Devotion by Smith Patti, Signed (9 results)

Signed by Smith on title page. Slightest wear to beige dj. Else fine. Full print line.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Hardcover. Signed by Patti Smith in ink to title page. 7" X 4 3/4". 107pp. Very faint shelfwear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps with French flaps, with gentle bumping to tail of spine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, unmarked, and appear unread. A very presentable copy of this arresting and original book on writing, the 2016 Yale University WindhamCampbell Lecture delivered by the iconic artist and National Book Awardwinning author, signed by Patti Smith. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve re-reading."Suzi Feay, Financial Times "Devotion shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. "Katherine Cooper, Hyperallergic A work of creative brilliance may seem like magicits source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of our culture's beloved artists offers a detailed account of her own creative process, inspirations, and unexpected connections. Patti Smith, a National Book Awardwinning author, first presents an original and beautifully crafted tale of obsessiona young skater who lives for her art, a possessive collector who ruthlessly seeks his prize, a relationship forged of need both craven and exalted. She then takes us on a second journey, exploring the sources of her story. We travel through the South of France to Camus's house, and visit the garden of the great publisher Gallimard where the ghosts of Mishima, Nabokov, and Genet mingle. Smith tracks down Simone Weil's grave in a lonely cemetery, hours from London, and winds through the nameless Paris streets of Patrick Modiano's novels. Whether writing in a café or a train, Smith generously opens her notebooks and lets us glimpse the alchemy of her art and craft in this arresting and original book on writing. The Why I Write series is based on the WindhamCampbell Lectures, delivered annually to commemorate the awarding of the Donald WindhamSandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes at Yale University. (Publisher).

Hardcover, 93 pages. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed on title page by Patti Smith.First Edition. Soiling to front and back boards. Very light signs of reading and handling wear. Dust jacket shows very minor signs of reading and handling wear. Soiling to covers. Old shop sticker attached to back cover, bottom middle.

signed first edition, 2017. new haven: yale university press. isbn: 9780300218626. 5 x 7.25 inches. 93 pages. hardcover. bound in tomato cloth-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: slightest shelfwear. near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Fine- hardback in Fine- dust jacket, clean and unmarked. Jacket now protected in a Brodart. Signed by Smith on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed on title page. NEW Unopened. Fresh tight clean strong jacket boards text. No markings. Yale lecture given "Why I Write Series" in 2016 Gift worthy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 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. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Signed by Patti Smith directly on the front free endpaper. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. 1st Edition/1st Pritnting (complete numberline). SIGNED by author on a card affixed to front end page in red ink with small drawing of a sun: "Patti Smith - To MV! A Vet!". DJ lightly rubbed. 93 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. AUTHOR SIGNED on CARD.