Chronicles: Volume One, Bob Dylan. First edition, fifth printing. Dust Jacket: Near Fine. An unclipped jacket designed by Coco Shinomiya. Front jacket photo by Don Hunstein. There is some folding and early foxing on top of jacket otherwise clean and like new. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Simon and Shuster, 2004. White cloth with grey spine and silver lettering on the spine. No markings or writing in the book, 293 pp.
Dylan's autobiography is the first of three (alleged) volumes. The second volume was published in 2016.
The book covers three specific points from Dylan's long career: 1961, 1970, and 1989. The book spent 19 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover nonfiction books. Volume One was one of five finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award in the Biography/Autobiography category for 2004.
Times Book Review as one of the Ten Best Books of 2004. Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In September 2019, Chronicles was chosen by Guardian UK critics as one of the 100 Best Books published in the 21st Century.
