Mapplethorpe, Robert; Patti Smith — Flowers

Boston, Massachusetts, Bulfinch Press, by Little, Brown & Company, 1990. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket. Bound handsomely in a tall quarto format hardcover, blue woven cloth with title stamped in black to front cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond a short closed tear to upper front panel, but price-clipped. Foreword by his lifelong friend, Patti Smith. Augmented with 49 full-color photographic reproductions of pictures of flowers by the master photographer whose life was cut short by AIDS, plus a stunner of irises at title page. Stated Second Printing of the First Edition. Unpaginated, but roughly 60 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,