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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: 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.

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.

A New (Pristine Condition) copy in a New (Pristine Condition) dust jacket; a tight copy; that was bought new and never read; opened only for signing. First Edition Thus-First Printing with a full number line ending with a 1. This is the New Directions augmented anniversary edition. The original edition of "Woolgathering" was part of a series of small books that were published by Hanuman Books from New York City's Hotel Chelsea. Signed, signature only, on the Title page, by Acclaimed Singer-Song Writer, Poet, Visual Artist, and Author Patti Smith, in person, during her Author event in New York City on October 11, 2014. An event announcement will be included. "Woolgathering" is a great book about becoming an artist, a radiant autobiographical piece. "Woolgathering" celebrates the sacred nature of creation with Patti Smith's beautiful style. This book described as "Glorious" by NPR, "Spellbinding" by Booklist, and "Shockingly Beautiful" by New York Magazine. Rest assured, this signed collectible copy in Pristine condition, is well protected, in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. Signed by Patti Smith directly on the front free endpaper. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.

Signed by Patti Smith directly on the front free endpaper. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.

First printing. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy, new and unread. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page--the author's name only, with no other marks or writing. Purchased new and opened only for author signature. You cannot find a better copy.