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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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McPherson, James M

The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Signed limited first illustrated edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Quarto, original leather, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, illustrated throughout. Signed by James McPherson on the title page. In fine condition in the original slipcase.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-137447
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Xingjian, Gao

Snow in August.

Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, 2003.

First edition in English of the Nobel Laureate’s play that is based on the legendary Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Gao Xingjian on the title page. Review copy, with slip laid in, fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Gilbert C.F.Continue reading "Snow in August."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-1234
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Pamuk, Orhan

My Name Is Red.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

Advanced reader’s edition of this “fabulously rich novel, highly compelling” (The Independent). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Orhan Pamuk and twice by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (once on the front panel and again on the rear panel. In near fine condition. Design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar.Continue reading "My Name Is Red."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-126789
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Living To Tell the Tale.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-110799
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Rowling, J.K

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

London : Bloomsbury, 2003.

First edition of the fifth novel in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket with light toning to the text block. Jacket design by Jason Cockcroft.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-152070
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Llosa, Mario Vargas

The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.

First American edition of this selection of commentary from Vargas Llosa’s “Touchstone” column. Octavo, original half cloth. Translated by Natasha Wimmer. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Con recordo afection para Roberto Lima, de tu viejo amigo M V/L 10 de abril de 208.” The recipient, Cuban-born American award-winning poet,Continue reading "The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-137075
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Nash, John F.; Edited by Harold W. Kuhn and Sylvia Nasar

The Essential John Nash.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.

First edition of this volume which compiles John Nash’s most well-known papers. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Nash on the half-title page, “For Harry Williams 27 April 2009 John F. Nash, Jr.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Grady Klein.

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-103443
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O'Hanlon, Michael; Mike Mochizuki [Madeleine K. Albright]

Crisis On the Korean Peninsula: How To Deal With a Nuclear North Korea.

New York : McGraw-Hill, 2003.

First edition of Michael O’Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki’s broad and ambitious program for the United States and its allies to defuse North Korea’s military threat. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with black and white maps, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Association copy, inscribed by theContinue reading "Crisis On the Korean Peninsula: How To Deal With a Nuclear North Korea."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-147590
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Palin, Michael. Photographs by Basil Pao

Sahara.

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.

First edition of Palin’s incredible retelling of his journey across the Sahara Desert. Quarto, original boards, patterned endpapers, photographs by Basil Pao. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Glenn – Don’t eat the camel! Michael Palin.” The recipient, Glenn Goldman founded Book Soup in 1975, an independently owned bookstore onContinue reading "Sahara."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-119797
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Woolley, C. Leonard and T. E. Lawrence

The Wilderness of Zin.

London : Stacey International, 2003.

Revised edition of the authors comprehensive account of their daring 1914 military mapping expedition in southern Palestine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Preface by Jonathan Tubb. Introduction by T. Sam N. Moorehead. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-124354
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Bellow, Saul

Bellow: Novels 1944-1953: Dangling Man, The Victim, The Adventures of Augie March.

New York : The Library of America, 2003.

First edition of the Library of America release of the author’s first three novels. Octavo, original maroon cloth. Signed by both Saul Bellow and James Wood on the title page. James Wood served as editor. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare signed as the author was aged at this point and did not attendContinue reading "Bellow: Novels 1944-1953: Dangling Man, The Victim, The Adventures of Augie March."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-12036
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Wallace, David Foster

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.

First edition of this work which examines the history of infinity, focusing primarily on the work of Georg Cantor, the 19th-century German mathematician who created set theory. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Base Art Co./ Terry Rohrbach.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-120564
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Kertesz, Imre

Felszamolas [Liquidation].

Budapest : Magveto, 2003.

First Hungarian edition, preceding the English edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-698
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Albright, Madeleine

Madam Secretary: A Memoir.

New York : Miramax Books, 2003.

First edition of this classic memoir by the first female Secretary of State in United States history. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ambassador Kimelman Madeleine Albright.” The recipient, Henry Kimelman served as the United States ambassador to Haiti from 1980 to 1981. He was theContinue reading "Madam Secretary: A Memoir."

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-147966
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King, Stephen

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla.

New York : Scribners, 2003.

First trade edition of the author’s fifth installment of his famed Dark Tower Series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Rare and desirable signed.

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150095
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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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Wheeler, Tony; Photographs by l'Anson

Rice Trails: A Journey Through the Ricelands of Asia & Australia.

Australia : Lonely Planet, 2004.

First edition of this wonderful work by the founder of Lonely Planet. Oblong quarto, original glossy boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by both Tony Wheeler and photographer Richard l’Anson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-146239
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Wolfe, Tom

I Am Charlotte Simmons.

New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2004.

First edition of this “hilarious, exclamation-point filled novel” (John Freeman). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Wolfe on the title page. Laid in is the original program for the book signing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Susan Mitchell.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-147194
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Jr., Martin Bill, Eric Carle

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2004.

20th Anniversary edition of Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers, illustrated, original complete story on CD read by Gwyneth Paltrow tipped in at rear. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the copyright page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done byContinue reading "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?"

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-149042
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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

The General in His Labyrinth: A Novel.

New York : Everyman's Library, 2004.

First Everyman’s Library edition of this “fascinating tour de force and a moving tribute to an extraordinary man” (Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the half-title page. Translated and introduced by Edith Grossman. Fine in a fine dust jacket.Continue reading "The General in His Labyrinth: A Novel."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-137055
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Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase).

: Steidl Verlag, 2004.

Complete portfolio of magazines plus wooden suitcase in the original shipping box, one of only 2000 examples. Book 1: The Covers. A facsimile reproduction of every cover from Interview’s first decade; metallic cloth hardcover / 160 pages / color printing. Book 2: The Pictures. A selection of Interview photo-shoots from the first decade; printed fabricContinue reading "Andy Warhol’s Interview (Box/Suitcase)."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-144220
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Pamuk, Orhan

Snow.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page and three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (on the title page, rear jacket flap and on the front panel). Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Maureen Freely.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-119589
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Covel, Michael

Trend Following.

New York : Prentice Hall, 2004.

First edition of this “essential book” (Ed Seykota). Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-106199
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West, Cornel

Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2004.

First edition of this contemporary classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Sis’ Nancy Stay Strong Love, Cornel West.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-118572
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