101. Bob Dylan, a listing [cover title]. Toronto: A William Alfred Bauer / Keith Wilson Production, [1977].
$75
Staple-bound chapbook, 8.25" x 5.5", pp. [56]; stiff printed paper wrappers; a touch of foxing and toning, a couple pen annotations, very good.
A listing of concerts, albums, singles and peripheral material, mostly bootleg.
LC only in OCLC.
102. The cracked bells: a guide to Tarantula. [Scunthorpe, South Humberside: Exploding Rooster Books, 1993].
$200
First edition, small folio, [6], 137, [2]; printed from typescript, original black cloth-backed pictorial wrappers; near fine.
Criticism and interpretation of Dylan's first book.
Seven in OCLC, but only Akron in the U.S.
103. Bob Dylan the spirit and the letter. A chirographic and semiotic study. Yasui University, Iran [but San Bernadino]: November, 2011 [but 2015].
$30
Oblong 8vo, 18 leaves printed mostly in color on rectos only; text in double column; fine in original blue wrappers printed in yellow.
Dylan quotes in fine calligraphy with an essay. "This is a really strange one. A study of Chirography. Bizarre one for Collectors only" (bobdylanisis.com).
Not found in OCLC.
104. Occasionally. A magazine about Bob Dylan. Nos. 1-5 [all published]. Pattingham, Wolverhampton, U.K.: [publisher not identified], 1986.
$175
Five issues, 8¼" x 5¾", pp. 20, 24, [28], 28, & 36; printed from typescript and photocopy; illustrated throughout, original pictorial self-wrappers; a bit of offsetting, else near fine.
Edited by Ian Woodward, this collection contains all five issues including the Pilot Issue of August 1980.
Rare. Not found in OCLC.
105. Some notes on Dylan. [Afterwards, The Wicked Messenger], nos. 1-238 [complete]]. N.p. but U.K.: [publisher not identified], 1980-1985.
$425
The Wicked Messenger was begun in December 1980 as Some Notes on Dylan (4 issues only), initially circulated privately and printed by photocopy. When The Telegraph started in November 1981, The Wicked Messenger was included as loose-leaf inserts until November 1985 (# 1 to # 238), then as the main part of the Rolling Telegraph Supplement until November 1988 (# 239 to # 429). For a period, there was parallel publication of The Wicked Messenger in Look Back. Since December 1988, The Wicked Messenger has been an integral part of Isis magazine from no. 430 on. The last issue was no. 2271, which is dated in January 2009. The Wicked Messenger ran for just over 28 years, which is slightly more than 80 issues a year on average.
Included here are the first four Some Notes on Dylan (1980-81); and The Wicked Messenger, nos. 5-238 (1981-85), all printed by photocopy and stapled into 3 plain gray stiff paper wrappers.
4to (11" x 8½"), 238 pages in all, each number of The Wicked Messenger consisting of a single page. The sequence of The Wicked Messenger, which extends beyond the single leaf inserts in The Telegraph (as here), to the Rolling Telegraph Supplements and finally into Isis, is confusing and perplexing.
Bowling Green, La Salle, Santa Cruz and Minnesota Historical in OCLC, each with indeterminate runs.
106. Two years on! Dylan books newsletters nos. 1-8 [all published]. N.p. but U.K.: [publisher not identified], [1981].
$35
8vo (8¼" x 5¾"), pp. [12]; original pictorial green wrappers, stapled; near fine.
Produced by Ian Woodward in November 1981, this publication is a collection of eight (12-sides) of Dylan Books Newsletters originally written for HoBo from 1979-81. Produced in early Wicked Messenger style.
107. Bob Dylan - Back of the tapestry. Carlisle, England: My Back Pages, 1991.
$45
Staple-bound chapbook, 8.25" x 5.75"; pp. 42; yellow pictorial paper wrappers with images of Dylan on front and back cover; light soiling to bottom edge, else fine.
Intended to supplement the booklet that comes with The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased). With some corrections and commentary of interest to the collector.
Not found in OCLC.
108. The Bridge ... influenced by the past .... and a bridge to the future. Nos. 1-33 [complete]]. Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, U.K.: Mike Wyvill and John Wraith, 1998-2009.
$375
33 issues in all, 8" x 5¾", each issue generally over 100 pages, illustrated throughout, much in color; original color pictorial wrappers; generally fine.
The Bridge took over in summer 1998 after The Telegraph stopped its publication in winter 1997 and is still alive after all these years. The most recent issue as of this cataloguing is no. 72, Summer, 2022. The editors are Mike Wyvill and John Wraith.