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Very Good in Wraps: shows mild rubbing and faint consequent soiling to the white self-wrappers; two overlapping hole-punches near the lower corner of the rear panel; faint sun-toning to the upper outside edges of the rear panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and the noted imperfections. NOT a Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.5 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches) . Illustrated with a line drawing at the title page by Howard Michels. Cover portrait photograph of the author by Robert Mapplethorpe. Language: English. Weight: 3 ounces. Paperback. Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released twelve albums, including Horses, which has been hailed as one of the top one hundred debut albums of all time by Rolling Stone. Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. Her books include Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award in 2010, Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence. In 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honor given to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 43 pages

About fine in stapled pictorial printed wrappers. (Signature of singer/songwriter Michael R. J. Roth at head of inside front cover. Slight trace of shelf soiling on rear cover) (B)