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Raptis Rare Books maintains an extensive selection of rare art books and rare books on architecture in our library. Browse through our entire collection below, view details about individual books and contact us to ask a question or find out more information.

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Barrett, Ron [Judi Barrett]

Ron Barrett Signed Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Print.

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Original Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs print of a page from the classic children’s book depicting a tomato tornado. Inscribed beneath by the illustrator, “To Matt – Avoid the Tomatoes! Ron Barrett.” In near fine condition. The piece measures 11 inches by 8.5 inches.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-148985
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Meier, Richard; Kenneth Frampton

Richard Meier.

New York : Phaidon, 2002.

First edition of this work on Meier. Folio, original cloth. Signed and dated by both Richard Meier and Kenneth Frampton. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-872
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Meier, Richard

Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 – 1989.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990.

First Edition of this monograph of the architects projects compiled from the late 1970’s to the 1980’s. Inscribed and dated by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$470.00
Item Number: RRB-874
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Zocchi, Giuseppe

Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze).

New York : Walker and Company, 1967.

Portfolio of 27 plates in facsimile, 17.5 x 22.5 inches, in a buckram bound box. First edition / limited edition of 950 copies, of which this is number 476. Includes 29 page booklet, Views of Florence, which are notes on the individual prints. Original drawings are in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library inContinue reading "Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze)."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-2363
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Socci, P.B. (Anthony Quinn)

Anthony Quinn Signed Artist’s Sketch.

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Signed graphite P.B. Socci portrait of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn. Signed by Anthony Quinn to the left of his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, American artist Pat B. Socci gained a reputation for seeking out Hollywood icons to sign his sketched portraits. The drawing measures 8.75 inches byContinue reading "Anthony Quinn Signed Artist’s Sketch."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-89103
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Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste [China]

Jean-Baptiste Du Halde Map of China: Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau. [Description Geographique].

: J. Wood, c. 1736.

Rare eighteenth century hand-colored map providing plans of Kanton, Shang Chwen Shan and Ma-kau, being a plate extracted from Du Halde’s celebrated Description Geographique, the most important cartographic record of the region of the eighteenth century. In near fine condition. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11.5 inches.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-137249
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Thiers, Adolphe

Atlas de L’Histoire du Consulat et de L’Empire Dresse et Dessine Sous La Direction de M. Thiers Par MM. A. Dufour et Duvotenay. [The Thiers Atlas].

Paris : Librairie Furne, n.d..

Rare finely bound example of the Theirs Atlas, containing 66 maps and battle plans drawn by two of the best cartographers of Second Empire. Quarto, quarter cloth over marbled boards, illustrated with 66 plates by Dufour and Duvotenay printed by Dyonnet. In very good condition. A very nice example.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-131402
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[Albarel]

Carte Canada et de la Louisiane. [The Albarel Map].

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Beautifully illustrated facsimile map attributed to Sieur Albarel in 1695. One page, the map shows regions of North America attributed as La Louisane, Florida, Nova Anglia, Noveau Mexique, and Canada with views of Quebec, New York and Niagara Falls, and a scene of whale hunting. ‘The Albarel Map’ was likely produced in the early 20thContinue reading "Carte Canada et de la Louisiane. [The Albarel Map]."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-138509
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de Mare, Eric

The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation.

London : Allen Lane, 1973.

First edition. Folio, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, “To Peggy and Frank Taplin with kind, associational thoughts from Eric de Mare Jan. 1973.” Also laid in, is a page and half handwritten signed letter to the same recipients. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panelContinue reading "The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-2474
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Goldberger, Paul

The City Observed: New York: A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan.

New York : Random House, 1979.

First edition of this classic work on New York. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Edith and Martin Segal, Such treasured parts of New York that they should really be a part of this book- but even more important,Continue reading "The City Observed: New York: A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-145643
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Zeller, Mrs. Hannah. Preface by H. B. Tristram. Introduction by Edward Atkinson

Wild Flowers of The Holy Land.

London : James Nisbet and Co, 1883.

Third edition of this classic work on the field flowers of Palestine. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt, illustrated with fifty-four tissue-guarded plates by Hannah Zeller of Nazareth printed in color comprising detailed botanical illustrations of the flora of the Holy Land including the Palestine Bramble, Thistle, Egyptian Thrift, Apple ofContinue reading "Wild Flowers of The Holy Land."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-146422
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Tate, Ken with Oscar Riera Ojeda

New Classicists: Ken Tate Architect, Selected Houses. Volume One.

Mulgrave : Images Publishing, 2003.

First and only edition of the first volume in Tate’s monograph series. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. With a rare portrait of Tate signed by him tipped in to the pastedown of the accompanying custom clamshell box. Unopened in the original shrink wrap.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-127014
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Piano, Renzo

Atene: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

: Fondazione Renzo Piano, 2017.

First edition of this monograph by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. Quarter, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page. In fine condition.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-132326
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Ruskin, John

The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm.

London : George Allen, 1903.

Finely bound example of Ruskin’s classic work on Greek mythology. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in. In very good condition with sunning to the spine and light rubbing.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-148874
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[Bernstein, Leonard; Jack Gottlieb]

A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog.

New York : Sotheby's, Inc, 1997.

Leonard Bernstein’s assistant and editor Jack Gottlieb’s personal copy of the December 1997 Sotheby’s auction catalog of the estate of Leonard Bernstein. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers. With Gottlieb’s notes throughout including the hammer price for each lot that sold in the auction. He has also marked the page that has a lengthy quote from himContinue reading "A Legend: Property from the Estate of Leonard Bernstein Sotheby’s December 1997 Catalog."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-135684
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Richardson, John; with the collaboration of Marilyn McCully

A Life of Picasso Volume II: 1907-1917: The Painter of Modern Life.

New York : Random House, 1996.

First edition of the second volume in Richardson’s four-volume biography of the famous artist. Small quarto, original publisher’s white embossed cloth, frontispiece of a self-portrait photograph by Picasso 1912, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Boldly signed by John Richardson on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-145269
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Barrett, C.R.B. [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways: Second Series.

London : Lawrence & Bullen, 1893.

Limited edition of this tour of the ancient low-lying county of Essex; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, original cream buckram with gilt titles to the spine, gilt coats of arms to the front panel, original silk ribbon, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Leighs Priory, illustrated with several drawings and tissue-guarded engravings. P. T. Sherman’sContinue reading "Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways: Second Series."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-145887
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Whyte, Michael

Great Comic Cats.

San Francisco : Pomegranate, 2001.

Signed limited edition of this work, one of 100 numbered and signed copies, this is number 10 signed by Michael Whyte. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-127182
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Churchill, Allen

The Improper Bohemians: A Re-creation of Greenwich Village in Its Heyday.

New York : E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1959.

First edition of this classic chronicle of Greenwich Village’s golden era. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Allen Churchill on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-151865
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Tolstoy, Leo

What Is Art?

London : The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

First edition of this work by the Russian master. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Tolstoy. In near fine condition, contemporary name to the half-title page. Translated by A. Maude.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-133803
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Carne, John

Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c.

London, Paris, & New York : Fisher, Son, & Co, n.d.

Early printing of Carne’s collection of views of Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor. Quarto, bound in full elaborately blind-stamped morocco with gilt titles to the spine, gilt central vignette to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, illustrated with a series of views drawn from nature by W.H. Bartlett and William Purser. InContinue reading "Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-147942
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Moynihan, Danny; Damien Hirst

Boogie-Woogie.

London : Duckworth Literary Entertainments Ltd, 2000.

First edition of Moynihan’s satirical debut novel set in the contemporary art world of 1990s New York. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page and dust jacket designer Damien Hirst on the rear panel of the jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Boogie-Woogie."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-124404
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Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas

Carte Des Isles Qui Sont a l’Embouchure de la Riviere de Canton. [Eighteenth Century Map Of The Islands Which Are At The Mouth Of The Canton River].

Paris c. 1750.

Eighteenth century map of the isles of the Pearl River (formerly the Canton River) by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. One page, hand-colored, central fold. In very good condition. Later hand-coloring. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 18.25 inches by 14 inches.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-137244
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Jennings, Peter and Todd Brewster

The Century.

New York : Doubleday, 1998.

First edition of this historic overview of the twentieth century. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by both authors, Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-144008
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