Softcover with integrated flap covers. 8vo. 279 pages. Inscribed on the title page in black ink to one of the author's early influences, "January 2012 To Harry With admiration and love always Patti Smith."  In fine condition. From The Estate of Harry Belafonte.

An extraordinary copy, inscribed to the American singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte by the American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.

In a 1996 BOMB magazine interview with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Smith stated that first record she ever bought was Shrimp Boats by Harry Belafonte.