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Signed by Patti Smith on bookplate affixed to half-title page. Canadian 1st Edition, 1st Printing.

Size: 88x7x132; Flat Signed by Patti Smith on title page. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover with fine dust jacket. Book is in Excellent condition, pages are clean and tight.

Amsterdam: Nexus Institute.2018. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine; white dust wrapper with writing in black and red; pp. [xii], 76; fine. First edition, signed by the author to title page. The New Jerusalem is a long prose poem inspired by the poetry of William Blake and composed using the same linguistic ceremony as John's Revelation, (In John's Revelation, The Revelation of Jesus Christ is communicated to John through prophetic visions). The introduction by philosopher and founder of The Nexus Institute, Rob Riemen, delves deep into the relationship between art and spirituality in The New Jerusalem. Published in this bilingual edition (English and Dutch), all colour illustrations and photographic contributions come from Patti Smith herself, showcasing her eclectic creative talent.

New York: HarperCollins.2005. 8vo. Original publisher's white cloth with gilt lettering to spine; bold authors signature to title page; grey pictorial dust jacket; pp. [xii], 61, [7]; fine. First edition, signed by Patti Smith. In the summer of 2005, Patti Smith curated the Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London, during which she performed her first album Horses in full for the first time. The live performance was later released under Horses, Horses. Auguries of Innocence followed this success; the first book from Patti Smith in over a decade. Known for her celebration of epic literary and artistic profiles, such as Blake and Rimbaud to name but a few, (“Mummer Love,” is a prose poem that brings to life her muse Arthur Rimbaud), the author of Auguries of Innocence is described in the blurb as a "poet and performer who has inscribed her vision of our world in powerful anthems, ballads, and lyrics". As she writes of the beautiful weight and universal resonance of poetry; “it is better to write / then die / a thousand prayers".

First edition. INSCRIBED by Patti Smith on title page. Fine in about fine dust jacket. (61pp. ) (6" X 8 1/2") (Tiny rubbed spot at upper tiip od spine on jacket. ) Poems.; 6" x 8 1/2"; 61 pages.

New York: New Directions, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing with full number line starting at "1". Signed by Patti Smith [in her distinctive signature] on the front endpaper. Small octavo. xii, 80 pages. 16 photos. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a mylar protector. All books shipped in boxes.

New York: Ecco, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 279 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine purple with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$27.00". Small closed tear to tail of spine of dust jacket. Slight staining to bottom edge of text block. Interior pages clean. Signed by Smith on title page. Shelved Case 12. 1404167. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2015. 8vo. Original publisher's brown boards with gilt lettering to spine and an 'M' in blind with beige endpapers, Photographic front wrapper in sepia tones; pp. [xv], 253, [7]; very minimal bumping to head of spine; otherwise a fine copy. Signed First US edition of Smith's second memoir, named by Smith as "a roadmap to my life". "Without a doubt we sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality". The title of M Train is in reference to Patti Smiths "mind train", described as a tangential motor vehicle which "goes to any station it wants". Succeeding the National Book Award-winning and bestselling Just Kids, it begins in Greenwich Village, New York in the place Smith frequents for coffee each morning. The book digresses and traverses between time from a meeting of an Arctic explorers' society in Berlin to a visit to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul to the recounting of personal losses; the tragic death of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in 1989 of Aids and of Smith's husband, the guitarist Frend "Sonic" Smith in 1944 at age 45 and the passing of her brother Todd a mere month after. Joan Didion would write of M Train, "a book so honest and pure that has to count as a rapture". Smith's audio book recording of M Train earned a Grammy award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album.

New York: Rizzoli, 2008. First edition. Near fine.. Signed first printing of this substantial volume of photographs and film stills that chronicle 11 years in the life of Patti Smith. DREAM OF LIFE is the book version of Steve Sebring's 2008 documentary of the same name. The film debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was later awarded "Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary" at Sundance. 10'' x 7.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Illustrated in color and black and white. 434 pages. Signed by both Smith and Sebring to title page. Binding corners and spine ends a touch bumped, a hint of edgewear. Clean and tight.

First edition as stated, first printing, signed by Patti Smith. Oversized black hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. A fine clean tight copy, signed by Patti Smith on the second leaf below her photograph of a typewriter, no other markings. Unclipped dust jacket is fine but for a very short (approx 1/2 of an inch) closed tear to front panel. Uncommon signed.