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JIM MORRISON ORIGINAL PRINT COPY OF 'THE NEW CREATURES'
1969
An 88-page bound book of poetry with embossed gilt lettering on the cover reading The New Creatures/James Douglas Morrison. Self-published by Morrison in the Spring of 1969 with only 100 copies printed by Western Lithographers (Los Angeles), the poems cover typical Morrison subject matter; death, sex, love, madness, ruination, film, dogs, etc. This one about himself; Snake-skin jacket/Indian eyes/Brillant hair/He moves in disturbed/Nile Insect/Air; this one about Los Angeles; Cancer city/Urban fall/Summer sadness/The highways of the old town/Ghosts in cars/Electric shadows. Many others from this collection that he dedicated To Pamela (Courson, his longtime girlfriend/common law wife) still seem relevant and topical today in 2003. Morrison was proud of his published poetry (See Lots 183 and 185) and always used his proper name on them; printed opposite the dedication page is C James Douglas Morrison 1969 All Rights Reserved.
9 x 6 inches
1969
An 88-page bound book of poetry with embossed gilt lettering on the cover reading The New Creatures/James Douglas Morrison. Self-published by Morrison in the Spring of 1969 with only 100 copies printed by Western Lithographers (Los Angeles), the poems cover typical Morrison subject matter; death, sex, love, madness, ruination, film, dogs, etc. This one about himself; Snake-skin jacket/Indian eyes/Brillant hair/He moves in disturbed/Nile Insect/Air; this one about Los Angeles; Cancer city/Urban fall/Summer sadness/The highways of the old town/Ghosts in cars/Electric shadows. Many others from this collection that he dedicated To Pamela (Courson, his longtime girlfriend/common law wife) still seem relevant and topical today in 2003. Morrison was proud of his published poetry (See Lots 183 and 185) and always used his proper name on them; printed opposite the dedication page is C James Douglas Morrison 1969 All Rights Reserved.
9 x 6 inches
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