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  • Date published: 1973
New York: Gotham Book Mart,, 1973. A lovely copy First edition, signed limited issue, number 54 of 100 copies specially bound and signed by the author; an additional 26 lettered copies were produced for the personal use of the author and publisher, as well as a trade issue published in wrappers. Witt was Smith's fifth poetry collection. Octavo. Original black cloth, photographic onlay by Robert Mapplethorpe on front board, lettered in black. Illustrated title page by Howard Michels. Boards very slightly bowed and a little rubbed, a couple of faint marks to onlay, contents clean; a near-fine copy.
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Peter Harrington (GBR)
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  • Publisher: Middle Earth Books
  • Date published: 1972
Philadelphia: Middle Earth Books, 1972. First Edition. A well-preserved copy of one of Smith's earliest works - one of three chapbooks published the same year that Seventh Heaven, her first full-length book, was published by Telegraph Books. This collection of poems was published by the Philadelphia-based bookshop Middle Earth Books, founded in 1969 and owned by Samuel and Sims Amico. Their shop, located at 1134 Pine Street, was a hub for the underground literary and arts scene, hosting readings as well as embarking on a publishing venture. In a 1995 interview, when A.D. Amorosi asked Smith about the significance of Middle Earth Books, she replied: "If it wasn't my first reading, it was the first out-of-town thing because I was living in New York at the time, which made it very exciting. Like a first job...I was 22 and Robert Mapplethorpe and I were living together...in the Chelsea Hotel and he took the Polaroid for the cover. Didn't make any money (laughs) but just the thrill of seeing one's work, that someone thought it worthy of printing..." (Sly, Margery. Blog post: "Patti Smith at Middle Earth Books." March 31, 2022). The most elusive and desirable of Smith's early books, uncommon in commerce. OCLC notes 10 holdings. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.48. Slim octavo (21.5cm); offset printed sheets, hand-sewn into pictorial card wrappers; [20]pp. Light wear to wrapper extremities, mild touch of separation between rear pastedown and inner rear wrapper; contents fresh; Near Fine.
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books (USA)
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  • Publisher: Harper Collins
  • Date published: 2010
  • ISBN: 9780066211312
New York: Harper Collins, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This First Edition - First Printing of the book about Patti Smith's life with Robert Mapplethorpe is beautifully signed by the legendary performer in black pen on the title page. The book was signed in person at the Skylight Books here in Los Angeles on Jan 19, 2010. A photo of the signing will be included with the purchase. Also included .is a combine painting of a womans face done on a cloth head form by Robert Maplethorpe . This piece is from Robert Mapplethorpe's estate and is visible in the documentary "Chelsea Hotel 1970" at 8 minutes 47 seconds (available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wtfo9OJAuE ) and in the HBO Documentary "Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures" at 17 minutes and 47 seconds. In the late 1960's Robert Mapplethorpe studied the Rauschenberg technique of combine painting at the Pratt Institute in New York. As he had this in his apartment with his iconic hat on it in 1970 that fits with it having been a project of his for school. I obtained the piece from Art Director / Production Designer William Doig (https://www.showstudio.com/contributors/bill_doig). In October 1989 he was working as the manager in an antique collectable shop in the Soho district in Manhattan. An associate of Dimitri Levas brought a number of items into the store that were not going to be part of the Mapplethorpe Auction at Christies. This item was one of the pieces brought in for them to sell. William Doig purchased this for himself. A letter from William Doig will be included with the purchase..
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Oddball Books (USA)
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  • Publisher: Gotham Book Mart
  • Date published: 1973
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Near Fine. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Editions, lettered issues "T" and "V" signed by Patti Smith at colophon. These copies given to Television frontman and Smith collaborator and partner Tom Verlaine. "T" copy additionally inscribed, "for Tom Verlaine, 'son of a neck,'" quoting Rilke's "Fifth Elegy." "V" copy with additional drawing at colophon by Smith of Verlaine. Octavos. 45 pp. Bound in black cloth with Mapplethorpe photo of Smith mounted to front. A couple surface scratches; binding sound; pages unmarked. Near Fine. A lovely association, published the year Smith and Verlaine met and a year before she saw him at CBGB and, according to her New Yorker eulogy of her friend, thought to herself, "Had I been a boy, I would've been him.
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (USA)
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