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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.