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First edition. Near fine in olive green cloth covers in near fine dust jacket. (Unpaginated) (A few faint and non-messy damp spots at bottom edge of cloth covers. Hint of muted shelf soiling on jacket. Unobtrusive spots of soiling at bottom edge of text block. ) 18 sepia-toned images tipped-in. 2000 copies printed.; 10 3/4" X 10 3/4"

First edition. SIGNED by Patti Smith on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. (279pp. ) (6 1/2" X 91/4") Superb copy of this acclaimed memoir.; 6 1/2" x 9 1/4"; 279 pages.

[New York]: n.p. [Gotham Book Mart?], 1973. First edition. Near fine.. Scarce original program from one of Smith's earliest gigs, predating her first album by almost two years. This, the first of three performances in honor of the anniversary of Arthur Rimbaud's death (also known as "Rock-N-Rimbaud"), took place on the roof of Le Jardin, a gay disco, in the Hotel Diplomat on November 4th, 1973. Smith sung and recited her own works, as well as songs by Kurt Weil and Hank Ballard. She was backed by Bill Elliot on piano and future Patti Smith Group member Lenny Kaye (both listed in program) on guitar. This would be only the second time Smith and Kaye performed together (the first being when the two opened for a Gerald Malanga reading at the Poetry Project almost two years earlier) and the first time Smith headlined a show with Kaye at her side. The program also thanks both Robert Mapplethorpe (just a few months after his first solo exhibition) and Sam Wagstaff, certainly one of their earliest links in print. A landmark event, one which sowed the seeds of not only of Smith's band and the burgeoning New York punk scene, but inspired by Smith's most important influence. 14'' x 8.5''. Single pale blue leaf, printed recto only. Xerographically reproduced. Line drawing of Rimbaud by Smith to top of sheet above text, which lists of the program of events, and a quote from Rimbaud (in part: "The Poet makes himself a seer by long, gigantic, and rational derangement of the senses..."). Also mentions "special appreciation to The Wartoke Concern, Robert Mapplethorpe, Dennis Florio, Sharon Ensko, Sam Wagstaff and Gotham Book Mart." Two faint shallow creases. Else bright, sharp, clean.

First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Edges slightly foxed. ) Uncommon in the hardcover issue.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 202 pages.

First edition, first and only printing. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies (this being #1/50), signed by Davis, in a deluxe clamshell box, with an original 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 inch toned gelatin silver print "Meroe, Sudan, 1988" (print edition of 50 also numbered and signed in black ink by Davis on verso). Hardcover. Cloth, no dust jacket as issued (for Limited Edition). Photographs by Lynn Davis. Edited by David Whitney. Texts by Patti Smith and Rudolph Wurlitzer. 136 pp. with 60 four-color plates. 11-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches. New in publisher's original packaging (book, print and clamshell box all in flawless, pristine condition). From the publisher: "Over the years, Lynn Davis has become widely celebrated for her large-scale photographs of "monuments" of the human and natural landscape. Her forthcoming monograph, Monument, presents images made in Egypt, Australia, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, Lebanon, Greenland, and the United States. Whether depicting the ancient pyramids of Giza, the temples of Cambodia, or the icebergs of Greenland, Davis articulates both the omnipotent forces of nature and the most resolute building endeavors ever undertaken by man. Davis's aesthetic is cool and refined, her sparse composition and controlled modeling of light evoke solitude and contemplation." Signed by Author.

First edition, limited issue. One of 100 numbered copies [and 26 lettered copies] signed at rear by Patti Smith; this copy marked "O/S, " perhaps out of series, though there is no hole-punch at the fore edge margin, and no lock and key set present. Bound in publisher's illustrated stapled wraps. Near Fine with shelf wear.

New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1977. Very Good +. New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1977. First Edition, issued in a special edition of 126 copies, of which 100 are numbered and signed, this numbered 41 and signed by Patti Smith. Lacks hole punch and lock and key. Octavo. [16] pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated wraps. General rubbing; binding sound; interior unmarked. Very Good or better. Though free of ownership markings, this copy from the collection of Television frontman Tom Verlaine.

(New York): Ecco, 2010. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Signed first edition, review copy, of Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir of her intimate friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe — inscribed to the longtime Strand Bookstore rare book room manager Craig Anderson. During the time covered by this acclaimed and best-selling memoir, Smith did all manner of jobs to make ends meet while working to develop her artistic voice. And she found steady work at bookshops, including Scribner's, the Gotham Book Mart, and at The Strand — additionally supplementing her income by scouting rare books. Her relationship with Anderson began in the late 1960s, and her relationship to The Strand in particular was important. It was there she gave a rooftop reading to celebrate the release of her first collection of poems, SEVENTH HEAVEN. An evocative association, tying together to her creative life and the book world of NYC. The first genuine and significant association copy of this finely-crafted portrait of 1970s bohemian New York we've encountered. 9'' x 5.75''. Original publisher's blindstamped purple cloth, silver-lettered spine. Original unclipped ($27.00) photographic dust jacket designed by Allison Saltzman. Photos of Smith and Mapplethorpe in text and at rear. XII, 279, [1], [12] pages. Inscribed by Smith on title page: "March, 2011 / To Craig / Patti Smith." Ecco press release and promotional materials loosely laid in. Spine ends gently nudged, tiny spot of dust-soil to lower edge of textblock. Else bright, clean, and sharp.

First edition, first and only printing. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies (this being #1/50), signed by Davis, in a deluxe clamshell box, with an original 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 inch toned gelatin silver print "Meroe, Sudan, 1988" (print edition of 50 also numbered and signed in black ink by Davis on verso). Hardcover. Cloth, no dust jacket as issued (for Limited Edition). Photographs by Lynn Davis. Edited by David Whitney. Texts by Patti Smith and Rudolph Wurlitzer. 136 pp. with 60 four-color plates. 11-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches. New in publisher's original packaging (book, print and clamshell box all in flawless, pristine condition). From the publisher: "Over the years, Lynn Davis has become widely celebrated for her large-scale photographs of "monuments" of the human and natural landscape. Her forthcoming monograph, Monument, presents images made in Egypt, Australia, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, Lebanon, Greenland, and the United States. Whether depicting the ancient pyramids of Giza, the temples of Cambodia, or the icebergs of Greenland, Davis articulates both the omnipotent forces of nature and the most resolute building endeavors ever undertaken by man. Davis's aesthetic is cool and refined, her sparse composition and controlled modeling of light evoke solitude and contemplation." Signed by Author.

First edition, first printing. Signed by Patti Smith on the title page. Bound in original black cloth lettered in blind on the upper board and in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with boards slightly splayed. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light general wear; small spot of bleeding from black cloth onto the verso of the dust jacket. Poems, prose, lyrics, drawings and photographs. Uncommon in the cloth issue.