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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2015. Nice copy in its first printing. Signed by author on second free endpaper. Unmarked, tight and square. Crisp, unread copy. Price intact jacket has two nicks on rear panel, else fine. In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardccover. Fine/Near Fine to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[Memoir] Smith, Patti. Year of the Monkey. New York: Knopf, 2019. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with a couple of pages roughly handled in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. in this memoir, 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, in which she debates intellectual grifters and spars with the likes of a postmodern Cheshire Cat. Then, in February 2016, a surreal lunar year begins, bringing unexpected turns, heightened mischief, and inescapable sorrow. For Smith—inveterately curious, always exploring, always writing—this becomes a year of reckoning with the changes in life's gyre: with loss, aging, and a dramatic shift in the political landscape of America. Taking us from California to the Arizona desert, from a Kentucky farm to the hospital room of a valued mentor, Smith melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape in a haunting, poetic blend of fact and fiction.

New York: The Poetry Project, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 89 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Thick and scarce issue of this seminal little magazine, includes work by Patti Smith, Sam Shepard, Jim Carroll, many others. Unmarked copy, a bit of minor wear and cover soil.

Smith, Patti. Devotion. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. Patti Smith presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsession—a young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story. We travel through the South of France to Camus's house, and visit the garden of the great publisher Gallimard where the ghosts of Mishima, Nabokov, and Genet mingle. Smith tracks down Simone Weil's grave in a lonely cemetery, hours from London, and winds through the nameless Paris streets of Patrick Modiano's novels. Whether writing in a café or a train, Smith generously opens her notebooks and lets us glimpse the alchemy of her art and craft in this arresting and original book on writing.

New York: The Poetry Project, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 63 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Patti Smith makes a very early appearance in this classic issue of The World. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Basel and Paris: Expanded Media Editions, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 4to, 112pp, printed wrappers. Impressive collection of work by Gysin, photographs, and tributes. Text in English. Unmarked copy with waviness to bottom margin throughout (caused by damp exposure, but not musty), minor wear otherwise.

First printing of the author's National Book Award-winning memoirs; fine in fine dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; a crisp square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first printing with complete number line; nearly as new, appears unread; Ms. Smith is one of the most influential songwriter/poets of the punk rock movement.

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.

Original English text with Italian translations. Black and white photographs throughout. First edition (paperback). Heavy shelf wear, curling to corners of front cover, fading, else good in illustrated wraps.; 126 pages.