Patti Smith's First Published Book of Poetry
SMITH, Patti Seventh Heaven. New York: Telegraph Books. 1972.
8vo. Illustrated card wrappers; pp. [viii], 47; sunning to covers; light markings to whites of covers, toning to edges of text block; very good.
First edition, signed in blue ink on front wrapper by the author. Patti Smith's first published book of poetry.
Published prior to the release of her debut album Horses, released on November 10, 1975, Seventh Heaven is the literary debut of one of the most authentic and confessional trailblazers of the punk revolution. Celebrated for her fusion of poetry and rock, Horses would go on to be commemorated as one of the top one hundred debut albums of all time by the influential Rolling Stone Magazine.
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