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New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition. Title page illustrated by Howard Michels, 45 pp. 8vo. Publisher's printed wrappers with photograph of Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, some toning and superficial scratches to cover, fine. First edition. Title page illustrated by Howard Michels, 45 pp. 8vo. Signed on the cover by Smith in black ink.

New York: Sire Records, Inc, 1977. Reprint. Very Good. 45 rpm record in original photo-illustrated paper sleeve. This is the Special Collectors Edition re-issue from 1977 on Sire Records (SRE 1009). Contains Patti's Hey Joe (Version) on the A Side and Piss Factory on the B Side of the record. Record is in clean very good condition. The sleeve is somewhat worn and toned, but in overall good to very good condition. The sleeve is boldly SIGNED by Patti on the front and also SIGNED by Lenny Kaye on the back panel of the sleeve. The record was produced by Lenny Kaye for Robert Mapplethorpe and was originally recorded on June 5, 1974 on Mer Records 601.

New York: SOOJ Press, 2005. Edition of 30, signed by the author and artist. Printed broadside on Arches paper, with two images by Path Soong. 1 vols. 13 x 8.5 inches. Edition of 30, signed by the author and artist. Printed broadside on Arches paper, with two images by Path Soong. 1 vols. 13 x 8.5 inches. Patti Smith’s lyric accompanied by two images by Path Soong, signed by each, in a limitation of 30. Smith first released “Paths That Cross” on her 1988 album Dream of Life.

No Place: Privately Printed, 1978. No edition. Loose Sheets. Near Fine. Single sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" paper with a grainy photographic image of punk rocker Patti Smith standing with her right hand in salue near fer forehead. She is identified at the bottom of the sheet as r.e.f.m and as Patti Smith Group on the left-hand edge of the paper. SIGNED in blue ink by Patti. Scarce handbill / flyer.

No Place: Path Soong, 2005. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Single sheet broadside with a poem by Patti Smith and illustrations by Path Soong. #2 of 25 artist proof copies SIGNED BY BOTH WRITER AND ARTIST (there were also 30 other signed copies). Fine condition. Broadside measures 8 1/2 x 13" tall.

Taschen, 2019. One of 1500 copies of the signed and numbered by Patti Smith and Lynn Goldsmith on the special limitation page. Illustarted with almost 200 photos by Lynn Goldsmith. 296pp. 4to (10.6 x 14.7 inches). Hardcover in clamshell box. Fine. Goldsmith, Lynn. One of 1500 copies of the signed and numbered by Patti Smith and Lynn Goldsmith on the special limitation page. Illustarted with almost 200 photos by Lynn Goldsmith. 296pp. 4to (10.6 x 14.7 inches).

Ecco, Harper Collins, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A fine copy of the signed limited edition, this is number 3 of 1,000 numbered and signed by Patti Smith. Some wear to the publisher's clamshell case.

New York: Warner Bros, 1977. 101, [3] pp. 4to. Pictorial wrappers with a couple of chips to bottom edge and one near head of spine, general scuffing, good. 101, [3] pp. 4to. Sheet music for Patti Smith's first two albums, signed on the half-title.

Paris: Edition Fear Press, 1976. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1976 1st French edition, SIGNED BY BOTH PATTI SMITH AND TOM VERLAINE at the rear (across the photo --the negative-- taken of them by M. Esteban). Crisp and very presentable in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with very light wear along the spine and a touch of light rubbing to the front panel. A dual text, with the English version at each verso and the French counterpart to each facing recto. A tall, thin quarto, containing 22 poems all told.

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1977. First Edition, Limited Issue. Near Fine. 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: Arista, 1976. First pressing [AS 0171]. 1 vols. 7-inch single. Pictorial sleeve. Fine. First pressing [AS 0171]. 1 vols. 7-inch single. Nice copy of the single of Patti Smith’s Gloria: in Excelsis Deo, interpretation of Van Morrison’s song, with a punk version of The Who’s My Generation Signed on the back of the sleeve by Patti Smith in black ink.

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: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Broadside. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of this early, original Patti Smith broadside, issued by New York's legendary Gotham Book Mart in 1973. #36 OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY PATTI SMITH (within a larger limitation of 300 copies, the remaining 250 unsigned). A single sheet (printed on only one side), consisting of thick, light-blue rag paper, measuring 8 1/2" x 12". (Ironically, given the connection to The Gotham Book Mart, this was written just before, as legend has it, Patti's 1974 short stint working in the bowels of The Strand).

[New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Copy 1 of 125 numbered copies, signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches). Fine. Copy 1 of 125 numbered copies, signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches). Facsimile of Patti Smith’s typed and manuscript notes for a spoken word performance, touching upon all the familiars: William Burroughs, junk, Paul Bowles, news headlines, and more. Printed in an edition of 125 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies. Copy number 1, from the files of Matt Monahan of the Gotham Book Mart. OCLC: 53855758. Provenance: Matthew Monahan; Gary Oleson

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.

New York: Columbia Records, 2012. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Columbia Records, 2012. First Edition. Signed by Patti Smith to her friend Television frontman Tom Verlaine with inscription, "To Tom love always, Wing." Octavo. Unpaginated. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. CD to pocket at rear. Touch of rubbing to dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to boards. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine.

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 and Gallery, 1977. First edition, copy H of 26 lettered copies, lettered and signed by the author. Illustrated. Unpaginated, [16] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers, hole punched with small padlock and key. Some toning to wrappers, near fine. First edition, copy H of 26 lettered copies, lettered and signed by the author. Illustrated. Unpaginated, [16] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nice copy of the lettered state (100 numbered copies were also issued), with the original lock. Smith has lettered this copy “H Ha! Ha!” and signed below on the limitation page.

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.

New York, 1972. Matted 8.25" x 14" offset print signed by Mapplethorpe with an 'X' in green ink and by Smith in black ink. Offset print in green mat, fine. Matted 8.25" x 14" offset print signed by Mapplethorpe with an 'X' in green ink and by Smith in black ink. Features Smith's poem paired with two reproductions of Mapplethorpe photographs of David Croland.

[New York, Paris, etc., 1975. 4to and smaller. Generally very good to fine (some wrinkles and folds). 4to and smaller. A nice clutch of material from Patti Smith’s early years in New York, written or inscribed to Faith Cross, long time employee of the Scribner Book Store, where Smith also worked. a) “Happy birthday to my New York (and very young) mother I have no present for you but real honest-to-goodness love, patti” b) “Happy birthday, Mr Palmer says your spirit will never grow up — Peter Pan salutes you and I say — only flowers in gardens and meadows for you … free spirits and a good birthday, patti” [Undated, in black felt tip pen on the verso of a Charles Scribner’s Sons billhead.] c) [caricature of a bird-headed woman, undated in black felt tip pen, wrinkled] d) “Faith, Good morning thank you for the ice cream — somehow I missed you, I stayed til 6:00 & did my work (no woofs in sight) [doodle of a person with hat] Straw hat” [Undated, in red ballpoint pen on the verso of a Charles Scribner’s Sons billhead, some tears to edges] e) “Thinking of you Christmas New Years & every day xxx I love you, Patti” (on small card) f) Dear Faith, I dropped in to say hello again. My Job around the corner is high paying but sure is lonely. Happy George Washingtons Birthday & all that stuff. I’m waiting on your birthday, Patti (without a drop of soup in my blood)” [On Scribner Book Stores notepaper] g) Printed birthday card, signed “Faith, happy birthday, love patti” h) Dear Faith, I stopped by to see you, just got in from Canada … Things are going pretty well, I’m doing a lot of freelancing Oh Faith! I’m doing a full page story on Blaise Cendrars my literary hero for a new literary magazine called Zygote …I miss you, love, patti” [On Scribner Book Stores notepaper] h) “Abercrombie is gone but I’m still here, merry Christmas, patti” i) Single sheet program for “Femme Fatale: The Three Faces of Gloria, A Religious Entertainment” by Jackie Curtis, where Patti took the role of Paula von Gunta beside Jackie Curtis as Irish “Gloria” Fairchild, and Penny Arcade, produced at La Mama, May 1970. Inscribed on the verso, “To Faith, love to the leading lady behind the scenes! The one who kept me alive to rob the hairdressers! Thank you, Patti!“ Folded. j) Postcard from Paris, postmarked 23 Spetember 1970, “Dear Faith, I found a real neat Turkish guy who feeds me almost as well as you do … Worked in the streets again, the fire eaters are sexier than ever. I miss you as much & more than my own mom, love patti” k) Smith, Patti. Early Morning Dream. [8] pp. [New York, 1972], Pictorial self wrappers, limitation statement on back wrapper: Limited edition 100 [no. 31]. OCLC 16569365. Inscribed inside front cover, “To Faith dirty little tale filled with a lotta clean love — for you! patti smith”. Provenance: Gary Oleson (Waiting for Godot Books)