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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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Zagajewski, Adam

Tremor: Selected Poems.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985.

First edition of the poet’s first book to be published in English. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Adrienne- with best wishes, Adam Zagajewski Houseton, May 2004.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cathy Saksa. Laid in is a black and whiteContinue reading "Tremor: Selected Poems."

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-147466
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Schulz, Charles M

Christmas Is Together-Time.

London : Paul Hamlyn, 1966.

First British edition of this early work by the creator of Peanuts. Duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-152142
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Nabokov, Vladimir

The Eye.

New York : Phaedra, 1965.

First edition of this short novel by the author of Lolita. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov.

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Item Number: RRB-144481
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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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Item Number: RRB-124354
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Wells, H.G

The Way The World is Going: Guesses & Forecasts of The Years Ahead.

London : Ernest Benn Limited, 1928.

First British edition of Wells’ forward-looking collection of social and political essays on the future of modern civilization. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into theContinue reading "The Way The World is Going: Guesses & Forecasts of The Years Ahead."

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Item Number: RRB-151146
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McCullough, David

John Adams.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001.

Later printing of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by the David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a  fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.

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Item Number: RRB-147017
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Ford, Richard

The Sportswriter.

New York : Vintage Books, 1986.

First edition of this paperback original as issued. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Elias Kanner with the very warmest wishes. Richard Ford January 8, 1990 NYC.” In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-120536
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Kipling, Rudyard

From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900.

First English edition of this collection of Kipling’s essays about his 1889 travels from India to Burma, China, Japan, and the United States en route to England. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt elephant emblem to the front panel, top edge gilt. In very good condition with rubbing toContinue reading "From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches. Letters of Travel."

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Item Number: RRB-122350
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Schorr, Jonathan [William Safire]

Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School.

New York : Ballantine Books, 2002.

First edition of this journalistic analysis of charter school life from the library of American journalist William Safire. Octavo, original half cloth. Autographed letter to American journalist William Safire laid in. As thanks for his thoughtful announcement in the word column, the note reads in part, “I am touched by the effort and generosity thatContinue reading "Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner City Charter School."

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Item Number: RRB-145238
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Leigh Fermor, Patrick

Three Letters From the Andes.

London : John Murray, 1991.

First British edition of this work by the author of A Time of Gifts. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white sketches. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Craxton.

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Item Number: RRB-150719
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Kingsley, Charles

Two Years Ago.

Cambridge : Macmillan and Co, 1857.

First edition of the author’s classic work, containing some of his most profound passages of descriptive imagery. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Tout & Sons with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Two Years Ago."

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Item Number: RRB-151104
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James, Henry

The Soft Side.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1900.

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

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Item Number: RRB-80111
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Ford, Hilary

Felix Walking.

London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958.

First edition of the first book published under Youd’s pseudonym Hilary Ford. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper.

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Item Number: RRB-96197
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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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Item Number: RRB-101014
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Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Maracot Deep.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929.

First edition of Conan Doyle’s seminal collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-137525
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Vargas Llosa, Mario

In Praise of Stepmother.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990.

First edition of this novel by “one of the master storytellers of our time” (Denis Lynn Heyck, Chicago Tribune Book World). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Translated by Helen Lane.

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Item Number: RRB-142071
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Henty, George Alfred [G.A.]

A March On London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler’s Insurrection.

London : Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898.

First edition of Henty’s classic historical adventure tale. Octavo, original publisher’s decorated cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, with eight illustrations by W. H. Margetson. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription, bookplate.

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Item Number: RRB-122907
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Fitzgerald, Edward [Translator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám.

London : Robt. Riviere & Son, LTD, 1928.

Special edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth with paper titles to the spine, printed on Studio hand-made paper, reprinted from Fitzgerald’s translation published in 1859. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

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Item Number: RRB-150743
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Padgett, Ron

Great Balls of Fire.

Chicago : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.

First American edition of the poet’s 1969 collection. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Shelly a [Great] idea… Gary Cooper Oscar Homosexual” and signed on the title page, “Ron Padgett.” In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-129719
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Gati, Charles [Editor]; Foreword by Jimmy Carter [Madeleine K. Albright]

ZBIG: The Strategy And Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Maryland : Library of Congress, 2013.

First edition of ZBig Brezezinski’s multifaceted career dealing with U.S. security and foreign policy, with a foreword by President Jimmy Carter. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton fromContinue reading "ZBIG: The Strategy And Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski."

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Item Number: RRB-149017
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Kirby, Robert G.; John W. O'Brien; Myron S. Scholes; Rodger F. Smith; Jack L. Treynor

Evaluation and Measurement of Investment Performance.

Charlottesville : The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1977.

First edition of this collection of essays on investment performance. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-117761
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von Mises, Ludwig

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War.

New Rochelle, NY : Arlington House Publishers, 1969.

First edition of the re-issue of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate.

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Item Number: RRB-120643
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Kipling, Rudyard

Abaft the Funnel.

New York : B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909.

First edition, first issue of of Kipling’s 1909 short story collection with gold lettering to the spine and front panel. Octavo, original blue cloth with gold titles to the spine and front panel. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-122911
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Kerbey, Joseph Orton

On the War Path: A Journey Over the Historic Grounds of the Late Civil War.

Chicago : Donahue, Henneberry & Co., 1890.

First edition of the Civil War Union spy’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-132391
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