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Pittsburgh: Andy Warhol Museum, (2002). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Patti Smith. Pictorial wraps. Essays by David Greenburg and John W. Smith. Text and color reproductions of paintings and drawings by Smith who has SIGNED the front endpaper.

(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: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1973. Third Printing. Softcover. Good. Trade paperback with pohoto of Patti Smith to front 8.4 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 43. Signed on the front cover in blue ink b y the author. Soiling to covers. Crease and light thumbing to bottom front corner. Unmarked, clean interior. Twenty-two poems. Photographic cover by Robert Maplethorpe.

[Norwich, New York]: SOOJ, 2006. One of 100 signed by artist and author. Painting by Path Soong. Printed on Arches paper. 13 x 8-1/2 inches. Fine. One of 100 signed by artist and author. Painting by Path Soong. Printed on Arches paper. 13 x 8-1/2 inches.

Boston: Telegraph Books, 1972. First Edition. Early Issue, with "First Edition" on copyright page and $2.95 price printed on rear wrapper. Octavo (18.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [10],11-47,[1]pp. Signed by the author in an early hand on the preliminary blank. Modest wear, hint of sunning to spine, ISBN number written in ink on copyright page, with a faint, tiny stain at upper right corner of first six pages, and one underlined sentence on p.11; Very Good. An early book of poems by Smith, several of which first appeared in the pages of Creem, Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, and Metropolitan News, et al. 85304.

New Haven: Yale University Press.2017. 4to. Original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine; black and white photographic dust jacket; pp. [xiv], 93, [7]; fine. Signed first edition. Devotion is a unique and candid portrait of an artist's creative process; an intimate insight into the lineage of inspiraiton. From Simone Weil's grave in London to the South of France and the residence of Albert Camus, Patti Smith takes us, not only on a geographical odyssey, but also a tangential journey through the mind of a writer whilst asking what ingredients it takes to create a piece of work that can be considered 'timeless'. As Smith asks the reader, "Why is one compelled to write? To set oneself apart, cocooned, rapt in solitude, despite the wants of others. Virginia Woolf had her room. Proust his shuttered windows. Marguerite Duras her muted house. Dylan Thomas his modest shed. All seeking an emptiness to imbue with words. The words that will penetrate virgin territory,, crack unclaimed combinations, articulate the infinite".

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: Ecco Press.. Fine with no dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF. SIGNED by patti Smith on half-title page. Fine in printed wrappers. (Slightly discernible rub spot on cover. ) Uncommon advance made even more so signed. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 97 pages .

New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 71pp. White cloth spine, cream boards. Red titles on spine and red initials on front board. Dust jacket has a single small, closed tear at top edge on back. Jacket presents well in mylar. Signed by Smith on the title page in black ink and inscribed to Robert & Ursula. Smith's poetic elegy for her great friend, the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. In 2008, Smith released an album sharing the book's title, with musical accompaniment by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, which was recorded during two live performances of the material. An uncommon title signed..

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.