[New York: Radio Ethiopia, 1978]. Double-sided handbill, with a photo of Smith saluting on recto, and verso printing the lyrics to her song "Ghost Dance" (reproduced from holograph), from her 1978 album Easter. The variation of the lyrics here differs significantly from the recorded song (cf.Collected Lyrics 1970-2015, pp.82-83). Not... More about GHOST DANCE (COMMUNION) / PATTI SMITH GROUP...OUTTA TRACTION / BACK IN ACTION...78 SPEED R.E.F.M

New York: Yipster Times, 1977. First Edition. First appearance of the final draft of Smith's free speech manifesto, a response to a New York radio station refusing to air one of her concerts due to her use of the word "fuck." Contents include articles on the Weather Underground, the "marijuana... More about YOU CAN'T SAY "FUCK" IN RADIO FREE AMERICA [IN] YIPSTER TIMES - VOL.5, NO.2...

[N.p. S.i., 1977]. Lengthy, content-rich manuscript, containing Smith's responses to a quiestionnaire for The Patti Smith Fan Club. The Club's newsletter regularly fielded questions from curious members, printing the responses in each issue; questionnaires were presented to Betty and Kimberly Smith (Patti's mother and sister), Lenny Kaye, Richard Arthur Sohl..... More about ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, CONTAINING SMITH'S RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE PATTI...

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. First Edition. Collection of three essays by Smith, written during a trip to England and France, where she visits Albert Camus's house, Simone Weil's grave, and explores the streets of Patrick Modiano's Paris. Part of Yale University's Why I Write series, based on the... More about DEVOTION - SIGNED

New York: Radio Ethiopia, [1979]. First Edition. Three-sheet zine used as a promotional item during the tour for Wave, the Patti Smith Group's fourth studio album. The first is a variation of a flyer for the group's performance in Los Angeles, featuring the waving hand of Pope Jean Paul I;... More about WAVE: PATTI SMITH GROUP SALUTES POPE JOHN PAUL I - LOS ANGELES

New York: Radio Ethiopia, [1979]. First Edition. Broadside advertising the Patti Smith Group's shows at the Palladium, on May 22-23, 1979. The left half features a portrait of Jesus Christ and the Sacred Heart, next to the lyrics for Smith's song "Hymn." Her signature, illustration of a crucifix, and a.... More about HYMN

[Richmond Center and Milwaukee, WI: The Patti Smith Fan Club], 1976-1980. First Editions. Near complete run of this important Patti Smith fanzine, which functioned as the official newsletter of The Patti Smith Fan Club. All issues were produced under the editorial hand of Club President Nanalee Berry, with Smith's mother... More about PATTI DE L'AME POUR L'AME [A NEAR-COMPLETE RUN

[New York: The Gotham Book Mart], 1973. First Edition. Early broadside by Smith, consisting of her poetic version of Édith Piaf's 1961 song "Mon Vieux Lucien," and an illustration of a woman lying her head down on folded arms. Printed and distributed by The Gotham Book Mart, the total edition... More about MON VIEUX LUCIEN - ONE OF 50 COPIES, SIGNED

N.p. S.i., 1972. First Edition. One of Smith's earliest works - one of two chapbooks published the same year Seventh Heaven, her first full-length book, was published by Telegraph Books. A single short story, narrated by an ugly 13 year-old girl who goes through a grotesque transformation on her birthday... More about EARLY MORNING DREAM

[New York: S.i., 1974]. First Edition. Broadside for the third Rock n' Rimbaud event on October 27, 1974, featuring a poem by Smith, beneath a photographic portrait of a young Rimbaud and a facsimile of his signature. The event was conceived by Smith and guitarist Lenny Kaye as a celebration... More about ARTHUR RIMBAUD [ORIGINAL BROADSIDE FOR ROCK N' RIMBAUD III

New York: St. Marks Church-On-The-Bowery, 1971. Attractive broadside issued on the occasion of Patti Smith's first poetry reading at St. Marks Church-On-The-Bowery (February 10, 1971). Smith was 24 and working in a bookstore, when her friend Robert Mapplethorpe helped arrange the reading for her by asking Gerard Malanga if she... More about READING...FEBRUARY 10...8:30...1971. GERARD MALANGA: POETRY. PATTI SMITH: WORK - ST. MARKS...

[New York: The Yipster Times, 1977]. First Separate Edition. Unapologetic free speech and anti-censorship manifesto written by Smith, after the WNEW-FM radio station refused to air her New Year's Eve concert at the NYC Palladium due to her using the word "fuck" during an interview with the station in November... More about YOU CAN'T SAY "FUCK" IN RADIO FREE AMERICA - SIGNED

New York: Over the Hill Productions, Inc., 1979. Attractive issue of this punk / new wave tabloid founded by Alan Betrock in 1976. Contents contain a cover and lengthy six-page spread dedicated to Patti Smith (with accompanying photographs); articles on The Jam, Talking Heads, The Zantees, industry news, new records... More about NEW YORK ROCKER - NO.19 (JUNE-JULY, 1979