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VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.
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When it originally appeared in 1971, Anthony Scaduto's biography signalled a landmark in rock literature. It offered a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of Bob Dylan--who at the time was in a period of hibernation from which he wouldn't emerge until 1973. But, more importantly, this was the first book to look seriously at the man who had single-handedly altered the course of rock 'n' roll.
Scaduto only accounted for Dylan's life up until the New Morning album but, even now, his book remains an essential purchase for anyone even remotely interested in the enigmatic poet. By the time it was republished in 1996, later biographies had superseded it (notably those by Robert Shelton and Bob Spitz) and innumerable other volumes are now available on Dylan's life and work, particularly those by Michael Gray and Clinton Heylin.
Nevertheless, re-reading Scaduto nearly 30 years on, it is striking how much of the territory he covered. His style may seem a trifle leaden by today's standards, but the range of interviews is impressive and, for sheer densely packed pages, Scaduto more than delivers. He is particularly good on Dylan's Greenwich Village and capturing the optimism of the period, quoting folk singer Dave Van Ronk's greeting to Dylan after hearing "Blowin' In The Wind" for the first time: "Hey man, you're really getting into something with those songs. Welcome to the twentieth century." --Patrick Humphries
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The original biography of Bob Dylan, reissued for the first time since its first publication in 1972, which draws on first-hand recollections from many of his associates, especially from his early Greenwich Village days.
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Bob Dylan: An Intimate Biography
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W.H. Allen and Co. Ltd., London, 1972
ISBN 10: 0491006624
ISBN 13: 9780491006620
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Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Originally published in the US in hard covers by Grosset & Dunlap in 1971 . Slight fading to edges of the boards Page edges are browned with light marking and staining to the fore edges and some dense brown spotting to the top edges. Pages are a little browned but are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has some fading to the spine and to the edges of the front and rear panels next to the spine and some light edge and surface wear. First printing. Seller Inventory # 021742
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Seller: Bookbot, Prague, Czech Republic
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Risse; Farbveränderung durch Alter/Sonne. First and best biography of Dylan, who read it, telling the author "I like your book.". Seller Inventory # 4ad6f866-b880-4c31-b933-185137ceed98
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