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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.

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.

First edition, first and only printing. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies (this being #7/50), signed by Davis, in a deluxe clamshell box, with an original, framed 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 inch toned gelatin silver print "Meroe, Sudan, 1988" (print edition of 50 also numbered and signed in black ink by Davis on verso). The print is mounted in a custom hardwood frame with special ply double-cloth mat by noted framer Randolph Laub. Hardcover. Cloth, no dust jacket as issued (for Limited Edition). Photographs by Lynn Davis. Edited by David Whitney. Texts by Patti Smith and Rudolph Wurlitzer. 136 pp. with 60 four-color plates. 11-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches. New in publisher's original packaging (book, print and clamshell box all in flawless, pristine condition). From the publisher: "Over the years, Lynn Davis has become widely celebrated for her large-scale photographs of "monuments" of the human and natural landscape. Her forthcoming monograph, Monument, presents images made in Egypt, Australia, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, Lebanon, Greenland, and the United States. Whether depicting the ancient pyramids of Giza, the temples of Cambodia, or the icebergs of Greenland, Davis articulates both the omnipotent forces of nature and the most resolute building endeavors ever undertaken by man. Davis's aesthetic is cool and refined, her sparse composition and controlled modeling of light evoke solitude and contemplation." From David Fahey: "Randolph Laub is quite simply a master framer. He is someone you can trust to create an individual frame that compliments the spirit and physical characteristics of artwork and enhances the character of a photograph. Many of the artists and collectors from the Fahey/Klein Gallery, including myself, have been among his longtime regular clients and we often refer to his frames as works of art in their own right." Signed by Author.

Rare collection of first and limited editions, catalogs and magazines signed by American rock legend Patti Smith. Approximately twenty volumes, each signed by Smith, the collection includes a first edition of New Women in Rock (New York: Delilah/Putnam, 1982), a signed limited edition of Rimbaud (Zurich: Vasellari, 1991), a first edition of Strange Messenger: The Work of Patti Smith (Pittsburgh: The Andy Warhol Museum, 2002), a first edition of Robert Mapplethorpe Portraits Patti Smith Dessins (Paris: Baudoin Lebon, 1998), the July/August 1996 issue of Option Music and Culture, the March 1998 issue of Time Out: New York, several copies of the November 2011 issue of Interview, a January 1998 issue of Goldmine, and a collection of photograph negatives and prints of Smith with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Andy Warhol. Each document is in near fine to fine condition. A unique collection. Referred to as the "punk poet laureate", American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet Patti Smith became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Smith placed 47th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize.

Rare collection of first and limited editions, catalogs and magazines signed by American rock legend Patti Smith. Approximately twenty volumes, each signed by Smith, the collection includes a first edition of New Women in Rock (New York: Delilah/Putnam, 1982), a signed limited edition of Rimbaud (Zurich: Vasellari, 1991), a first edition of Strange Messenger: The Work of Patti Smith (Pittsburgh: The Andy Warhol Museum, 2002), a first edition of Robert Mapplethorpe Portraits Patti Smith Dessins (Paris: Baudoin Lebon, 1998), the July/August 1996 issue of Option Music and Culture, the March 1998 issue of Time Out: New York, several copies of the November 2011 issue of Interview, a January 1998 issue of Goldmine, and a collection of photograph negatives and prints of Smith with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Andy Warhol. Each document is in near fine to fine condition. A unique collection. Referred to as the "punk poet laureate", American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet Patti Smith became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Smith placed 47th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize.

First edition, letter "T" of the lettered issue. Signed by Patti Smith on the limitation page and additionally inscribed to Television front-man, former lover and life-long friend, "for Tom Verlaine / 'son of a neck'" (quoting Rilke's "Fifth Elegy"). Provenance: from the collection of the late rock musician, Tom Verlaine. Smith and Verlaine were both significant figures in the New York punk and art scene of the 1970s, and known for their close personal and professional relationship. 45 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, photographic portrait paste-on of the author by Robert Mapplethorpe to upper cover. Fine. Accompanied by a note provided by Smith explaining it's sister copy, "Letter V", which was also gifted to Tom Verlaine along with this copy, "Letter T", now resides with her: "This is letter T of Witt, actually pronounced white. But with wit intentions. I gave it to Tom when we lived on East 11th Street. Later I give him a V, which is now thoughtfully in my hands. So you who now hold T and I the V are Tom connected. Patti Smith NYC." On the verso is a charming pencil sketch of Tom Verlaine, captioned "A nose like a diamond / TV / It's a fact, a nose like a diamond, Tom." With an additional note on Smith's personalized Cartier stationary and envelope marked by her with the letter "T", "A note with a small drawing of Tom to accompany T of Witt with all good wishes Patti Smith". A beautiful association copy published the year the two musicians met, seen as an eternal link between Verlaine and Smith by Smith herself.

First edition, letter "T" of the lettered issue. Signed by Patti Smith on the limitation page and additionally inscribed to Television front-man, former lover and life-long friend, "for Tom Verlaine / 'son of a neck'" (quoting Rilke's "Fifth Elegy"). Provenance: from the collection of the late rock musician, Tom Verlaine. Smith and Verlaine were both significant figures in the New York punk and art scene of the 1970s, and known for their close personal and professional relationship. 45 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, photographic portrait paste-on of the author by Robert Mapplethorpe to upper cover. Fine. Accompanied by a note provided by Smith explaining it's sister copy, "Letter V", which was also gifted to Tom Verlaine along with this copy, "Letter T", now resides with her: "This is letter T of Witt, actually pronounced white. But with wit intentions. I gave it to Tom when we lived on East 11th Street. Later I give him a V, which is now thoughtfully in my hands. So you who now hold T and I the V are Tom connected. Patti Smith NYC." On the verso is a charming pencil sketch of Tom Verlaine, captioned "A nose like a diamond / TV / It's a fact, a nose like a diamond, Tom." With an additional note on Smith's personalized Cartier stationary and envelope marked by her with the letter "T", "A note with a small drawing of Tom to accompany T of Witt with all good wishes Patti Smith". A beautiful association copy published the year the two musicians met, seen as an eternal link between Verlaine and Smith by Smith herself.