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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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Mao Zedong

Chairman Mao Zedong Propaganda Posters.

c. 1968 .

Rare collection of original Mao Zedong propaganda posters. Four posters, one in duplicate, featuring large format images of Mao. In near fine condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-109621
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Trollope, Anthony

Barchester Towers.

London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.

Rare first editions, first issue of one of Trollope’s most important novels. Octavo, original cloth, blind stamped boards. Half-title present in Volume I, brick-red endpapers with advertisements. Sadleir 5. Bookplates of Oliver Brett on front free endpapers and of Duff Cooper on versos. In near fine condition. Each volume is housed in a three quarterContinue reading "Barchester Towers."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-98876
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Greenfeld, Howard. [Puccini]

Puccini.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980.

First edition of Greenfeld’s authoritative biography of the great composer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To James Canner, With gratitude, admiration, and friendship. Howard Greenfeld Jan 23, 1981.” In fine condition.

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$75.00
Item Number: RRB-115708
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Szego, George Philip and Shell, Karl

Mathematical Methods in Investment and Finance.

New York : North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972.

First edition of this work edited by the award-winning economists. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Karl Shell on the front free endpaper, “Karl Shell March 14, 2014 Ithaca, NY.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Includes essays by Joseph Stiglitz, J.H. Dreze and N.A. Niarchos.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-114473
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Rickenbacker, Edward [Eddie]

Edward Rickenbacker Signed Photograph.

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Rare black and white photograph of American in World War I fighter ace Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker. Inscribed by Rickenbacker, “With best wishes to Jerome Miller Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker.” With the original typed transmittal letter also signed by Rickenbacker on his Cadillac Motor Company letterhead dated May 6, 1929 which reads, ‘My dear Mr. Miller:-Continue reading "Edward Rickenbacker Signed Photograph."

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-109853
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Hughes, Howard, Henry H. Arnold, Oscar Westover

Howard Hughes Signed Photograph.

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Rare United States Air Force photograph of legendary aviator Howard Hughes, Major General Oscar Westover, and General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold. Signed and inscribed by each aviation pioneer, “O. Westover Maj. Gen. A.C. Chief of the Air Corps”, “Howard Hughes”, and “H. Arnold Brig Gen. A.C.” Major General Oscar Westover succeeded BenjaminContinue reading "Howard Hughes Signed Photograph."

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-109582
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Uris, Leon; Photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis

Exodus Revisited.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.

First edition of this monograph of photographs of Uris’ visit to Israel. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Shalom Leon Uris.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Project coordination by Ilan Hartuv.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-112569
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Rutherford, Ernest, Mary, Rutherford, Thomas Hudson Beare, Charles W. Kimmins, John Layard, Henry Tizard, et al

Ernest Rutherford Signed SS Euripides Photograph.

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Rare original photograph of the SS Euripides signed by the father of nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford and 21 other scientists and crew members present on the 1914 voyage from England to Australia for the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Signed by Rutherford, his wife Mary Rutherford, engineer Thomas HudsonContinue reading "Ernest Rutherford Signed SS Euripides Photograph."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-190502
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Wallace, Lew. Illustrated by Eric Pape

The Fair God: A Tale Of The Conquest of Mexico.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1899.

First edition of Union General Lew Wallace’s first novel. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s embossed morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, rebacked, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers, elaborately illustrated with both in-text and full page engravings within gilt frames and with lettered tissue-guards by Eric Pape, decorated initials. One of 250Continue reading "The Fair God: A Tale Of The Conquest of Mexico."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-109623
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Danielson, Richard E

Martha Doyle and Other Sporting Memories.

New York : The Derrydale Press, 1938.

First edition of Danielson’s collection of sporting memories. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Edwin Megargee. One of 1250 numbered copies, this is number 775. In near fine condition.

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$30.00
Item Number: RRB-116031
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Smith, Vernon L

Bargaining and Market Behavior: Essays in Experimental Economics.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

First edition of this collection of important essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Vernon L. Smith on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James F. Brisson.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-116991
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Cather, Willa

Death Comes for the Archbishop; Alexander’s Bridge; Shadows on the Rock.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company; Alfred A. Knopf, 1922-1931.

Finely bound collection of three of the author’s best-known works, including her first novel: Death Comes for the Archbishop. Octavos, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown of two volumes. InContinue reading "Death Comes for the Archbishop; Alexander’s Bridge; Shadows on the Rock."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-105420
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Bloomberg, Michael, With Matthew Winkler

Bloomberg by Bloomberg.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1997.

First edition of Michael Bloomberg’s hard-hitting autobiography. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “For Rona Freedland Hope you enjoy this book, Mike Bloomberg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nuart, Inc. Jacket photographs by Gregory Heisler.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-110923
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James, Henry

The Real Thing.

New York and London : Macmillan & Co, 1893.

First edition of this fine collection of James’ tales. Octavo, original decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-101014
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Palgrave, Francis T

The Treasury of Sacred Song: Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of Four Centuries.

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1889.

First trade edition of Palgrave’s treasury of the lyrical poems of the finest English poets. Octavo, original publisher’s gilt-stamped half vellum, top edge gilt with others untrimmed. In near find condition. Ownership inscription.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-111084
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Gardner, John W. Edited by Helen Rowan

No Easy Victories.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968.

First edition of “the father of campaign finance reform”, John W. Gardner’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mariam and Andrew – affectionately, from their friend John W. Gardner.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Herb Weitman.

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$100.00
Item Number: RRB-110909
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Symonds, John Addington

Sketches in Italy.

Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1883.

First edition of John Addington Symonds’ Italian sketches. Small octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges red, ribbon bound in. In near fine condition.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-111022
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Moore, George

Memoirs Of My Dead Life.

London : William Heinemann, 1906.

First edition of the first great modern Irish novelist’s memoirs. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-109792
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Smith, Thorne

The Bishop’s Jaegers.

Garden City : Sun Dial Press, 1932.

First Sun Dial Press edition of Smith’s  wildly hilarious comic romp, preceded by the first edition published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in the same year. Octavo, original cloth. Illustrations by Roese. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-109968
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Kandel, Eric R

In Search Of Memory.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2006.

First edition of the scientist’s autobiography which deals with the groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory, which earned him the Nobel Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Life is a circle you come back to a lot of interests that youContinue reading "In Search Of Memory."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-110821
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Dickens, Charles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.

London : Curtis Guild, 1882.

First Curtis Guild extra-illustrated edition of one of Dickens’ greatest works. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full morocco by F.P. Hathaway with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, silk endpapers. With 53 illustrations by SeymourContinue reading "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club."

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$4,000.00
Item Number: RRB-99841
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Ellsberg, Daniel

Papers on the War.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972.

First edition of the signal work that further established Ellsberg “as one of our most refined analysts of that awful war.”  Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “9 April 1973 To Julie, For peace! Dan Ellsberg.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Papers on the War."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-112364
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Friedman, Milton; Anna J. Schwarz

Monetary Statistics of the United States Estimates, Sources, Methods.

New York : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1970.

First edition of this monumental work on history of monetary statistics in the United States. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-110121
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Russell, F. Cecil

Corpulency and the Cure.

London : Woburn House, 1885.

First edition of this early work on obesity. Octavo, original gray flexible cloth, engraved frontispiece and one other engraved illustration of a laboratory. This work includes chapters covering the reasons of biliousness, obesity, constitutional predisposition, the dangers of excess fat, the author’s miraculous remedy for excessive weight and testimonials. In near fine condition.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-110867
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