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Witt [Two volumes, signed and lettered copies "T" and "V" from the collection of Tom Verlaine]

Witt [Two volumes, signed and lettered copies "T" and "V" from the collection of Tom Verlaine]

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Witt [Two volumes, signed and lettered copies "T" and "V" from the collection of Tom Verlaine]

by Patti Smith

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  • Near Fine
  • Signed
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New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Near Fine. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Editions, lettered issues "T" and "V" signed by Patti Smith at colophon. These copies given to Television frontman and Smith collaborator and partner Tom Verlaine. "T" copy additionally inscribed, "for Tom Verlaine, 'son of a neck,'" quoting Rilke's "Fifth Elegy." "V" copy with additional drawing at colophon by Smith of Verlaine. Octavos. 45 pp. Bound in black cloth with Mapplethorpe photo of Smith mounted to front. A couple surface scratches; binding sound; pages unmarked. Near Fine.

A lovely association, published the year Smith and Verlaine met and a year before she saw him at CBGB and, according to her New Yorker eulogy of her friend, thought to herself, "Had I been a boy, I would've been him.

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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
28344
Title
Witt [Two volumes, signed and lettered copies "T" and "V" from the collection of Tom Verlaine]
Author
Patti Smith
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
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Publisher
Gotham Book Mart
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1973
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