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8vo, 253 pp., First printing of the first edition.

U.S.A.: Ecco, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page and with numbers 10-1. Near fine book, rubbing on bottom edge of spine. Near fine dust jacket, light wearing on bottom edges of jacket.

New York: Vintage Books, 2020. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Trade paperbound book with integral printed flaps. First printing with complete number run on the copyright page. 205 pp. Includes numerous illustrations. A fine copy. SIGNED BY PATTI ON A GLUED IN BOOKPLATE on the half-title page. A memoir / travelogue.

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.

Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features a preface by Patti Smith and an introduction by Rudolph Wurlitzer. A collection of beautifully printed images of monuments from all over the world. Includes 60 four color images. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some slight bumping to the bottom corners and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. Signed by Davis. A nicely printed book.

(New York): Ecco, 2010. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Smith's acclaimed, best-selling, and National Book Award-winning memoir of her intimate friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. 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. Trace rubbing, shelfwear here and there. Else bright, clean, and sharp overall.

New York: The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, 2000. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Large single sheet of paper, folded twice, else in very good or better condition. Measures 22 x 17" wide. Each year for many years the Poetry Project at St Marks Church in NYC would hold a huge poetry reading marathon with dozens of poets in attendance. This year included Peter Straub, Anne Tardos, Kimberly Lyons, Richard Hell, Tuli Kupferberg, John Girono and dozens more. Poster artwork not identified. This example was mailed to poet Jackson Mac Low.

New York: New Directions, 2011. hardcover. fine/fine. 80pp., small 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: New Directions, (2011). First Edition. Second printing. Fine. Augmented edition of the book originally published in 1992, with photographs taken by the author. Signed on the title page.

(New York): Ecco, (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A collection of poems by Smith who has SIGNED the front endpaper.

Ecco/Harper Collins, 2010. first. hardcover. fine/fine. SIGNED first edition, as stated on copyright page, with number line from 10-1. Signed on a bookplate attached to half-title page. Comes with letter from KCRW/Michael Silverblatt as to how the bookplate was signed by Patti Smith. Book and dust jacket fine.