The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures by Writers
Friedman, Donald; William H. Gass, John Updike, Edward Gorey, Patti Smith, Bruno Schultz, et al.
The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures by Writers
Friedman, Donald; William H. Gass, John Updike, Edward Gorey, Patti Smith, Bruno Schultz, et al.
Publisher: Mid-List Press
Date published: 2007
Minneapolis, MN: Mid-List Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Oblong 4to, cloth-covered boards in dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelfwear to book includes mild waviness to pages, with contents bright and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has mild age-toning, a one-inch closed tear to edge of rear panel, and price sticker to rear panel.
Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Quarto [31 cm] Green cloth over boards. In the dust jacket with light soiling. May require extra postage due to weight. 50 color illustrations. A collection of flower photographs by celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. All in color and featuring some of his final work.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. appears unused.; 93pp., b/w photos by patti smith. part of the why i write series. the 2016 windham-campbell lecture.. First Edition /First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Fascinating autobiography by celebrated American poet and musician, including her close friendship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. 365 pages, illustrations (some col.). First UK edition of the illustrated edition, first printing. White cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
NY: Vintage, 2020. Bound in black, gray and white self-wraps, illustrated by photos by Ms. Smith. Signed by the author (signature only) on the title page. 207 pp. Damp stain to rear panel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published.
London: Bloomsbury. 2019. Octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, illus endpapers, pp 173. Near fine condition in like, d.j. The legendary singer/writer documents a year of wandering around the United States, illustrated with her Polaroid photographs, 1st UK Edition. Boards in d.j..
NY: W. W. Norton and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780393036053 . x, 177 pages. Black and white photos, acknowledgments, and credits. A collection of poems and writings with photos by Robert Mapplethorpe, Judy Linn, and others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 174pp. Duodecimo [21cm] Red paper over boards. Title stamped in silver ink on spine. "YOM" blind stamped into front board. Slight bend in top of backstrip. Deckled edged paper. In this solitary journey, Patti Smith "melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape"(From the publisher) in a mix of both fact and fiction. Including 35 of Smith's famous polaroid illustrations, she manages to start off on a simple voyage only to end up experiencing one of the most harrowing, and sorrowful years of her life. Entrancing and often humorous, Patti Smith carries her head high through it all, just as she carries the reader through her story.
US: Bulfinch , 1990-10-01. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 50 plates in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A collection of the acclaimed photographer's flower images features pieces from his final years. Record # 350849
W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1996. Book. Illus. by Photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Unmarked and solid copy. Jacket shows some shelf wear, with minor rubbing on the front and some light brown drip stains on the back..
Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 1892041073 . Toned b&w photos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages; 1999 Arena Editions. Oversize HC/DJ 1st trade edition. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Lavishly and beautifully printed on heavy paper. Just trace shelf/handling evidence to jacket edges and a superficial shelf tap bottom front corners. Handsome copy. NF/NF ... Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .
Arena Editions, December 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Minor dent to the center of the front coverboard that is only notable in the right light or when felt. Otherwise a Fine copy. DJ is now protected by a mylar cover.
New York: Random House, 2022. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Would be fine but for a tiny dent in the cloth at the bottom of the spine. Completely clean. Stated first edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. 7" high X 5" wide, 386 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Ecco. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2015. Hardcover. 9780062345011 . A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. Small remainder dot bottom edge. DJ in very nice condition. Scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages .
Knopf, 2019. first. hardcover. near fine/fine. SIGNED first edition, as stated on copyright page. Almost all pages have large wrinkles, sold-as is. Book near fine but wrinkles. Dust jacket fine.
(New York): HarperCollins, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 279pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Slightly cocked spine else fine in a fine dust jacket.
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