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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First edition. Hardcover octavo, red cloth boards, embossed title initials to cover, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, black endpapers, 172 pp. Near fine book and dust jacket.. Patti Smith's reflections on 2016, a year spent traveling the U.S., Europe, Japan, and a continuation of her metaphysical journey into piecing together the people, landscapes and artifacts to help understand what makes a person who they are and how they ended up at their present place. Accompanied by black and white photographs, mostly polaroid images Patti captured. Jacket photograph by Barre (skills) Duryea; jacket design by Kelly Blair. Signature to half-title and title page. .

First edition. Hard cover. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London (2022) New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Signed by the author on publisher s book specific bookplate. First edition, first printing, full number line. Dust jacket is wrapped in protective archival grade mylar. Pictures available upon request.

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: Random House, 2022. Book. Illus. by Author. New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. 1st. Edition, 1st. Printing 2022 , Hardcover with the dust jacket, 400 page book. Illustrated with black & white photo images by Pattie Smith over a year . This is a true hand signed copy on the title page ( not a tipped in page ) . Conition : NEW Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Bulfinch Pr, 1990-10. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Used; Like New/LIKE NEW. 50 stunning color photographs of flowers, particularly lillies and orchids. foreword by patti smith.LIGHTLY BUG EATEN ON TOP AND BOTTOM OF BOARDS EDGES.

SCARCE SIGNED! Brand new, never read. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, second printing. Personally flat signed directly to the full title page. Not a tip in. Not a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for years of worry free reading/collecting! This book is pristine. Opened only for Ms. Smith to sign. The National Book Award winner Patti Smith presents a treasure box of a childhood memoir about clear unspeakable joy and just the wish to know. A great book about becoming an artist, Woolgathering tells of a youngster finding herself as she learns the noble vocation of woolgathering, a worthy calling that seemed a good job for me. She discovers― often at night, often in nature― the pleasures of rescuing a fleeting thought. Deeply moving, Wool-gathering calls up our own memories, as the child glimpses and gleans, piecing together a crazy quilt of truths. Smith introduces us to her tribe, a race of cloud dwellers, and to the fierce, vital pleasures of cloud watching and stargazing and wandering. A radiant new autobiographical piece, Two Worlds (which was not in the original 1992 Hanuman edition of Woolgathering), and the author s photographs and illustrations are also included. Woolgathering celebrates the sacred nature of creation with Smith s beautiful style, acclaimed as glorious (NPR), spellbinding (Booklist), rare and ferocious (Salon), and shockingly beautiful (New York Magazine). Black-and-white illustrations

Ecco, 2005-10-10. First Edition, first printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x8. Signed by Author. Signed by Smith on the title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 61pp.

New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Claire Alexandra Hatfield (Front of Jacket photogr. [12], 253, [7] pages. Illustrations. DJ has some edge wear. Signed by the author sticker on front of DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Chapters include Cafe 'Ino; Changing Channels; Animal Crackers; The Flea Draws Blood; Hill of Beans; Clock with No Hands; The Well; Wheel of Fortune; How I Lost the Wind-Up Bird; Her Name Was Sandy; Vecchia Zimarrra; Mu; Tempest Air Demons; A Dream of Alfred Wegener; Road to Larache; Covered Ground; How Linden Kills the Thing She Loves; Valley of the Lost; and The Hour of Noon. Contains slight pencil underlining. Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate", Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978 and number five in the U.K. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time roommate and partner, Robert Mapplethorpe. She placed 47th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize. This book was the winner of the National Book Award. Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. Woven through this book are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, this book 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. The book also contains 53 black and white drawings. There is also some pencil underlining on several pages. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation, as well as singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan, and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Derived from a Kirkus review: Iconic poet, writer, and artist Smith articulates the pensive rhythm of her life through the stations of her travels. Spending much of her time crouched in a corner table of a Greenwich Village cafe sipping coffee, jotting quixotic notes in journals, and "plotting my next move," the author reflects on the places she's visited, the personal intercourse, and the impact each played on her past and present selves. She describes a time in 1978 when she planned to open her own cafe, but her plans changed following a chance meeting with MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith, who swiftly stole and sealed her heart with marriage and children. A graceful, ruminative tour guide, Smith writes of traveling together with Fred armed with a vintage 1967 Polaroid to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in northwest French Guiana, then of solitary journeys to Frida Kahlo's Mexican Casa Azul and to the graves of Sylvia Plath, Jean Genet, and a swath of legendary Japanese filmmakers. After being seduced by Rockaway Beach in Queens and indulgently purchasing a ramshackle bungalow there, the property was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy-though she vowed to rebuild. In a hazy, often melancholy narrative, the author synchronizes past memories and contemporary musings on books, art, and Michigan life with Fred. Preferring to write productively from the comfort of her bed, Smith vividly describes herself as "an optimistic zombie propped up by pillows, producing pages of somnambulistic fruit." She spent seasons of lethargy binge-watching crime TV, arguing with her remote control, venturing out to a spontaneous and awkward meeting with chess great Bobby Fischer, and trekking off to interview Paul Bowles in Tangiers. No matter the distance life may take her, Smith always recovers some semblance of normalcy with the simplistic pleasures of a deli coffee on her Gotham stoop, her mind constantly buoyed by humanity, art, and memory. Not as focused as Just Kids, but an atmospheric, moody, and bittersweet memoir to be savored and pondered.

London: Bloomsbury. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine dustjacket (protected by a removable, clear thin mylar sleeve) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2019.

New York, Knopf, 2015. First Edition. First printing. Very fine/Very fine. A pristine unread copy (without marks or bruises or smells or any other defect). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover (not clipped, of course). Shipped in well-padded box. Purchased new and opened only for author to sign, no inscriptions, just the author's name directly on the page. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. You cannot find a better copy.