Skip to content

First Edition

First Edition Books for Sale Online

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!

Showing items 7704-7728 of 8975

Graham, Benjamin & David L. Dodd

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York : Whittlesey House/ McGraw Hill, 1934.

First edition, second printing of Graham and Dodd’s seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Melbourne S. Moyer with the best wishes of Benj. Graham Jan 1935.” The recipient, Melbourne Moyer was a contemporary of Graham andContinue reading "Security Analysis: Principles and Technique."

Read more
$60,000.00
Item Number: RRB-99745
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Frank, Anne

Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank].

Amsterdam : Contact, 1947.

First edition of the diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch. Small octavo, original publisher’s white and red paper-covered boards, illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Introduction by Annie Romein-Verschoor. Very good in the dust jacket which is in very good condition with some professionalContinue reading "Het Achterhuis: Dagboakbrieven van 12 Jun 1942 – 1 Augustus 1944. Met een woord vooraf door Annie Romein-Verschoor. [The Diary of Anne Frank]."

Read more
$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-96773
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Leroux, Gaston

The Phantom of the Opera.

New York, Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill Company , 1911.

First edition with the printer’s imprint “Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn, N. Y.” at bottom of copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, publishers tissue guard. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne with one single-page and four double-page inserted plates with color illustrations. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket. The dust jacket designContinue reading "The Phantom of the Opera."

Read more
$40,000.00
Item Number: RRB-99560
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Dickens, Charles

The Personal History of David Copperfield.

London : Bradbury and Evans, May 1849-November 1850.

First edition in parts of “the most perfect of all the Dickens novels” (Virginia Woolf). Octavo, original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen with the majority of  preliminary advertisements present, frontispiece, vignette title-page and forty engraved plates. In excellent condition, an unrestored example of Dickens’ classic work, with some of theContinue reading "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

Read more
$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-96702
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Hueffer, [Ford] Ford Madox

The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion.

London : John Lane Company, 1915.

First edition, first issue without the 16 pp. of advertisements of this literary highspot, one of the great novels of the first half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition with light rubbing and wear to the extremities.

Read more
$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-97211
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Dearly Beloved.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962.

First edition of the author’s classic bestselling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Ruth with love from Anne May, 1962.” The recipient, Ruth Thompson was a close friend of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s. Thompson was a babysitter and personal secretary for the Lindberghs in the 1940s. Near fine in a veryContinue reading "Dearly Beloved."

Read more
$600.00
Item Number: RRB-48732
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Kazin, Alfred

The Open Street.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1948.

First edition of Kazin’s short tribute to the streets of Manhattan, a selection from the work in progress that would become A Walker in the City. Small octavo, original quarter cloth over speckled boards, photographic endpapers by Victor Kraft. One of only 1,000 copies privately printed for the author, inscribed by him on the limitationContinue reading "The Open Street."

Read more
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-96772
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Sante, Luc

No Smoking.

New York : Assouline Publishing, 2004.

First edition of this comical book regarding smoking. Octavo, original illustrated cardstock, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John We may all have stopped smoking but we continue to burn. Luc Sante.” Fine in a fine slipcase, with the plastic packaging still present on the lower half ofContinue reading "No Smoking."

Read more
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-38221
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Knight, Hilary

Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting.

.

Large original painting of Hilary Knight’s Butterfly Prince. Gouache and gold paint. Signed by Hilary Knight in the lower left corner of the painting. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 21 inches.

Read more
$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-96229
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Eliot, George

Daniel Deronda.

Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood, 1876.

First edition in the original parts of Eliot’s final and most controversial work, which essentially predicts the foundation of Israel. Octavos, four volumes in eight parts in the original wrappers with 4 half-titles and 8 section titles as issued, advertisements to each part with the exception of the final part, slips to the rear ofContinue reading "Daniel Deronda."

Read more
$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-96596
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Melville, Herman

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1851.

First edition, first issue binding, with the circular Harper’s device of Melville’s masterpiece. Octavo, original purple-brown cloth (BAL’s A grain), covers stamped in blind with the publisher’s circular device at the center within a heavy blind rule frame, original orange-coated endpapers. Of the 2,951 copies printed, 125 were review copies. About 1,500 sold in 11Continue reading "Moby Dick; Or, The Whale."

Read more
$65,000.00
Item Number: RRB-99735
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

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 Mayshan with best wishes Eric Kandel.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Read more
$375.00
Item Number: RRB-39334
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Pershing, James H

The First Edition of ‘Paradise Lost’.

London : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1941.

First appearance of Pershing’s work on the different states of the first edition of John Milton’s Paradise Lost which appeared in Vol. XXII, No. I. June 1941 issue of Transactions of the Bibliographical Society New Series. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, marbled endpapers, with the original wrappers bound in, illustrated. In fine condition. Rare.

Read more
$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-95340
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1840.

First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo, 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label, double gilt ruled, gilt turn ins,Continue reading "Master Humphrey’s Clock."

Read more
$1,400.00
Item Number: RRB-96034
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Boorstin, David

The Americans: The Colonial Experience.

New York : Random House, 1973.

Later printing of the final volume in Boorstin’s The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Lydia A. Bogdoyan with admiration and warm regards from Daniel J. Boorstin Sept 23, 1976.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

Read more
$150.00
Item Number: RRB-96031
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Peterson, Eugene H

The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language.

Colorodo : Navpress, 2002.

First edition of the Message translation of the Bible. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Eugene Peterson on the half-title page, who has written out the opening verse of Genesis, “For John- The peace of our Lord Eugene H. Peterson 23 April 2015 First this: God created the heavens and the earth- All youContinue reading "The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language."

Read more
$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-98995
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Kahneman, Daniel; Ed Diener; Norbert Schwarz

Well-Being: Foundations of Hedonic Psychology.

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Gene Crofts.

Read more
$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-44758
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Roosevelt, Theodore

The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893.

Signed limited first edition, one of only 200 numbered copies, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Quarto, bound in original full red morocco by Putnam’s deluxe issue binding, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel. Frontispiece plus twenty-three full page plates by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost I, James Carter Beard, Henry Sandham, and CharlesContinue reading "The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle."

Read more
$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-98320
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Simon, Andre L

The History of the Wine Trade in England. Volumes I and II.

London : Wyman & Sons, 1906-07.

First editions of Simon’s landmark work. Octavo, original cloth, two volumes. Both volumes are inscribed by Andre Simon, with volume one inscribed twice by him. In near fine condition.

Read more
$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-96872
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Huxley, Elspeth

The Mottled Lizard.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1962.

First edition of this sequel to Huxley’s The Flame Trees of Thika. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed.

Read more
$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-46332
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Travers, Jerome D

Travers’ Golf Book.

New York : Macmillan Company, 1913.

First edition, second issue of this four-time U.S. amateur champion’s first book. Octavo, original green cloth gilt, photographic cover portrait to the front panel, with forty eight stop-action illustrations. Signed by Jerome Travers on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.

Read more
$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-99831
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Wouk, Herman

This Is My God.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, 1959.

First edition of Wouk’s classic introduction to Judaism. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For David and Dan in memory of Uncle Alex Herman Wouk. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Robert Galster.

Read more
$650.00
Item Number: RRB-49878
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

Beny, Roloff (Vivien Leigh)

A Time of Gods.

London : Thames and Hudson, 1962.

First edition of this work by the famed photographer. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated endpaper, illustrated with 148 photogravure plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author to actress Vivien Leigh, “For Vivien with all my love and admiration always Roloff London Oct. 23/ 63.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Beny was in earlyContinue reading "A Time of Gods."

Read more
$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-74016
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details

von Mises, Ludwig

Epistemological Problems of Economics.

Princeton, New Jersey : D. Van Nostrand Co, 1960.

First edition in English of a “milestone” in Mises’ groundbreaking theory of human action, containing “his seminal philosophical and methodological” argument for the scope of economic science. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by Ludwig von Mises on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. TranslatedContinue reading "Epistemological Problems of Economics."

Read more
$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-96745
Add to Cart
Ask a Question Details
Previous 1 ... 320 321 322 323 324 ... 374 Next