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New (Pristine Condition) an unread, tight soft cover copy with French flaps. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line ending in 1. Signed by Author Patti Smith on the title page, signature only. "Devotion" takes a glimpse into Patti Smith's intuitive creative process. It shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. Rest assured this Signed, by an artistic icon, collectible soft cover book is well protected in a clear, archival-safe polyester cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.

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.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. Two creases to front cover (one extending from top edge, one across bottom corner), otherwise mild rubbing along edges. Square, uncreased binding, unmarked interior. 205 pp. 1st ed. thus..

New York: Ecco Press, 2010. First edition / First printing. Maroon paper-covered spine, maroon paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Patti Smith is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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.

New York: Telegraph Books, 1972. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Softcover. Octavo, 47 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine off-white with black lettering. Price uncut on rear flap, "$2.45" Edges softened all around perimeter; corners and spine ends blunted and abraded. Minor scuffing and small nicks across lightly soiled covers. Gentle age-toning on covers and throughout textblock. Shelved Case 0. 1390391. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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.

Smith, Patti. Devotion. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. Patti Smith presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession—a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story. We travel through the South of France to Camus's house, and visit the garden of the great publisher Gallimard where the ghosts of Mishima, Nabokov, and Genet mingle. Smith tracks down Simone Weil's grave in a lonely cemetery, hours from London, and winds through the nameless Paris streets of Patrick Modiano's novels. Whether writing in a café or a train, Smith generously opens her notebooks and lets us glimpse the alchemy of her art and craft in this arresting and original book on writing.

New York: The Poetry Project, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 63 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Patti Smith makes a very early appearance in this classic issue of The World. Unmarked copy, light wear.