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(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.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 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.

London: Aloes Books, 1976. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. String-tied red printed wrappers. Fine. Twenty-two poems written alternately by Smith and Verlaine. This is copy number 13 of 22 hand-numbered copies with a Rimbaud piece Signed by Patti Smith bound in. The colophon indicates that there were 25 copies signed by both poets, but Verlaine signed none, and the handwritten limitation seems to indicate that there were 22 copies rather than either the 25 stated, or the 20 we've heard speculated. Rare.

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies signed and numbered by the author, in special binding. Title page illustrated by Howard Michels, 45 pp. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth with pasted on cover, photograph of Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, near fine. First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies signed and numbered by the author, in special binding. Title page illustrated by Howard Michels, 45 pp. 8vo. Inscribed to Matthew Monahan, director of the Gotham Book Mart: "To Matthew – for Taking care of my carnal desires for Trocci, Burroughs & Bowles. xxx Patti Smith / 18 June 75..." She has further inscribed the colophon: "9 – quiet foam bubbling from mouth of the dead blonde boy." Laid-in are a postcard advertising the release of the book and an exhibition of drawings by Smith, and another postcard advertising a second show of drawings by Smith.