{"product_id":"patti-smith-witt-1973","title":"PATTI SMITH - WITT","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gotham Book Mart, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition — Fourth Printing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover Polaroid:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert Mapplethorpe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle-page Drawing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Howard Michels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21.6 × 14 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0-910664-33-1 (paper)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine — exceptionally well preserved, with no imperfections, marks, discoloration, or visible signs of wear to the cover or interior. An exceptionally clean copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWitt\u003c\/em\u003e is Patti Smith’s 1973 collection of poetry, published by Gotham Book Mart, the legendary Midtown Manhattan bookstore and publishing house that had long championed avant-garde literature and experimental writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover features a Polaroid portrait of Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, made during the years in which the two shared their lives, work, and artistic development in New York. The image has since become closely associated with Smith’s early literary period and the downtown scene that surrounded her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is dedicated to Allen Lanier, Arthur Rimbaud, and William S. Burroughs—the lover, the poetic patron saint, and the outlaw elder who together form a constellation around Smith’s world before \u003cem\u003eHorses\u003c\/em\u003e. The poem “Judith Revisited” includes two haiku by photographer Judy Linn, while the title page carries a drawing by Howard Michels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished a year after \u003cem\u003eSeventh Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKodak\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWitt\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to the small-press books and broadsides through which Smith established her voice as a poet before transforming that language into performance and rock and roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is from the \u003cstrong\u003efourth printing of the first edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, as stated on the copyright page, and represents an important early document of Smith’s literary practice and her emergence within the New York downtown art and poetry underground.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"patti smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67638625337632,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/0202\/0128\/files\/patti-smith-witt-1973-cover-intermission.jpg?v=1791164115","url":"https:\/\/intermissionbooks.com\/products\/patti-smith-witt-1973","provider":"intermission books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}