A compendium of all of the pioneering, influential rock singer's lyrics includes never-before-published photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Liebovitz, and others, as well as original artwork and text by the author.
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her critics alternately as the "godmother of punk" and "rock and roll's poet laureate," Patti Smith is an American original. Her first album, Horses, was a landmark album of power, bravado, beauty, and grace. Its famous cover portrait, photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe, "was the first to claim both vision and authority," wrote Camille Paglia. "No female rocker had ever dominated an image in this aggressive, uncompromising way."<br><br>Seven albums later, and a life punctuated by a long hiatus during which Smith raised her two children and suffered the tragic losses of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith, her dear friend, Robert Mapplethorpe, and her beloved brother, Smith is ready to mark her first fifty years on the planet with a book her fans have long awaited: the complete lyrics. With never-before-seen photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Liebovitz, Kate Simon, and others, plus original artwork and text by Smith, <i>Patti Smith Complete</i> is
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Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor shelf wear to the DJ. Pages free of markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP/Music-Singers-Americana. Seller Inventory # ABE-1753288331536
Seller: Goodmediandmore, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Clean text, light wear to edges. Ships next business day from NC. Seller Inventory # S127-31-34.98-AK-G
Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This is the advance promotional copy. Features the covers and 8 pages. Not the entire book. Inscribed and signed by Patti Smith. A bit of moisture rippling to the interior pages. See photos. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 006736
Seller: 3rd St. Books, Lees Summit, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition - collector's "fine". First printing. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking. Seller Inventory # 086588
Seller: Ellis Book Store, Willis, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1998 First Edition.Very good condition. Clean pages with no writing or highlighting. Binding tight and square. Cover shows light shelf wear only (minor edge/corner wear). No major creases. Ships next day in a bubble mailer. Seller Inventory # Qx260123011
Seller: MODLITBOOKS, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition as stated, first printing, signed by Patti Smith. Oversized black hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. A fine clean tight copy, signed by Patti Smith on the second leaf below her photograph of a typewriter, no other markings. Unclipped dust jacket is fine but for a very short (approx 1/2 of an inch) closed tear to front panel. Uncommon signed. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003905
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. 1st Edition. A 1st edition (stated) of a complete collection of the lyrics to the catalog of American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer Patti Smith. Signed "Patti Smith" (signature only) on what passes for a hal-title page (picture of a typewriter). Minimal wear. The internals ae clean and tight. A very good or better copy with an iconic rocker's signature. A heavy, oversize book that may require additional postage. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 011841
Seller: Nighttown Books, Powell, WY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition (stated) in original $35.00-priced dust jacket SIGNED by Patti Smith direct to typewriter page with non-personalized inscription ('please write!'), no markings, NOT ex-lib, a pristine Fine copy in like jacket signed by the first mistress of punk; 4to; (xxii) 248pp illus. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 33551
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 12J56_55_0385490798
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcovers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Smith on the front endpage with the typewriter photograph. Black and white photographs by Annie Liebovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Linda McCartney, Michael Stipe, et al. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 12095