- Stock: In Stock
- Author: Phil Hill with Doug Nye
- ISBN: 9780995473911
- Publisher: The GP Library Ltd
- Publication Year: 2017
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Language: English
- Pages: Volume 1 - 484 Volume 2 - 476 Volume 3 - 428
- Illustrations: Colour and Black & White
- Format: 3 Volume Leatherbound Hardback - Published Without Dustjacket
- Slipcase: Clamshell Presentation Case
- Limited Edition: 200 Copies
- Condition Book: Mint
- Condition Slipcase: Mint
- Dimensions: 360.00mm x 365.00mm
THE PHIL HILL BOOK WINS PRESTIGIOUS PRIX BELLECOUR ‘CAR BOOK OF THE YEAR
2018’
Awarded by l’Académie Bellecour, France. Chosen by unanimous decision of
the world’s most experienced and expert motoring book jury. Presented at the
Automobile Club de France, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France on June 12th
2019.
The photograph shows the Prix Bellecour presentation at the Automobile
Club de France, Paris: (Left to right: Antoine Prunet and Franck Levotre
of l’Académie Bellecour, publisher Sir Paul Vestey and author Doug Nye.
Overview
Limited to just 200
signed and numbered copies, combining the two Collector’s volumes and the
Autobiography, all three volumes are leather-bound and presented in beautifully
appointed clamshell cases. One containing the two photographic volumes of the
Collector's Edition and another The Racing Autobiography
Covering all 90
events that Phil photographed “for the folks back home” between 1950 and 1962,
and including his full collection of more than 1250 supremely evocative (and
often vanishingly rare) images, ‘Inside Track’, the Collector’s
Edition, comprises two volumes lavishly produced on the finest Italian art
paper. Both volumes are hardbound with cloth-covered cases, inset front and
back with photographs and presented in a single cloth-covered slipcase.
Volume 1 covers the
years 1951 to 1956, from Phil’s visit to Pikes Peak as a spectator in 1951,
through his early minor-league races around the USA, leading to the start of
his international racing career on the Carrera PanAmericana in Mexico in 1952
and at Le Mans in 1953. Volume 2, meanwhile, covers Phil’s great years with
Ferrari from 1957 to 1962, a magical era for motor sport during which he
famously won the Le Mans 24-Hours three times and, of course, the Formula 1
Drivers’ World Championship in 1961.
Included in both
volumes are many behind the scenes photographs taken at the great circuits of
Monaco, Monza, Rouen-les-Essarts and of course Le Mans, and also at such lesser
known but wonderfully exotic sports-car-racing venues as Havana, Buenos Aires, Hawaii,
Caracas and beyond. Neither is behind the scenes development ignored, as Phil’s
camera also captured numerous images of testing on the fabled Modena
Aerautodromo. And then he takes us to the Bonneville Salt Flats for Land Speed
Record running with MG. Photographed almost exclusively on Kodachrome, ‘Inside
Track’s photographic colour reproduction has to be seen to be
believed.
Interviewed at length
by his longstanding friend Steve Dawson, son Derek and renowned motor sport
historian Doug Nye, Phil provided fully detailed and often hugely entertaining
captions for every gorgeous image. A comprehensive list of his race appearances
and results will also be included, together with a full index covering each
volume.
The following
quotations are just a selection of the feedback received so far:
“After some two hours
looking at the book, I just had to say it is The Best Motoring book I have
seen...…..Just had to say how much I appreciate the work that has gone into
this quite superb production.” - JB, UK
"I received my
copy of 'Inside Track' today…what can I say….WOW! Far more impressive than I
even imagined!" - MM, USA
"Deep and
heartfelt congratulations on the book. It is absolutely beyond anything I have
ever seen. Fabulous!” - PS, USA
“I received my Collectors
Edition of ‘Inside Track’ yesterday and I just wanted to congratulate you on
one of the finest books that I have seen - a fantastic addition to my (rather
large!) collection. I am eagerly awaiting the Autobiography and the
three volumes are a fantastic reflection of a quiet and modest man who was a
great driver. Forgive me writing but I wanted to thank you…” - T. O’R, UK
“This is an
unbelievable book!” - ML, USA
"My copy arrived
yesterday. I must say that it is truly a superb effort. It is as good as
anything I have ever seen of its type. Warmest congratulations on a real
triumph!” - PS, USA
“I just finished
reading and scrutinizing the fantastic pictures of ‘Inside Track’… The
book and all the captions and texts gives a so intimate image of a person you
cannot not help but be fond of and respect as truly a gentleman. Thank
you for your efforts to bring this book to be published…” - PB, France
“I read the first of
the two volumes … this past weekend. Fabulous! Congratulations…” - RA,
USA
"I was up until
midnight last night having a browse at Vol 1...reading some of the captions one
can quite easily hear Phil Hill's voice describing the pictures. He had such an
engaging enthusiasm for all things automotive that he draws you in…” -
PH, UK
“Arrived safely
today. Magnificent! …I think it’s immediately going on my top ten list, not as
a reference book, but as one of a handful that really capture an era…” - ML,
USA
“Yesterday I received
the two ‘Inside Track’ Volumes on Phil Hill… A million thanks and all my
congratulations for an absolute masterpiece that far exceeded, for the images
as well as for the text, my stratospheric expectations. Right now, with what
you have done, I see months of pleasure in front of me and a big problem for
you : What next for you after this masterpiece?” - AC, Belgium
“It is a fantastic
book. Definitely one of the best ever on an automotive subject. Thanks for the
work to you, the others, and the Hill family!” - GT, USA
“Earlier this week a
huge box arrived… Four hours later I felt I'd found a time machine. Phil's
remarkable colour images, and the way the text and fascinating captions capture
his character is an amazing record. I could almost hear his voice as I
read. From that reticent shot outside Versailles in 1952 to the frustrations of
the 1961 season, the journey gripped me all the way…”
“No book previously
has captured this era so vividly, and in such a unique style. The great man
would be very proud of the achievement. Congratulations to you all.”