Written at the dawn of the seventies by a former crime reporter and self-confessed "mafia expert", this book was not only the first serious study of Dylan's life and work, but also a landmark in the way popular music was written about.
In addition to a Bob biographer's wish-list of interviews, Scaduto pulled off the remarkable coup of getting Dylan's full co-operation without conceding an editorial veto. Dylan has read this book cover to cover and discusses its uncomfortable contents with the author at length!
Below: Galley proof for Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. The front cover is annotated in Tony Glover's hand, "Grosset & Dunlap - Oct (1st week), Illus. (8 pgs-photos), $6.95, Approx 300 pgs." The proof measures 8.5 x 14.5 and is 165 pages long.
(Tony Glover collection)
![intimate biography anthony scaduto dunlap 1971 Bob Dylan book](../../largeimages/books/intimate-biography-an-scaduto-1971-grossett-&-dunlap-hardback-scaduto-anthony-grossett-dunlap-us-1971-peter-caras.jpg) BOB DYLAN - AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY, USA,
Grosset & Dunlap 1971, NY, 278 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. 1st edition: the signature of the illustrator Peter Caras is visible at the bottom of the frontcover
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![intimate biography anthony scaduto 2nd edition dunlap 1971 Bob Dylan book](../../largeimages/books/intimate-biography-grossetand-dunlap-us-hc-2nd-editionwithout-carras.jpg)
same, USA,
2nd edition. Peter Caras signature has been removed and the following Daniel Kramer reference has been printed on the copyright page: 'The illustration on the jacket of this book was made from the photograph by Daniel Kramer, copyright 1967 Daniel Kramer'
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![intimate biography anthony scaduto castle 1971 Bob Dylan book](../../largeimages/books/intimate-biography-an-scaduto-1971-castle-books-scaduto-anthony-castle-books-usa-1971.jpg) same, USA,
Castle Books 1971, NY, 278 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. This edition is noted as 'published by arrangement with Grosset & Dunlap'
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![an intimate biography scaduto 1972 Bob Dylan book](../../largeimages/books/an-intimate-biography-1972-london-hc.jpg) same, UK, W.H. Allen, London, 1972, 280 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. The Peter Caras signature is again visible on the frontcover and there’s no Daniel Kramer reference on the copyright page. ISBN 0-491-00662-4 |
![Bob Dylan anthony scaduto abacus 1972 book](../../largeimages/books/bob-dylan-scaduto-abacus-1972.jpg) BOB DYLAN, UK, Abacus 1972, London,
280 pages, softcover. The subtitle has been dropped. No ISBN
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same, UK, revised edition 1973, 312 pages. ISBN 0349131287
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![intimate biography anthony scaduto new american library 1973 Bob Dylan book](../../largeimages/books/intimate-signet.jpg) BOB DYLAN - AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY, USA,
Signet Book from New American Library, first printing The New American Library, March 1973,
366 pages, softcover. ISBN 451-W5353-15 |
![intimate biography anthony scaduto new american library 1979 Bob Dylan book](../../largeimages/books/intimate-biography-an-1979-us-paperback-scaduto-anthony.jpg) same, USA, updated with a new afterword, The New American Library 1979, 366
pages, softcover. ISBN 0-451-98289-90
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![Bob Dylan anthony scaduto helter skelter 1996](../../largeimages/books/bob-dylan-scaduto-helter-skelter-scaduto-anthony-uk-1996.jpg) BOB DYLAN, UK,
Helter Skelter 1996, London, softcover. ISBN 978-1900924009
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![Bob Dylan anthony scaduto helter skelter 2001](../../largeimages/books/bob-dylan-scaduto-pocket.jpg) same, UK,
Helter Skelter and Rogan House 2001, London, 312 pages, softcover. ISBN 1-900924-23-4
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![Bob Dylan anthony scaduto helter skelter 2006](../../largeimages/books/scaduto-helter-sketter-2006.jpg) BOB DYLAN, UK,
Helter Skelter 2006, London, 340 pages, softcover. ISBN 978-1900924238. [The existence of this edition with this cover is dubious]
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