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London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 10th printing (2010). 291pp. SIGNED by Patti Smith on publisher's bookplate mounted on title page. Near Fine/Near Fine copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2010.

New Directions, November 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible (VG)/Very Good. Signed. First. VG/VG. first printing. signed in black ink to the full title page with no inscription. Unclipped jacket in brodart sleeve.

Ecco, 2010-01-19. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. First edition stated; full number line. Inscribed by Smith to former owner on half title page, in metallic gold felt pen: "To Janet" (see photo). Medium bumping to tail of spine, light bump to head, mild softening to leading edge corners of boards, with corresponding wear to dust jacket. Lower leading edges of dust jacket on verso show approx. 1" x 0.25" area of light color transfer from purple boards. Boards otherwise clean. Pages are clean, crisp, securely bound.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. 71pp. White cloth spine, cream boards. Red titles on spine and red initials on front board. Dust jacket has a single small, closed tear at top edge on back. Jacket presents well in mylar. Signed by Smith on the title page in black ink and inscribed to Robert & Ursula. Smith's poetic elegy for her great friend, the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. In 2008, Smith released an album sharing the book's title, with musical accompaniment by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, which was recorded during two live performances of the material. An uncommon title signed. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

A short memoir of Smith's younger days as a twenty-something on Greenwich Village's famous MacDougal Street. Published by Hanuman Books as a paperback original twenty years earlier, with a very small distribution, this is a revamped hardcover edition, with additional writing omitted from the first printing, supplemented with new photographs and illustrations. Flawless copy, new in dw and SIGNED by Smith on the title page. Uncommon in spite of its recent vintage!

A deluxe limited hardcover edition, signed by Patti Smith, Just Kids, Smith's New York Times bestsellingfirst book of prose, offers a never-before-seen glimpse of the iconic American musician's remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. Limited to a numbered 1,000 copy print run, Just Kids Limited Edition (No. 817) is a beautiful keepsake that tells through words and pictures an honest and moving story of youth and friendship."[Just Kids] reminds us that innocence, utopian ideals, beauty and revolt are enlightenment's guiding stars in the human journey. Her book recalls, without blinking or faltering, a collective memory — one that guides us through the present and into the future." — Michael Stipe, Time magazine"Reading rocker Smith's account of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, it's hard not to believe in fate. How else to explain the chance encounter that threw them together, allowing both to blossom? Quirky and spellbinding." — People, Top 10 Books of 2010"The most enchantingly evocative memoir of funky-but-chic New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s that any alumnus has yet committed to print." — Janet Maslin's top 10 books of 2010, New York Times"Composed of incandescent sentences more revelatory than anything from Patti Smith's poems or songs, her romantic memoir also reveals what blunt narrative instruments the earlier career bios of her and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe have been." — Village Voice, Best Books of 2010 Round-Up"Smith's beautifully crafted love letter to her friend Robert Mapplethorpe functions as a memento mori of a relationship fueled by passion for art and writing. Her elegant eulogy lays bare the chaos and the creativity so embedded in that earlier time and in Mapplethorpe's life and work." — Publishers Weekly, Top Ten Books of the Year"Poetically written and vividly remembered. [Smith] reminded me of the idealism of art." — Matthew Weiner, creator of MAD MEN, in New York magazine"A spellbinding portrait of bohemian New York in the late 1960s and early '70s." — New York Times Book Review, Paperback Row"One of the best things I've ever read in my life." — Don Imus"Sometimes there is justice in the world. That was my first thought when I heard that Patti Smith had won the National Book Award this fall for her glorious memoir, Just Kids." — Maureen Corrigan's favorite books of 2010, NPR's Fresh Air"[JUST KIDS] offers a revealing account of the fears and insecurities harbored by even the most incendiary artists, as well as their capacity for reverence and tenderness." — USA Today"Smith's writing about her early days with Mapplethorpe is fervid and incantatory but never falls into incoherence." — The Oregonian (Portland)"A heartbreakingly sweet recollection of just that sort of vanished Bohemian life...Just as [Smith] stands out as an artiste in a movement based on collectivism, her singular voice gleams among rock memoirs as a work of literature." — Boston Globe"Just Kids shows how Smith integrated the romance of her twenty-year friendship with Mapplethorpe with her historical preoccupations, elevating them to an almost sacred status. The past, for Smith, has always driven her life forward. If only we could all be so free-spirited." — The Rumpus"Patti Smith's telling of the years she spent with Robert Mapplethorpe is full of optimism sprinkled with humor...JUST KIDS...is sorely lacking in irony or cynicism; Smith's worldview is infectious. She's a jumble of influences, but that's part of her charm." — Austin American-Statesman"A moving portrait of the artist as a young woman, and a vibrant profile of Smith's onetime boyfriend and lifelong muse, Robert Mapplethorpe, who died of AIDS in 1989...JUST KIDS is ultimately a wonderful portal into the dawn of Smith's art." — Los Angeles Times"A remarkable book --sweet and charming and many other words you wouldn't expect to apply to a punk-rock icon." — Newsday" A story of art, identity, devotion, discovery, and love, the book is [Smith's] first prose work...[it] conjures up the passionate collaboration--as lovers, friends, soul mates, and creators--that she and Mapplethorpe embarked on from the summer they met in Brooklyn in 1967." — Elle"Deeply affecting...a vivid portrayal of a bygone New York that could support a countercultural artistic firmament...the power of this book comes from [Smith's] ability to recall lucid memories in straightforward prose." — BookForum"Funny, fascinating, oddly tender." — O, The Oprah Magazine"Patti Smith's memoir of her youth with Robert Mapplethorpe testifies to a rare and ferocious innocence...'Just Kids' is a book utterly lacking in irony or sophisticated cynicism." — Salon.com"A shockingly beautiful book...a classic, a romance about becoming an artist in the city, written in a spare, simple style of boyhood memoirs like Frank Conroy's 'Stop Time.'" — New York Magazine"[A] beautifully crafted love letter to [Robert Mapplethorpe]...Smith transports readers to what seemed like halcyon days for art and artists in New York...[a] tender and tough memoir...[an] elegant eulogy." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Riveting and exquisitely crafted." — Kirkus Reviews(starred review)"Captivating....a poignant requiem...and a radiant celebration of life. Grade: A." — Entertainment Weekly"More than 30 years after its release, Horses still has the power to shock and inspire young musicians to express themselves with unbridled passion. Now she brings the same raw, lyrical quality to her first book of prose." — Clive Davis, Vanity Fair"In the end, [JUST KIDS is] not just an ode to Mapplethorpe, but a love letter to New York City's '70s art scene itself." — Time Out New York"The most compelling memoir by a rock artist since Bob Dylan's 'Chronicles: Volume One,' written with intimacy and grace...." — Chicago Tribune"Astonishing on many levels, most notably for Smith's lapidary prose....[JUST KIDS] is simply one of the best memoirs to be published in recent years: inspiring, sad, wise and beautifully written." — San Francisco Chronicle"[JUST KIDS] is funny and sad but always exhilarating." — Tampa Tribune"Terrifically evocative and splendidly titled...the most spellbinding and diverting portrait of funky-but-chic New York in the late '60s and early '70s that any alumnus has committed to print....This enchanting book is a reminder that not all youthful vainglory is silly; sometimes it's preparation." — New York Times Book Review"A touching tale of love and devotion." — Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers"JUST KIDS describes [Smith and Mapplethorpe's] ascent with a forthright sweetness that will ring true to anyone who knows her work." — Bloomberg.com"To read JUST KIDS is to be struck by how powerfully the two, especially Smith, believed in the power of art....Despite her music's angry clamor, despite his sometimes revolting images, Smith and Mapplethorpe retain, in her telling, a primal, childlike innocence." — Dallas Morning News"One of the best books ever written on becoming an artist...Jesus may have died for somebody's sins, but Patti Smith lives and writes and sings for all of us." — Washington Post"Remarkable, evocative... JUST KIDS is more than just a gift to [Smith's] ex-lover; it's a gift to everyone who has ever been touched by their art, and to everyone who's ever been in love. Like the best of Smith's music and Mapplethorpe's art, this book is haunting and unforgettable." — NPR Boston"A revelation. In a spellbinding memoir as notable for its restraint as for its lucidity, its wit as well as its grace, Smith tells the story of how she and Robert Mapplethorpe found each other... beautifully crafted, vivid, and indelible." — Booklist"An utterly charming, captivating, intimate portrait of a late 1960s and early 1970s period of intense artistic ferment in downtown Manhattan significantly shaped and keenly observed by rock firebrand Smith." — Philadelphia Inquirer"Smith lovingly depicts the denizens of the Chelsea Hotel - is that Janis Joplin at the bar? - and the >[more...]

2010. Bloomsbury. 2010. 8vo. Original cloth and wrapper; pp. 300, illustrations throughout; fine. First edition signed by Patti Smith to title page. Smith's beautiful account of her relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Ecco, 2010-11-09T00:00:01Z. hardcover. Like New. Signed by Author. Signed Limited Edition, this being #195. Brand New. Blue cloth with matching clamshell case. Comes in original shipping box with complete with pamphlet.

New York: Ecco,, 2010. Signed limited edition, number 205 of 1,000 copies signed by the author, specially bound, and containing a loosely inserted pamphlet with Smith's poem "Reflecting Robert". Smith's celebrated memoir of her relationship with Mapplethorpe won the 2010 National Book Award. It was first published earlier the same year in a trade edition. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, grid incorporating the initials of Smith and Mapplethorpe stamped on front cover in silver and illustrating the endpapers, purple silk bookmarker. Housed in the publisher's matching cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with photographic half-tones. Text printed in purple throughout. All in fine condition.

Collector's Edition (No. 201–1,500) No. 605; numbered and signed by Patti Smith and Lynn Goldsmith.This book includes hundreds of unseen photographs by Lynn Goldsmith and exclusive texts by the unparalleled Patti Smith. This signed edition documents a transformative moment in the artist's career and celebrates two greats.Hardcover in clamshell box.Book is NEW and in AS NEW condition. Clamshell box is NEW and in AS NEW condition. Has been on display in our bookshop with minimal hands-on interactions. Comes in original packing box.