page of fascinating notes on the GT40's development, which should make for a great book if it ever sees the light of day.