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If you’re looking for first edition books celebrating the American experience, you’ve come to the right place. At Raptis Rare Books we maintain an extensive collection of rare Americana, books, manuscripts and more. Browse through our entire collection online, use our sorting tools or search to find exactly what you’re looking for then call with any questions you may have or order online today.

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Campbell, William W. [Abraham Lincoln].

The Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton. [Abraham Lincoln’s Copy].

New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849.

First edition of the biography of DeWitt Clinton, the New York governor who built the Erie Canal, Abraham Lincoln’s own copy, signed by him on the title page. Octavo, original publisher’s blind-stamped black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Clinton. Signed by Abraham Lincoln on the title page inContinue reading "The Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton. [Abraham Lincoln’s Copy]."

$125,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152486

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Stanhope, Charles. [Benjamin Franklin].

Principles of Electricity, Containing Divers new Theorems and Experiments, Together With An Analysis Of the Superior Advantages of high and pointed Conductors.

London: Printed fo P. Elmsly, in the Strand, 1779.

First edition of Stanhope’s important treatise on electricity, a deluxe blue-paper presentation copy given by the author to Benjamin Franklin. Quarto, original publisher’s marbled boards, blue-paper issue, the boards rebacked preserving much of the original spine, illustrated with six engraved folding plates at rear. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Benjamin Franklin on theContinue reading "Principles of Electricity, Containing Divers new Theorems and Experiments, Together With An Analysis Of the Superior Advantages of high and pointed Conductors."

$125,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152824

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Putnam, Graham R.

125 Magic Tricks: Performed with a Regular Deck of Cards.

Neptune, NJ: S.S. Adams Co., 1976.

A pocket instructional booklet of card magic, offering 125 tricks to be performed with an ordinary deck of cards. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition with rubbing and creasing to the wrappers. Compiled and edited by Graham R. Putnam.

$50.00

Item Number: RRB-153121

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Muir, John.

Travels in Alaska.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915.

First edition of this classic work by Muir. Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in white, color illustrated paper cover label, top edge gilt. Illustrated with twelve plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. In near fine condition, signature to the front free endpaper and bookplate to the front pastedown.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-152834

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Arnold, H.H.

Global Mission.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.

First edition of the memoir of General of the Air Force H.H. “Hap” Arnold, the father of the modern United States Air Force and the only man ever to hold five-star rank in two branches of the armed forces, his sweeping account of the rise of American air power. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated withContinue reading "Global Mission."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-153082

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Forbes, Esther.

Johnny Tremain.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943.

First edition of the beloved Newbery Medal-winning novel of the American Revolution, the story of a young Boston silversmith’s apprentice caught up in the events leading to the War of Independence. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With a newspaper clipping picturing the old Treman King &Continue reading "Johnny Tremain."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-153107

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Goldin, Greg; Sam Lubell. [Zaha Hadid].

Never Built New York.

New York: Metropolis Books, 2016.

First edition of this acclaimed visual history of the New York that might have been, gathering the grand and visionary architectural projects proposed for the city over more than a century and never realized. Oblong quarto, original pictorial boards, richly illustrated with plans, renderings, and models for hundreds of unbuilt schemes across the five boroughs.Continue reading "Never Built New York."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153077

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Edwards, Jonathan.

A History of the Work of Redemption.

Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1792.

The third American edition of this theological work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with a red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition with rubbing, toning, and damp staining to the first and last few leaves.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-153093

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The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.

Our Hand Has Never Lost Its Skill: 20 Magic Tricks to Mystify Your Friends.

Brooklyn, NY: The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company, c. 1950.

A charming promotional pamphlet issued by the Schaefer Brewing Company, offering twenty simple magic tricks and seven magic words to amuse and mystify one’s friends. Octodecimo, original printed wrappers, illustrated. In very good condition.

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-153120

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Edwards, Jonathan.

A History of the Work of Redemption.

New York: Shepard Kollock, 1786.

An early edition of this theological work. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label and raised bands. In very good condition with rubbing and toning. Early ownership inscriptions to the title-page.

$800.00

Item Number: RRB-153096

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Wood, Gordon S.

The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1969.

First edition of this classic examination on how the Founders of America invented popular sovereignty, separation of powers, and judicial review. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “The American Revolution has always seemed to be an extraordinary kind of revolution. Gordon S Wood.” Fine in a very goodContinue reading "The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153061

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Jackson, Michael.

Michael Jackson Signed Soul Train Music Awards Poster.

1989.

Rare poster for the Third Annual Soul Train Music Awards, held April 12, 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, signed by Michael Jackson. The original color poster features an airbrushed portrait of Jackson singing, with a tribute above, “Special Honors To Mega Star Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Rock and Soul.” Boldly signedContinue reading "Michael Jackson Signed Soul Train Music Awards Poster."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-153064

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Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Single-Signed Baseball.

circa 1937.

Scarce miniature baseball signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, boldly signed by Roosevelt in red ink on the sweet spot, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Undated, but the signature is consistent with exemplars of about 1937 and was therefore made during his presidency. With soiling and light scuffing consistent with age, the ink remaining bold and withContinue reading "Franklin D. Roosevelt Single-Signed Baseball."

$22,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152704

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Mackenzie, Alexander.

Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence.

New York: Printed and Sold by G.F. Hopkins, 1802.

First American edition of the explorer’s celebrated account of his two great expeditions across North America, the first crossing of the continent north of Mexico, achieved twelve years before Lewis and Clark. Small quarto, bound in full contemporary sheep, the spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, with the frontispiece folding engraved map of America tracing Mackenzie’sContinue reading "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-153010

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Shepherd, Jean.

Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971.

First edition of this beloved collection of comic and nostalgic tales of Midwestern boyhood, gathering the stories in which the humorist immortalized Ralph Parker, his family, and the small disasters of growing up in northern Indiana. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with drawings by Raymond Davidson. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the yearContinue reading "Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-153051

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Crawford, Samuel W..

Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter 1860-1861.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.

Rare first edition of this classic work on the genesis of the Civil War. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece, plans, and a map. Publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece’s husband) Charles Webster, initially toContinue reading "Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter 1860-1861."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152918

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Arnold, H.H.

Global Mission.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.

First edition of the memoir of General of the Air Force H.H. “Hap” Arnold, the father of the modern United States Air Force and the only man ever to hold five-star rank in two branches of the armed forces, his sweeping account of the rise of American air power. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated withContinue reading "Global Mission."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-152927

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Wainwright, Jonathan M.; Robert Considine.

General Wainwright’s Story: The Account of Four Years of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, and Captivity.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1946.

First edition of the memoir of General Jonathan M. “Skinny” Wainwright, the heroic American commander who surrendered the Philippines to the Japanese and endured more than three years as their highest-ranking prisoner of war, his harrowing account of defeat, surrender, and captivity. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with black-and-white illustrations. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by theContinue reading "General Wainwright’s Story: The Account of Four Years of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, and Captivity."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-152925

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Smith, Holland M.; Percy Finch.

Coral and Brass.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949.

First edition of the memoir of General Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad” Smith, the fiery Marine commander known as the father of modern amphibious warfare, his outspoken account of the Marines’ island-hopping campaign across the Pacific in the Second World War. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, with a frontispiece portrait of Smith from a painting by CommanderContinue reading "Coral and Brass."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-152924

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Halsey, William F.; J. Bryan III.

Admiral Halsey’s Story.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947.

First edition of the wartime memoir of Fleet Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey, the pugnacious commander of the United States Third Fleet and one of the most celebrated American naval leaders of the Second World War. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles, cartographic endpapers, a frontispiece portrait by Yousuf Karsh, and illustrated with black-and-whiteContinue reading "Admiral Halsey’s Story."

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-152923

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Franklin, Benjamin.

Poor Richard, 1740.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1739.

The rare 1740 Poor Richard’s Almanack, written and printed by Benjamin Franklin under his celebrated pseudonym, Richard Saunders. Small octavo, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, the spine lettered in gilt, with woodcut borders and the traditional woodcut figure of the anatomical man. Third edition, announced as just published in the PennsylvaniaContinue reading "Poor Richard, 1740."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152828

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Warren, Earl; Hugo L. Black; William O. Douglas; John Marshall Harlan; William J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart; Byron R. White; Abe Fortas; Thurgood Marshall.

Earl Warren Supreme Court Signed Photograph.

Washington: c. 1968.

An original black and white photograph of the 1967 Warren Supreme Court, boldly signed by all nine justices. A group portrait showing the justices in two rows, signed in the blank lower margin, each justice near his own portrait: Abe Fortas, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, John Marshall Harlan, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, WilliamContinue reading "Earl Warren Supreme Court Signed Photograph."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-152883

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Bruce, David K.E. [William Safire].

Sixteen American Presidents.

Paris: Chaix, 1953.

The first French edition of David K.E. Bruce’s study of the first sixteen Presidents of the United States, from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln. Octavo, written in English, original printed wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For William Safire, with warm regards and best wishes from David K.E. Bruce.”Continue reading "Sixteen American Presidents."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-152878

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Muir, John.

John Muir Signed Photograph.

[c. 1910-1914].

Rare original sepia tone photograph of the great naturalist John Muir, the father of the national parks and founder of the Sierra Club. Bust portrait by J. Edward B. Greene showing Muir in three-quarter view. Signed by Muir in the blank lower margin, “John Muir.” A period press photograph, bearing the ink received stamps ofContinue reading "John Muir Signed Photograph."

$11,800.00

Item Number: RRB-152870

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