About this title: The short life and mercurial career of Jim Morrison, the charismatic lead singer of the Doors who died under mysterious circumstances in Paris in 1970, is surveyed by noted Morrison authority Jerry Hopkins in his richly detailed biography, THE LIZARD KING. The rock star's prodigious appetite for life, sex, drugs, and poetry is brought to vivid life through Hopkins's painstaking research and the recollections of Morrison's ex-lovers, fellow musicians, and friends. The author doesn't attempt to hide the singer's more unpleasant traits, including his frequently appalling treatment of girlfriends ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: FINE. Superb, crisp, clean, unread revised and updated edition paperback with some light shelfwear to the covers and a remainder mark to one edge-VERY NICE! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plexus Publishing
Date Published: 12-10-05
ISBN-13:9780859653619ISBN:0859653617
Description: FINE. Superb, crisp, clean, unread revised and updated edition paperback with some light shelfwear to the covers and a remainder mark to one edge-VERY NICE! 0.15 lbs. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Collier Books, NY
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780020209652ISBN:0020209657
Description: VG+ Trade paperback, 272 pages. A clean copy with no owner markings and uncreased spine. Very light water stain at top of last two pages and light pencil markings across fore edge. Else overall Very Good+ or better condition. read more
Edition: 1st ed
Binding: Hardc
Publisher: Scribner, NY
Date Published: (1992)
Description: Near mint in like dj. A superb copy. Comprises a biography of Morrison and a series of interviews with Morrison's various rock writers. 8vo; 272 pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780684195247ISBN:0684195240
Description: Photo Illustrated. Nearfine/Nearfine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0684195240 Nice clean unmarked hardcover in like dustjacket. Short bio with interview transcripts with Morrison. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction
Date Published: 10/4/1993
ISBN-13:9780020209652ISBN:0020209657
Description: Excellent Conditon. SoftCover, Excellent Condition, clean/unmarked, tight binding, minor edge/cover wear, from a private collection. read more
Description: Very good. Excellent clean and neat book. Uncreased spine and very neat pages. Larger paperback published by Plexus. Illustrated with reproduced pics. Light storage wear to cover. UK seller. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780684195247ISBN:0684195240
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. "Now in THE LIZARD KING: THE ESSENTIAL JIM MORRISON, Morrison's biographer Jerry Hopkins, coauthor oif NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE, reassesses the rock idol's life; his extensive new research provides fresh insights into Morrison as a human being rather than the mythical beast some say he was. " This book has 268 pages and is illustrated throughout. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Plexus, London
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780859651479ISBN:0859651479
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st UK edition in paperback format, 8vo, 272pp, photo illustrations, card covers a little creased, still VG Copy. read more
Description: Fine. 0684195240 Scribners hardcover w/dustjacket, 1992, 1st edition/1st printing, Quarter cloth, dj price $19.00, immaculate/unread, No marks/tears or defects...as New/Fine (like new)...Bubble-wrapped and ed in a Box w/ confirmation. read more
"Completely interesting. Couldn't put it down. The downside to this one is the authors lack of knowledge of the later years of Jim Morrison. But still completely worth it."
"Picked this book up and couldn't put it down, it was a very good book to read for someone (like me at the time) who didn't know much about The Doors and Jim Morrison. It was a quick read because it was so interesting you just wanted to learn more"
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