{"product_id":"atti-smith-seventh-heaven-1972","title":"PATTI SMITH — SEVENTH HEAVEN","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Telegraph Books, Boston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition — Third Printing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover Photograph:\u003c\/strong\u003e Judy Linn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.8 × 17.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0-915890-29-1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine — exceptionally well preserved, with no visible imperfections. The only signs of age are a natural fading to the front and back covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeventh Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Patti Smith’s earliest books of poetry, published in 1972 by Telegraph Books, the small Boston press whose catalogue also included Gerard Malanga, Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett, Aram Saroyan, Victor Bockris, and Andrew Wylie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book contains 24 poems written in the years before \u003cem\u003eHorses\u003c\/em\u003e, moving through Smith’s private pantheon of women, artists, and outlaws. Joan of Arc, Renée Falconetti, Edie Sedgwick, Marianne Faithfull, Amelia Earhart, and Marilyn Miller appear alongside poems titled “Cocaine,” “Female,” and “Dog Dream.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral of the poems had previously appeared in publications including \u003cem\u003eCreem\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCrawdaddy\u003c\/em\u003e. The poem dedicated to Edie Sedgwick was later used as the soundtrack for a film by Sandy Daley, further connecting Smith’s early writing to the experimental art and film circles surrounding downtown New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe acknowledgements include Robert Mapplethorpe and Bobby Neuwirth, placing the publication within the network of artists and musicians that would become central to Smith’s transformation from poet to performer and, eventually, rock artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is from the \u003cstrong\u003ethird printing of the first edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, as stated on the copyright page, and stands as an early document of the period immediately preceding Smith’s emergence as one of the defining figures of New York’s downtown cultural underground.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"patti smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67638448685344,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/0202\/0128\/files\/patti-smith-seventh-heaven-1972-cover-intermission.jpg?v=1791160049","url":"https:\/\/intermissionbooks.com\/products\/atti-smith-seventh-heaven-1972","provider":"intermission books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}