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Raptis Rare Books maintains an extensive collection of rare and first-edition books from a variety of authors and publishers. Navigate through our full selection of first-editions below to find a particular item you're looking for, ask a question, or order online today!
    In the Clearing.

    Frost, Robert

    In the Clearing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.

    First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelan...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-134582
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    Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays.

    Mays, Willie

    Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.

    First edition of Mays’ autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Willie Mays on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting and desi...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146025
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    Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers. [With] The Biglow Papers Second Series.

    Wilbur, Homer. [James Russell Lowell]

    Meliboeus-Hipponax: The Biglow Papers. [With] The Biglow Papers Second Series.

    Cambridge: Published by George Nichols: 1848/Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867.

    First edition, first issue of James Russell Lowell’s first book, a bitter criticism of the Mexican-American War and opposition to the expansion of slavery; named by the Grolier Club as the most...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-139428
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    Salvador.

    Didion, Joan

    Salvador.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.

    First edition of this classic work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Rat...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-142686
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    President John F. Kennedy Inaugural Event Invitations.

    Kennedy, John F

    President John F. Kennedy Inaugural Event Invitations.

    :, 1961.

    Group of rare invitations to events surrounding the Kennedy inauguration; from the collection of Helen Keyes, longtime personal assistant for the Kennedy family. The collection includes: An invitation...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-145456
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    Gerald’s Game.

    King, Stephen

    Gerald’s Game.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1992.

    First edition of this suspense novel by King. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146328
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    The Diamond Smugglers.

    Fleming, Ian

    The Diamond Smugglers.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.

    First edition of the thrilling true story behind one of the greatest spy operations in history. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, illustrated. In fine co...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-140882
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    The Five Nations.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    The Five Nations.

    London: Methuen and Co, 1903.

    First edition, one of 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Octavo, bound in full vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. In near fine condition.
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-110468
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    Now We Are Six.

    Milne, A. A. Decorations by Ernest Shepard

    Now We Are Six.

    London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1927.

    First edition of the third book in Milne’s beloved Pooh series. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, illustr...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-143951
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    Love is Hell.

    Groening, Matt

    Love is Hell.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.

    Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama.’ Oblong quarto, origi...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146535
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    Indian Civilization: A Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England. With Introduction by John G. Whittier.

    Pumphrey, Stanley. Introduction by John D. Whittier

    Indian Civilization: A Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England. With Introduction by John G. Whittier.

    Philadelphia: The Bible and Tract Distributing Society, 1877.

    Rare first edition of Pumphrey’s report on the condition of the Indian tribes removed to the Indian Territory and Kansas. Octavo, original wrappers, hand-colored folding map of the Indian Territ...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-135185
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    My Michael.

    Oz, Amos

    My Michael.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

    First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket art...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-72955
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    Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

    Bellow, Saul

    Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1970.

    First edition of the author’s third National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Alderman and Lois Sto...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-1786
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    Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed.

    Waugh, Evelyn

    Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed.

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    Autograph letter signed by Evelyn Waugh declining a speaking engagement. Octavo, one page on Easton Court Hotel letterhead. The letter reads in full, “Oct. 15th Dear Sir, My thanks for your lett...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-148505
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    Birds of America.

    McCarthy, Mary

    Birds of America.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1971.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Harlan Umansky my thanks, Mary McCarthy November 5, 1984.” Nea...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-142315
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    Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.

    Schelling, Thomas C

    Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction.

    Washington, D.C: American Enterprise Institute, 1998.

    First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Warm regards to John Rogers T...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-133495
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    Pygmalion and Candida.

    Shaw, George Bernard; Clarke Hutton [Illustrator]

    Pygmalion and Candida.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1974.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of two of George Bernard Shaw’s classic plays. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine, a...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148812
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    The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

    Isaacson, Walter; Evan Thomas

    The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.

    First edition of this biography on how six influential American statesmen shaped U.S. foreign policy and the global order during the Cold War. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrate...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149197
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    The Steep Ascent.

    The Steep Ascent.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1944.

    First edition of this work which chronicles Lindbergh’s travels to the Alps, with the engaging philosophical observations which made her Listen, the Wind! so popular. Octavo, original cloth. Pre...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-120837
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    Children of Dune.

    Herbert, Frank

    Children of Dune.

    New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

    Berkley Medallion edition of the third book in the magnificent Dune Chronicles—the bestselling science fiction adventure of all-time. Octodecimo, pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150237
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    The Judgement Seat.

    Maugham, W. Somerset

    The Judgement Seat.

    London: The Centaur Press, 1934.

    Signed limited edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 150 numbered copies, this is...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150525
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    The Festival of Insignificance: A Novel.

    Kundera, Milan

    The Festival of Insignificance: A Novel.

    New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.

    First edition of Kundera’s eleventh fictional work. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated by Milan Kundera in the the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-26003
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    Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.

    Caro, Robert

    Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

    First edition of Caro’s memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Robert Caro on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149348
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    The Red Tent.

    Diamant, Anita

    The Red Tent.

    New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

    First edition, later printing of this historical reimagining of the biblical story of Dinah. Octavo, original half-cloth. Boldly signed by Anita Diamant on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148513
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