NO DIRECTION HOME 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 978-0345347213 |
 same, Penguin 1987. ISBN 978-0140102963 |
 same, Da Capo Press, New York City. 2003. ISBN 978-0306812873 |
 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 978-1617130120 |
 same, Revised and updated edition, Omnibus Press, Bath 2011, UK, 359 pages. ISBN 978-1849389112 |
 same, Revised and updated edition, Hardie Grant 2011, Australia, 352 pages. ISBN 978-1742701554 |
 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 978-1454942658 |
 same, Palazzo Editions UK, 2021, hardcover, 304 pages. ISBN 978-1-786750-90-7 |
IN ALBANIAN (1)
IN ARABIC (2)
IN BASQUE (1)
IN BULGARIAN (3)
IN CATALAN (7)
IN CHINESE (27)
IN CROATIAN (8)
IN CZECH (20)
IN DANISH (32)
IN DUTCH (74)
IN ENGLISH (880) :
IN FARSI (10)
IN FINNISH (8)
IN FRENCH (117)
IN GALICIAN (2)
IN GERMAN (187)
IN GREEK (18)
IN HEBREW (3)
IN HUNGARIAN (6)
IN ICELANDIC (1)
IN ITALIAN (136)
IN JAPANESE (75)
IN KOREAN (16)
IN LATVIAN (2)
IN NORWEGIAN (26)
IN POLISH (13)
IN PORTUGUESE (31)
IN ROMANIAN (5)
IN RUSSIAN (3)
IN SERBIAN (5)
IN SLOVENIAN (5)
IN SPANISH (101)
IN SWEDISH (27)
IN THAI (3)
IN TURKISH (17)
IN UKRAINIAN (2)
IN VIETNAMESE (1)