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.
Hey Joe (Version) / Piss Factory [Single Record Signed by Smith and Kaye]
Patti Smith; Lenny Kaye; Tom Verlaine
Hey Joe (Version) / Piss Factory [Single Record Signed by Smith and Kaye]
Patti Smith; Lenny Kaye; Tom Verlaine
Publisher: Sire Records
Date published: 1977
New York: Sire Records, 1977. Very Good. New York: Sire Records, 1977. Reissue; Special Collectors Edition. 45 rpm / 7ââ¬Â record in photographic sleeve. Sleeve bumped and toned; record clean. Signed by Smith at front panel; signed by Lenny Kaye at rear. Good. Patti Smithââ¬â¢s debut single was first recorded in June 1974 at ââ¬ÅElectric Ladylandââ¬Â and released on Mer Records. It features pianist Richard Sohl and guitarists Tom Verlaine and Lenny Kaye. Kaye produced the single and worked closely with Smith throughout the 70s, performing with her group and contributing to four albums. The sleeve cheekily states ââ¬ÅFree Keith,ââ¬Â presumably a reference to Keith Richardsââ¬â¢ 1977 arrest for possession of heroin.
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition. Title page illustrated by Howard Michels, 45 pp. 8vo. Publisher's printed wrappers with photograph of Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, some toning and superficial scratches to cover, fine. First edition. Title page illustrated by Howard Michels, 45 pp. 8vo. Signed on the cover by Smith in black ink.
New York: SOOJ Press, 2005. Edition of 30, signed by the author and artist. Printed broadside on Arches paper, with two images by Path Soong. 1 vols. 13 x 8.5 inches. Edition of 30, signed by the author and artist. Printed broadside on Arches paper, with two images by Path Soong. 1 vols. 13 x 8.5 inches. Patti Smithââ¬â¢s lyric accompanied by two images by Path Soong, signed by each, in a limitation of 30. Smith first released ââ¬ÅPaths That Crossââ¬Â on her 1988 album Dream of Life.
New York: Ecco, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. From an edition of only 1000 specially bound copies of this National Book Award winning memoir from the singer, songwriter, poet and writer. A very fine copy in blue cloth boards with silk bookmarker in a matching cloth covered clamshell box and with laid in folded text sheet and in a fine example of the publisher's shipping carton. Signed by Smith on the limitation page.
New York: Warner Bros, 1977. 101, [3] pp. 4to. Pictorial wrappers with a couple of chips to bottom edge and one near head of spine, general scuffing, good. 101, [3] pp. 4to. Sheet music for Patti Smith's first two albums, signed on the half-title.
Taschen, 2019. One of 1500 copies of the signed and numbered by Patti Smith and Lynn Goldsmith on the special limitation page. Illustarted with almost 200 photos by Lynn Goldsmith. 296pp. 4to (10.6 x 14.7 inches). Hardcover in clamshell box. Fine. Goldsmith, Lynn. One of 1500 copies of the signed and numbered by Patti Smith and Lynn Goldsmith on the special limitation page. Illustarted with almost 200 photos by Lynn Goldsmith. 296pp. 4to (10.6 x 14.7 inches).
Ecco, Harper Collins, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A fine copy of the signed limited edition, this is number 3 of 1,000 numbered and signed by Patti Smith. Some wear to the publisher's clamshell case.
New York: Norton, 1994. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Number 50 from an edition of 150 copies. A collection of Smith's poems, essays and some of her lyrics. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket and in a very near fine illustrated slipcase. Signed by Smith on the limitation page.
Paris: Edition Fear Press, 1976. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1976 1st French edition, SIGNED BY BOTH PATTI SMITH AND TOM VERLAINE at the rear (across the photo --the negative-- taken of them by M. Esteban). Crisp and very presentable in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with very light wear along the spine and a touch of light rubbing to the front panel. A dual text, with the English version at each verso and the French counterpart to each facing recto. A tall, thin quarto, containing 22 poems all told.
Ha! Ha! Houdini! [Limited Edition, signed by Patti Smith]
Patti Smith
Ha! Ha! Houdini! [Limited Edition, signed by Patti Smith]
Patti Smith
Publisher: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery
Date published: 1977
New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1977. Very Good +. New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1977. First Edition, issued in a special edition of 126 copies, of which 100 are numbered and signed, this numbered 41 and signed by Patti Smith. Lacks hole punch and lock and key. Octavo. [16] pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated wraps. General rubbing; binding sound; interior unmarked. Very Good or better. Though free of ownership markings, this copy from the collection of Television frontman Tom Verlaine.
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1977. First Edition, Limited Issue. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue. One of 100 numbered copies [and 26 lettered copies] signed at rear by Patti Smith; this copy marked "O/S," perhaps out of series, though there is no hole-punch at the fore edge margin, and no lock and key set present. Bound in publisher's illustrated stapled wraps. Near Fine with shelf wear.
Patti Smith Group. Gloria b/w My Generation. Original 45 rpm single, signed by Patti Smith
Smith, Patti
Patti Smith Group. Gloria b/w My Generation. Original 45 rpm single, signed by Patti Smith
Smith, Patti
Publisher: Arista
Date published: 1976
New York: Arista, 1976. First pressing [AS 0171]. 1 vols. 7-inch single. Pictorial sleeve. Fine. First pressing [AS 0171]. 1 vols. 7-inch single. Nice copy of the single of Patti Smithââ¬â¢s Gloria: in Excelsis Deo, interpretation of Van Morrisonââ¬â¢s song, with a punk version of The Whoââ¬â¢s My Generation Signed on the back of the sleeve by Patti Smith in black ink.
Banga [Inscribed from Patti Smith to Tom Verlaine]
Patti Smith
Banga [Inscribed from Patti Smith to Tom Verlaine]
Patti Smith
Publisher: Columbia Records
Date published: 2012
New York: Columbia Records, 2012. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Columbia Records, 2012. First Edition. Signed by Patti Smith to her friend Television frontman Tom Verlaine with inscription, "To Tom love always, Wing." Octavo. Unpaginated. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. CD to pocket at rear. Touch of rubbing to dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to boards. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Near Fine.
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Broadside. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of this early, original Patti Smith broadside, issued by New York's legendary Gotham Book Mart in 1973. #36 OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY PATTI SMITH (within a larger limitation of 300 copies, the remaining 250 unsigned). A single sheet (printed on only one side), consisting of thick, light-blue rag paper, measuring 8 1/2" x 12". (Ironically, given the connection to The Gotham Book Mart, this was written just before, as legend has it, Patti's 1974 short stint working in the bowels of The Strand).
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Patti Smith on the title page. Bound in original black cloth lettered in blind on the upper board and in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with boards slightly splayed. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light general wear; small spot of bleeding from black cloth onto the verso of the dust jacket. Poems, prose, lyrics, drawings and photographs. Uncommon in the cloth issue.
[New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Copy 1 of 125 numbered copies, signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches). Fine. Copy 1 of 125 numbered copies, signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches). Facsimile of Patti Smithââ¬â¢s typed and manuscript notes for a spoken word performance, touching upon all the familiars: William Burroughs, junk, Paul Bowles, news headlines, and more. Printed in an edition of 125 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies. Copy number 1, from the files of Matt Monahan of the Gotham Book Mart. OCLC: 53855758. Provenance: Matthew Monahan; Gary Oleson
[New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Signed, number 103 [of 300]. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Old fold, near fine. Signed, number 103 [of 300]. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. "It was for him that I wrote and dreamed," she wrote about Rimbaud in Just Kids (2010). She was also greatly inspired by her lover and lifelong friend, Tom Verlaine. This piece is especially significant as it dates from the earliest days of their relationship. From the collection of Tom Verlaine
London: Aloes Books, 1976. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. String-tied red printed wrappers. Fine. Twenty-two poems written alternately by Smith and Verlaine. This is copy number 13 of 22 hand-numbered copies with a Rimbaud piece Signed by Patti Smith bound in. The colophon indicates that there were 25 copies signed by both poets, but Verlaine signed none, and the handwritten limitation seems to indicate that there were 22 copies rather than either the 25 stated, or the 20 we've heard speculated. Rare.
Rock n' Rimbaud III. Riverside Plaza Hotel. 253 W 73 8 + 11 p.m. $3.00 October 27
Smith, Patti
Rock n' Rimbaud III. Riverside Plaza Hotel. 253 W 73 8 + 11 p.m. $3.00 October 27
Smith, Patti
Date published: 1974
[New York, 1974. Signed, numbered edition (unknown limitation); this one number T.. 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. Fine. Signed, numbered edition (unknown limitation); this one number T. 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches. Patti Smith played the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York on October 27, 1974, before the debut of her album Horses. Smith and Verlaine were romantically involved at the time. The same artwork (with a printed signature) was included as the back cover of The Night (Ales Books, 1976), her exquisite corpse poetry book made with Verlaine. From the collection of Tom Verlaine
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endpaper: The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).