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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!

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Eastman, P.D

Are You My Mother?

New York : Random House, 1960.

First edition, early printing of P.D. Eastman’s beloved classic, one of the most cherished titles in Random House’s Beginner Books series. Octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated by the author throughout. Early printing with 195/195 price code on jacket flap and only 24 titles listed on jacket rear. In very good condition with some toning andContinue reading "Are You My Mother?"

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-152163
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Monroe, Anne Shannon

Singing in the Rain: Essays for Thoughtful People.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1930.

First edition of this collection of the author’s popular articles on beautiful living. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Cora E. MacKenzie of Lauta; and a delightful evening’s memory at the Town Club in Portland Oregon. fromContinue reading "Singing in the Rain: Essays for Thoughtful People."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-115861
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Handel, George Frideric and Joseph Hayden

Celebrated Symphonies and Overtures of Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel.

London : I. Walsh, William Randall, C.S. Thompson, G. Walker, et al. Ossenbach sul Meno: Giovanni Andre, c. 1740-1815.

Rare collection of late 18th and early 19th century sheet music of the Celebrated Symphonies and Overtures of Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel. Quarto, bound in a variety of marbled wrappers and boards with some disbound. The collection includes Sei Quartetti concertanti per due Violini, Viola e Violoncello al Signor Giuseppe Haydn (Ossenbach SulContinue reading "Celebrated Symphonies and Overtures of Joseph Haydn and George Frideric Handel."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-112946
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Pritchett, V.S

Blind Love and Other Stories.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1969.

First edition of Pritchett’s collection of humorous short stories. Octavo, original light blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ionicus.

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$40.00
Item Number: RRB-120358
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Dickens, Charles

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”

London : Richard Bentley, 1838.

First edition of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher’s decorated dark green cloth with gilt titles and gilt pictorial vignettes to the spines, frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi and 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank. With the 36-page undated publisher’s catalogue bound-in at the end ofContinue reading "Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”"

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-121730
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Goldbeck, Sedrick Arlington

I Sing Sonnets & Other Forms: About Things Everywhere.

Bronx, NY : The Bird Press, 1996.

First edition of the poet’s collection of sonnets. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “1996 to Gary, Regards Sedrick A. Goldbeck.” In fine condition.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-115382
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].

Buenos Aires : Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the dedication page, “Para Pablo, conversando en el parque Gabriel Garcia Marquez ’95.” In near fine condition with a touch of rubbingContinue reading "Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude]."

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$40,000.00
Item Number: RRB-115638
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Thomson, James

The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson.

London : Henry Frowde, 1908.

The Oxford edition of Thomson’s complete poetical works. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "The Complete Poetical Works of James Thomson."

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-122647
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Norris, Frank

Tower in the West.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957.

First edition of the author’s Harper Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Number 110 of a limited presentation edition signed by the author on the colophon. In very good condition.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-115647
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Roosevelt, Eleanor

India and the Awakening East.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-115782
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Kipling, Rudyard

Thy Servant A Dog.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1930.

First British edition of Kipling’s beloved children’s classic, as told by Boots the dog. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by G. L. Stampa. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in very good condition.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-121847
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Brushwood Boy.

New York : Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899.

First separate American edition of Kipling children’s classic. Octavo, original illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Orson Lowell, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very condition. Bookplate.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-121634
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Heilbroner, Robert L

The Worldly Philosophers.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1953.

First edition of this bestselling classic, which has went on to sell more than 4 million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Aline – Who combines all the advantages of a philosophical worldliness and a worldly philosophy. Fondly Bob HeilbronerContinue reading "The Worldly Philosophers."

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-115615
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Heller, Joseph

We Bombed In New Haven.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1967.

First edition of Heller’s classic first play. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Bob Thomas To help complete your collection of one of my favorite authors. Joe Heller 3/7/80 N.Y.C.” The recipient, Bob Thomas was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated PressContinue reading "We Bombed In New Haven."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-115898
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Lifar, Serge. Translated by

Ma Vie From Kiev to Kiev: An Autobiography Translated by James Holman Mason.

New York and Cleveland : The World Publishing Company, 1970.

First edition of Serge Lifar’s intimate, revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-115204
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Graves, Robert

Beyond Giving, The Green Sailed Vessel, Timeless Meeting, and At The Gate.

London : Privately Printed at the Stellar Press, 1969-1974.

Signed limited editions of four volumes of Graves’ collected verse, written between 1969 and 1974. Octavo, four volumes, original stiff paper wrappers. Each volume is one of 500 numbered copies signed by Robert Graves. In near fine condition. An attractive collection.

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-115104
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Anspacher, Louis K

Anspacher

New York : Brentano's, 1904.

Rare signed limited edition of the author’s adaptation of the great chivalric romance. Octavo, original boards. One of one hundred copies printed on Imperial Japanese vellum, this is number 93. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Henry Seligman, with the cordial greetings of Louis K. Anspacher.” In veryContinue reading "Anspacher"

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-115508
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Churchill, Winston S.; Randolph Churchill

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London : George G. Harrap, 1938.

First edition of this collection of speeches, signed by Churchill’s son Randolph, who was the editor of this volume. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Signed on the front free endpaper, “Inscribed by Randolph S. Churchill.” In near fine condition.

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-115632
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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Tertsines.

Athens : Konstantinidis and Michalas Press, 1960.

First Greek edition of this collection of poems by the author of Zorba the Greek. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition. Signed by Helen Kazantzakis.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-117523
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Kipling, Rudyard

The Five Nations.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Co, 1903.

First American edition of Kipling’s notable poetry collection. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped vignette to the front panel. In very good condition.

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$50.00
Item Number: RRB-121348
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Wharton, Edith

Ethan Frome.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."

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$1,350.00
Item Number: RRB-116178
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Ullman, James Ramsey

The Day On Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud.

Cleveland and New York : The World Publishing Company, 1958.

First edition of this masterwork of biographical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. One of 350 presentation copies signed by James Ramsey Ullman. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the spine. Jacket design by George Salter.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-115744
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Klein, William

New York, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo.

Various Places 1956-1964.

First editions of each of the photographers famed city books. Tall quarto, 4 volumes. Each are signed by William Klein, with the caption booklet of New York signed as well. Very good to near fine books in original dust jackets showing some light rubbing and wear. A very sharp set of these volumes.

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$12,800.00
Item Number: RRB-115672
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Blumenthal, Joseph, [Robert Frost]

Robert Frost and His Printers.

Autin : W. Thomas Taylor, 1985.

First edition of this work on Frost’s relationships with his printers. Large octavo, original cloth, illustrated. One of 1000 copies printed at the letterpress of A. Colish with plates made and printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Typography by Joseph Blumenthal. Fine in a fine slipcase.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-121466
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