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New York: Random House, 2022. Nice copy in its first printing. Signed by author on second free endpaper. Unmarked, tight and square. Crisp, unread copy with no flaws. 366 photographs done by author with her commentary. In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardccover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[Memoir] Smith, Patti. Year of the Monkey. New York: Knopf, 2019. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with a couple of pages roughly handled in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. in this memoir, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland, in which she debates intellectual grifters and spars with the likes of a postmodern Cheshire Cat. Then, in February 2016, a surreal lunar year begins, bringing unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. For Smith—inveterately curious, always exploring, always writing—this becomes a year of reckoning with the changes in life's gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America. Taking us from California to the Arizona desert, from a Kentucky farm to the hospital room of a valued mentor, Smith melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape in a haunting, poetic blend of fact and fiction.

New York: Knopf, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Following a run of New Year’s concerts at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland with no design, yet heeding signs–including a talking sign that looms above her, prodding and sparring like the Cheshire Cat. In February, a surreal lunar year begins, bringing with it unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. In a stranger’s words, “Anything is possible: after all, it’s the Year of the Monkey.” For Smith–inveterately curious, always exploring, tracking thoughts, writing–the year evolves as one of reckoning with the changes in life’s gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America. Smith melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape. Taking us from California to the Arizona desert; to a Kentucky farm as the amanuensis of a friend in crisis; to the hospital room of a valued mentor; and by turns to remembered and imagined places, this haunting memoir blends fact and fiction with poetic mastery. The unexpected happens; grief and disillusionment set in. But as Smith heads toward a new decade in her own life, she offers this balm to the reader: her wisdom, wit, gimlet eye, and above all, a rugged hope for a better world. Riveting, elegant, often humorous, illustrated by Smith’s signature Polaroids, Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times. Illustrated from photographs.

First printing of the author's National Book Award-winning memoirs; fine in fine dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; a crisp square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first printing with complete number line; nearly as new, appears unread; Ms. Smith is one of the most influential songwriter/poets of the punk rock movement.

New York: Knopf, 2015. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine, first edition signed by Smith. Binding square and tight. Pages unmarked and clean. Jacket Near Fine. Minor wear to bottom fold of front flap and back flap. Other than that no tears or creases of any kind. Not price clipped. Second memoir of the National Book Award winning rock n' roll star.

New York: Random House, 2022. Purchased New. NF/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Patti Smith on the half-title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges and clean boards. Tiny bump to the spine tail edge. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Photos throughout. The dust jacket is unclipped ($28.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 400 pages. 5¼ x 7¼" tall. With over 365 photographs taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and performer. Hopeful, elegiac, playful — and complete with an introduction by Smith that explores her documentary process — A Book of Days is a timeless offering for deeply uncertain times, an inspirational map of an artist's life.

Color and black and white photographs by the author throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

2024. 1st Edition. hardcover......We ship daily from our Bookshop.

New York / London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. Paean/elegy for Smith's longtime friend and collaborator Robert Mapplethorpe, an imagined journey reflecting his life and early death. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first edition (first printing) with full number string. Light wear to book, faint creasing to a few pages; jacket shows a little edgewear, minor creasing, faded spine. Text clean, no names or marks; [72] pages; b/w photos, mostly by Mapplethorpe.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Robert Mapplethorpe. 8½" by 8¼".

New York: Random House, 2022. Signed by Patti Smith. First edition / First printing. Brown boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Legendary Poet, Artist and Punk Rock Icon. Inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 2007. Smith was Robert Mapplethorpe's roommate. She befriended Writers Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, had an affair and co-wrote a play with Sam Shepard. She contributed to albums by Door's Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and Blue Oyster Cult, before forming her own band. The Patti Smith Group was one of the earliest Punk Rock groups and was a huge influence of countless later acts. Her first memoir, Just Kids, won the 2010 National Book Award.