NO DIRECTION HOME
- THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF BOB DYLAN

       By Robert Shelton who became Bob Dylan's friend, champion, and biographer. NO DIRECTION HOME took 20 years to complete. It was first published in 1986, and updated in 2011 when a new edition was published to coincide with both Bob Dylan's 70th birthday and his tour of Australia in April. That new edition includes original parts of the manuscript not originally included, an updated discography, bibliography and new footnotes. This is the most comprehensive biography ever written about Bob Dylan, a high quality edition and a reference book.

      The book has been translated into Chinese, Czech, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese.

      In 2021, to coincide with Dylan’s 80th birthday, a revised illustrated edition is published; the subtitle 'THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF BOB DYLAN' has been dropped.

Below: 1986 MY BACK PAGES ad, front and back:

      

    Below: 1987, 6-page, A4-size, Penguin advertising brochure printed on a single sheet of glossy paper, approximately 90 cm x 21 cm, folded twice to achieve three double-sided panes, each A4 size. The content includes several images of Dylan, some quotes from him, an advertisement for the 1987 Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers UK concerts, some text about the shows, plus related publisher's blurb about the book NO DIRECTION HOME, and publishing information. Information www.bobdylanisis.com

   
Galley proof and document about it (Tony Glover's collection)      

New English Library 1986, 573 pages, hardback with dustjacket. ISBN 0450048438	same, Beech Tree Books, NY 1986, 573 pages, hardback with dustjacket ISBN 068805045X	same, Da Capo Press, NY 1997, 573 pages, softcover. ISBN 9780306807824
same, Ballantine Books, New York 1987, paperback. ISBN 9780345347213	same, Penguin 1987. ISBN ‎ 9780140102963	same, Da Capo Press, New York City. 2003. ISBN 9780306812873
same, Revised and updated edition by Elisabeth Thomson and Patrick Humphries. With parts of the manuscript not originally included, an updated discography, bibliography and new footnotes, Backbeat Books May 2011, 352 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN 9781617130120	same, Revised and updated edition, Omnibus Press, Bath 2011, UK, 359 pages. ISBN 9781849389112	same, Revised and updated edition, Hardie Grant 2011, Australia, 352 pages. ISBN 9781742701554
BOB DYLAN NO DIRECTION HOME, Sterling Publishing USA, 2021, hardcover, 304 pages. 'Revised Illustrated Edition, Edited with a New Foreword and Afterword by Elizabeth Thomson'. Published to coincide with Dylan’s 80th birthday. ISBN 9781454942658	same, Palazzo Editions UK, 2021, hardcover, 304 pages. ISBN 9781786750907	same, Palazzo Editions UK, 2024. 'Revised illustrated edition, edited with a new foreword and afterword by Elisabeth Thomson', hardcover, 304 pages. ISBN 9781786751621 Thank you to Knut Högvall for the information