BOB DYLAN - AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY
by Anthony Scaduto

     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!

     The initial subtitle 'AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY' was dropped and used again on the various editions of this classic book. Thank you to Peter Oudejans for the precisions about the early editions.

     Bob Dylan's biography by Anthony Scaduto has been translated into Danish, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.

     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)

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	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'	same, USA, Castle Books 1971, NY, 278 pages, hardcover with dustjacket. This edition is noted as 'published by arrangement with Grosset & Dunlap'
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 0491006624	BOB DYLAN, UK, Abacus 1972, London, 280 pages, softcover. The subtitle has been dropped. No ISBN	same, UK, revised edition 1973, 312 pages. ISBN 0349131287
BOB DYLAN - AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY, USA, Signet Book from New American Library, first printing  The New American Library, March 1973, 366 pages, softcover. ISBN 451W535315	same, USA, updated with a new afterword, The New American Library 1979, 366 pages, softcover. ISBN 04519828990
BOB DYLAN, UK, Helter Skelter 1996, London, softcover. ISBN 9781900924009	same, UK, Helter Skelter and Rogan House 2001, London, 312 pages, softcover. ISBN 1900924234	BOB DYLAN, UK, Helter Skelter 2006, London, 340 pages, softcover. ISBN 9781900924238. [The existence of this edition with this cover is dubious]