SMITH, Patti. Bread of Angels (Signed first edition)

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025. First edition, first impression. pp. 267. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, in the original photographic dust jacket. Signed by the author on the Bloomsbury bookplate tipped to the title page, with an additional extended autograph inscription in Smith’s hand to the rear free endpaper, comprising a lyrical, poem-like passage in black ink. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Bread of Angels is Patti Smith’s long-awaited memoir, written as a work of reflection, devotion, and poetic remembrance, engaging with faith, art, loss, travel, and the sustaining rituals of everyday life. The book stands as a natural companion to Just Kids, M Train, and Devotion, and has been widely praised for its meditative prose and spiritual intensity.

This copy is particularly desirable for the presence of an extended handwritten inscription, far exceeding the standard signature and offering an intimate example of Smith’s manuscript hand and poetic voice. Such inscribed copies are notably scarcer than flat-signed examples, especially in first-edition hardback.

Patti Smith remains one of the most collectible living literary and musical figures. Signed first editions of her major prose works are increasingly sought after, with inscribed copies commanding a substantial premium, particularly where the inscription takes a literary or poetic form rather than a simple presentation signature.

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