New York Dolls Paperback Steven Morrissey Babylon Books; Revised Edition 1995

New York Dolls Paperback Steven Morrissey Babylon Books; Revised Edition 1995 (image 1/3)
New York Dolls Paperback Steven Morrissey Babylon Books; Revised Edition 1995 (image 2/3)
New York Dolls Paperback Steven Morrissey Babylon Books; Revised Edition 1995 (image 3/3)
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Book is in VG++ condition. Inside pages still tight. Light creasing to some corners. (See photos for details)We will combine items for shipping. Please check out our other listings for more books, videos, vinyl records and other cool music related items. If you have to pay shipping for multiple items we will refund the difference.Originally published before the formation of The Smiths, Morrissey's first book consists of 8 pages of text by the singer followed by reproductions of Dolls photographs and press clippings. A direct outgrowth of articles Morrissey penned for various zines (among them KID'S STUFF and THE NEXT BIG THING), the future singer's "book- zine" appeared in 1981 from hometown publisher Babylon Books, a one-man operation headed by John Muir. Muir has claimed the book sold upwards of 3000 copies, but if that's so most of those were undoubtedly from a second printing done to take advantage of The Smith's growing popularity and likely coinciding with the similarly-motivated reprint of Morrissey's second book for Baby- lon, JAMES DEAN IS NOT DEAD (1983).Even accounting for this title's ephemeral production, however, with OCLC recording just three copies worldwide (and *all* of those a 1995 reprint), we strongly suspect Muir's claims are inflated. It would be difficult to overstate the Doll's influence on Morrisseyís development read more
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