DYLAN - A COMMEMORATION

   Philosophical musings of an early Dylan enthusiast. This rare publication explores the author's appreciation for Dylan as the "greatest poet of the century," and rejects the "rationalist distortions of rock magazines." Released the same year as Tarantula, it hails the work as "scintillating" and "brilliant."

  There were three printings of this very rare item, all with the same front cover, stapled, large format 28 x 36,5 cm:

  -The July 1971, (second edition), 64 pages has some differences compared to the first one: inside front cover has a lengthy statement not in first printing, and 2nd printing deletes the 12 May 1971 Peanuts cartoon about Bob turning 30. Upper part of page 64 (line 3) lists address for Book People in Berkley for retail, wholesale, and library distribution.
[LINE ONE] 'Dylan A Commemoration - A No Limit Publication edited by Stephen Pickering',  
[LINE TWO] 'Printed in the U.S. by - Nowels Publications, Roble Ave. Menlo Park, Calif.'
[LINE THREE 'Wholesale Distribution - Book People, 2010 Seventh Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
[LINE FOUR] 'Editorial Correspondence 214 Lincoln Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95060'.
Bottom of page reads: 'Also available from No Limit Publications - Praxis I; Existence, Men and Realities'.
The first edition reads 'Coming: Dylan; Existence, Men and Realities'.

  -January 1972 (third edition), is the same as 2nd printing, but page 64 top reads:
[LINE ONE] 'Dylan A Commemoration - A No Limit Publication edited by Stephen Pickering',  
[LINE TWO] 'Printed in the U.S. by - Nowels Publications, Roble Ave. Menlo Park, Calif.'
[LINE THREE] 'Editorial Correspondence 214 Lincoln Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95060'.
Bottom of page 64 reads: 'Also available from No Limit Publications - Praxis I ; Existence, Men & Realities'.

  Thank you to Stephan (with an 'a', as he wanted it to be spelt) Pickering for these precisions about the three printings of his book. The 1995 reprint was for him a bootleg edition.

first printing, 'quarter-fold format', June 1971. 63 pages, printed for Stephen Pickering by Nowels Publications and sold for $1.00.

July 1971, second edition with a new price, 64 pages. Printed by Nowels Publications, distributed by Book People, and sold  for $2.00.

reprint in A4 size, Desolation Row Promotions 1995. Bound with transparent plastic cover by VeloBind Binding Strips.