Search results 72 Found

Paris, France: Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain. Very Good. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This book is hard-bound in burgundy covers with a black leather spine, with light gray stamping to the upper cover and spine, with a pictorial paste-down on the upper cover. There is some very light rubbing to the edges of the spine-ends, as well as somne light wear to the very top and bottom of the joints, but with the covers in otherwise excellent condition. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with 250, black & white photo illustrations throughout. This book is signed/inscribed by the author/artist Patti Smith on the title-page. Laid-in at the front of the book is a folded booklet/pamphlet titled, "Patti Smith, A Pythagorean Traveler. An Evening of Words and Song, January 11, 2007," which is signed by Patti Smith on the inside. Also included with the book is the padded, mailing envelope which was used to ship the book between the collector and the author/artist (The envelope is torn open, but added for provenance.) - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. ; Signed by Author .

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. Signed on the cover by Smith in black ink.

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.

First edition, published simultaneously in French (as here) and in Flemish (Dutch); including correspondence with Patti Smith, in English, about her participation in Rimbaud's sesquicentenary 2004, and a reproduction of her portrait "St. Rimbaud 1973", pages 80–[91]. Inscribed "To Marshal Pierce" and signed "Patti Smith | NYC" on the title-page (page 3). Marshal Lawrence Pierce (b. 1961) published the fictional Lost diaries of Jim Morrison 2003. -- Spine title: Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891): Une saison en enfer. Cover title: Passeport. -- References: OCLC 799201252 &c. Not in Byler-Mills!

First edition, published simultaneously in Flemish (as here) and in French; including correspondence with Patti Smith, in English, about her participation in Rimbaud's sesquicentenary 2004, and a reproduction of her portrait "St. Rimbaud 1973", pages 80-[91]. Inscribed "To Marshal Pierce" and signed "Patti Smith | X" on the title-page (page 3). Marshal Lawrence Pierce (b. 1961) published the fictional Lost diaries of Jim Morrison 2003. -- Spine title: Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891): Une saison en enfer. Cover title: Paspoort. -- References: Byler-Mills b1194710; OCLC 57149177.

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).

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.

Los Angeles: The Getty Research Institute,, 2016. First edition, first printing. Signed by three of the contributors, Terpak, Brunnick and Smith. Quarto. Original illustrated boards, lettering to front cover and spine in white. No dust jacket issued. Illustrated throughout A fine copy.

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 & London: W. W. Norton & Company,, 1994. First edition, limited issue, number 5 of 150 copies signed by the author. "All of the works gathered for this volume were written in the seventies", writes Smith, a time "which we assaulted - blurring and expanding the perimeters of love, consciousness and remorse" (preface). Many of the works appear here for the first time, including previously unpublished pieces from journals, performances, and Smith's personal papers. Octavo. Original black cloth, outer edges paper-covered, spine lettered in silver, facsimile signature on front cover in silver. With dust jacket and slipcase as issued. Illustrated with photographs by Judy Linn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Edward Maxey, and others. Fine.