Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional, first hardcover edition, first printing of Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan. First Edition unstated, 2004 Simon & Schuster. First Printing with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on the straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with a two-line inscription about stealing the book from a named source. No other marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. First issue jacket, with $24.00 on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
By turns revealing, poetical, passionate, and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan’s thoughts and influences. Dylan’s voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful, and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
