An Unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafe's and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life." M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village cafe' where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico, to a meeting of an Artic explorer's society in Berlin: to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima.
New York: Knopf.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 978-1-101-87510-0 . Fine in fine dust jacket. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 253 pages .
New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0300218621 . First edition. The 2016 Windham-Campbell Lecture. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (Mild crease at upper edge of front cover of jacket. Coffee stain at base of jacket. ) ; 5" x 7 1/4"; 93 pages .
A Bulfinch Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Oversize burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and front; b&w pastedown photograph on front; no jacket; brown endpapers; 144 pages; 64 photographs, b&w. Very good plus condition: remainder mark on bottom and very slight scratching to front cover, otherwise like new. Might cost extra for shipping..
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.95). Red buckram with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Smith's account of her 2016 in which she reckons with "the changes in life's gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America.
Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Quarto [31 cm] Green cloth over boards. In the dust jacket with light soiling. May require extra postage due to weight. 50 color illustrations. A collection of flower photographs by celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. All in color and featuring some of his final work.
Stated first edition. Binding is solid. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Black cloth/paper cover has minimal wear. Dustjacket has a little wear to edges, but otherwise okay.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 174pp. Duodecimo [21cm] Red paper over boards. Title stamped in silver ink on spine. "YOM" blind stamped into front board. Slight bend in top of backstrip. Deckled edged paper. In this solitary journey, Patti Smith "melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape"(From the publisher) in a mix of both fact and fiction. Including 35 of Smith's famous polaroid illustrations, she manages to start off on a simple voyage only to end up experiencing one of the most harrowing, and sorrowful years of her life. Entrancing and often humorous, Patti Smith carries her head high through it all, just as she carries the reader through her story.
Genesis Publications. New. 2023. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1905662823 . New unused first edition in original shrinkwrap. Unmarked ; DD1123 ST3-3; 225 X 26 X 315 millimeters .
Size: 6x1x9; 1st edition, 1st printing, Ecco hardcover w/ DJ, 2010. Book is VG, w/ clean text, tight binding; light wear to corners, slight spine tilt. DJ is VG, w/ light wrinkling to edges of front panel and some wear at the corners (no tears or chips). Free delivery confirmation.
(New York): HarperCollins, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 279pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Slightly cocked spine else fine in a fine dust jacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/fine. SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown patterned paper over boards, with very minor sunning to the lower extremities. In the pictorial dust jacket, with a "Signed Copy" label on the front panel. A book described by Patti Smith as a road map to her life, detailing the locations she lived and worked. From the dust jacket- "Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband. "Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today." Signed by Patti Smith on the tipped-in front flyleaf.
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