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Knopf, 2019. first. hardcover. fine/fine. SIGNED first edition, as stated on copyright page. Book and dust jacket fine.

New York: The Poetry Project, 1973. Very Good. New York: The Poetry Project, 1973. First Edition. Tall, slim folio (35.5cm); publisher's white pictorial staple bound wrappers; [90]pp. printed mimeograph. Light wear, faint damp spot to front cover upper spine-edge corner, else Very Good and sound. Substantial who's who of the New York Poetry Project scene, including contributions by Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, Jim Carroll, Gregory Corso, Ed Dorn, Liam O'Gallagher, Bernadette Mayer, Sam Shepard, Patti Smith, Anne Waldman herself, among many many others.

2011 With nine compact discs. Signed by Smith in silver marker to front panel of box. Publisher's black and gold cardboard box, with the same front panel design as the book, designed by Allison Saltzman, lettered in white. Near fine, with a few small nicks and creases to corners and edges of box. Overall, a unique item, scarce signed. Just Kids documents the relationship between singer-songwriter Patti Smith and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who together played a major role in shaping the underground art and punk rock movements in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to being her roommate and lover, Mapplethorpe photographed Smith in the iconic images that later became the covers to her music albums. This memoir chronicles Smith and Mapplethorpe's childhoods, first encounters in New York, romantic relationship, tenure at the Chelsea Hotel, and, naturally, their artistic endeavors that stemmed from their mutual inspiration. According to Janet Maslin's New York Times review, the title "Just Kids" refers to a moment in Washington Square Park in 1967 when a couple saw Smith and Mapplethorpe. While the woman thought that they "looked like artists," her husband brushed the comment off, saying that they were "just kids.". Signed by Author. Compact Discs. Near Fine.

New York: Ecco, 2005 First edition, first printing. Signed by Smith on title page. Publisher's white cloth, with Smith's initials and publisher imprint in blind to front board, and spine lettered in gilt; in its original gray dust jacket designed by High Design, with a Polaroid photo of two cherub friezes to front panel, lettered in white, black, and red. Fine book; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, a pristine copy. Patti Smith's first poetry collection in more than ten years, Auguries of Innocence contains poems including "The Lovecrafter," "Sleep of the Dodo," "The Long Road," "Birds of Iraq," "The Geometry Blinked Ruin Unimaginable," and "Mummer Love." "Birds of Iraq" is a particularly interesting poem, weaving the United States' bombing of Baghdad with biographical details of Virginia Woolf. The book's title comes from William Blake's same-titled poem, and Smith includes a couplet from Blake's poem as an epigraph: "A skylark wounded in the wing, / A cherubim does cease to sing." "[Patti Smith's] influences are eclectic and striking: Blake, Rimbaud, Picasso, Arbus, and Johnny Appleseed. Smith is an American original; her poems are oracles for our times." . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

New York: New Directions, 2011. hardcover. fine/fine. 80pp., small 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: New Directions, (2011). First Edition. Second printing. Fine. Augmented edition of the book originally published in 1992, with photographs taken by the author. Signed on the title page.

(New York): Ecco, (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A collection of poems by Smith who has SIGNED the front endpaper.

New York: Arista, 1975. Softcover. Near Fine. Original 12" 33 1/3 rpm vinyl album. Produced by John Cale. Light wear from playing, else near fine in a very good illustrated cardboard sleeve with a hole punched through the top right corner, rubbing, and bumping. Inscribed by Smith on the back cover, underneath the names, which are difficult to make out, she writes, "Na-ja. Nin-ja. Tongue of love.

[Wisconsin: Patti Smith Fan Club, 1977. 1 p, photo-offset. 4to. Some toning. 1 p, photo-offset. 4to. An orphan broadside from the official newsletter of the Patti Smith Fan Club, which was published by Nanalee Berry with help from Beverly, Patti's mother. This issue came with multiple pieces of ephemera, produced only for this distribution Reads: house doctor in the womb of pleasure house doctor in the womb of care. house doctor and he feels the fervor your morning w/o your nowhere. a new machine wherein a twist of the dials causes the image to project from your face.

New York: HarperCollins, 2010 First edition, first printing. Signed by Smith on title page. Publisher's purple cloth, with Smith and Mapplethorpe's initials in blind to front board, spine lettered in silver foil, and black endpapers; in its original purple pictorial dust jacket designed by Allison Saltzman, with a 1969 photo of Smith and Mapplethorpe to front panel, lettered in gray. Touch of wear to head of spine, else fine book; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with a few faint creases to head of spine and top edge of jacket, and light toning to top and bottom edges of front and rear flaps. Overall, an excellent signed copy of Smith's universally acclaimed memoir. Just Kids documents the relationship between singer-songwriter Patti Smith and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who together played a major role in shaping the underground art and punk rock movements in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to being Smith's roommate and lover, Mapplethorpe photographed her and those iconic images later became the covers to her music albums. The memoir chronicles their childhoods, first encounters in New York, romantic relationship, tenure at the Chelsea Hotel, and their artistic endeavors that stemmed from their mutual inspiration. According to Janet Maslin's New York Times review, the title Just Kids refers to a moment in Washington Square Park in 1967 when a couple saw Smith and Mapplethorpe. While the woman thought that they "looked like artists," her husband brushed the comment off, saying that they were "just kids.". Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

London: London Features International, 1976. Vintage photograph of Patti Smith onstage at the Roundhouse in London on May 17, 1976. Stamp and label of London Features International crediting photographer Paul Cox on the verso. The Patti Smith Group toured the US and Europe in 1976 in support of their groundbreaking 1975 album "Horses." From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches, archivally matted in a 14 x 11 inch 8-ply white mat. Near Fine.