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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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Hoover, Herbert

The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: 1929-1941 The Great Depression.

New York : The MacMillan Company, 1952.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Herbert Hoover on the title page. An excellent near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the foot of the spine and extremities.

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-260
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Wiener, Norbert

Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Weiner’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Norbert Weiner on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$500.00
Item Number: RRB-3729
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Maharaj, Mac] O'Malley, Padraig; Foreword by Nelson Mandela

Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle For South Africa.

New York : Viking, 2007.

First edition of this work on apartheid activist Mac Maharaj. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Padraig O’Malley. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$55.00
Item Number: RRB-3557
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His Holiness Tenzin Gyatsho: The XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet

The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye.

Bangkok : The Social Science Association Press of Thailand, 1968.

First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan “with prayers.” A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare, especially signed.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-4545
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McPhee, John

A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965.

First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “For Hazel and Louis Landa I can hear you saying to one another: “Has he some quelque chose of his own upon the anvil?” “I expect it from him since poor Bradley helped to makeContinue reading "A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Princeton’s Bill Bradley."

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-3974
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de Mare, Eric

The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation.

London : Allen Lane, 1973.

First edition. Folio, original cloth. Inscribed by the author, “To Peggy and Frank Taplin with kind, associational thoughts from Eric de Mare Jan. 1973.” Also laid in, is a page and half handwritten signed letter to the same recipients. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to the front panelContinue reading "The London Dore Saw: A Victorian Evocation."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-2474
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Rollins, Sonny; Eric Nisenson

Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

First edition of this work on the legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Sonny Rollins on the front free endpaper, “To John- many thanks Sonny Rollins.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Henry Sene Yee. Foreword by Sonny Rollins.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-1655
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Canetti, Elias

The Torch In My Ear.

New York : FSG, 1982.

First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the back panel. The second volume in the Nobel Prize winning author’s autobiography.

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$25.00
Item Number: RRB-1737
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Lessing, Doris

Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949.

New York : Harper Collins, 1994.

First edition. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.

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$125.00
Item Number: RRB-1535
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Chagall, Marc; Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie

Jerusalem Windows.

New York : George Braziller, 1962.

First edition. Folio, original red cloth. With two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Contains the rarely seen original slipcase, also present is the original blue ribbon. The rear panel of the acetate shows some wear.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-4235
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Wright, Frank Lloyd

Frank Lloyd Wright Autographed Letter.

Taliesin 1940.

Important autograph letter signed by Frank Lloyd Wright to friend and architectural critic, Lewis Mumford. Letter is 19 inches by 8.5 inches. It reads, “My dear Lewis: I’ve read “The Brown Decade” you so kindly sent me and it is a useful work in your splendid style. I didn’t agree in total but admire andContinue reading "Frank Lloyd Wright Autographed Letter."

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$9,000.00
Item Number: RRB-3790
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Le Corbusier [Charles Edouard Jeanneret]

L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille.

Souillac : Le Point, 1950.

First edition of this work by the famed architect. Small quarto, original wrappers with the dust jacket. Inscribed by Le Corbusier and dated in December 1950. In very good condition with some light rubbing. The subject of this book by Le Corbusier is among his most well-known works, L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille, which inspired theContinue reading "L’Unite D’Habitation de Marseille."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3784
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White, Stanford

Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

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Autograph letter signed by architect Stanford White. It reads, “To [Marie] Anais [Casey], believed to have been romantically involved with White by his biographer, Aline B. Saarinen. With a typewritten letter signed from Saarinen to Casey’s daughter requesting additional background information on her mother’s affair with White. The handwritten letter reads, “My dear dear AnaisContinue reading "Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-3779
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Kiefer, Anselm

Anselm Kiefer: The High Priestess.

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1989.

First edition of the artist’s monumental work which comprises a bookcase filled with gigantic books made from lead: ‘. Folio, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-2304
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Eisenman, Peter

Blurred Zones: Eisenman Architects 1988-1988.

New York : Monacelli Press, 2003.

First edition. Folio, original gray cloth. Inscribed by architect Peter Eisenman. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-2327
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Zocchi, Giuseppe

Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze).

New York : Walker and Company, 1967.

Portfolio of 27 plates in facsimile, 17.5 x 22.5 inches, in a buckram bound box. First edition / limited edition of 950 copies, of which this is number 476. Includes 29 page booklet, Views of Florence, which are notes on the individual prints. Original drawings are in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library inContinue reading "Eighteenth Century Views of Florence, Portfolio of 27 Plates (Reproduction of the 1754 Edition Scelta Di XXIV Vedute della principali Contrade, Pizze, Chiese, e Palazzi dell Citta di Firenze)."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-2363
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Jencks, Charles

The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

New York : Rizzoli, 1991.

Sixth edition of this seminal work in the field of architecture. Folio, original blue cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-2263
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Chagall, Marc & Jean Laymarie

Jerusalem Windows.

New York : Braziller, 1962.

First edition. Folio, original red cloth, with two original color lithographs specially prepared by Chagall for this edition, illustrated throughout. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very sharp example.

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-1376
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Jencks, Charles

The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

New York : Rizzoli, .

Later enlarged edition of this classic work. Folio, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. In very good condition.

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-1365
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Gehry, Frank

FOG: Flowing in All Directions.

Los Angeles : Circa Publications, 2003.

First edition. Folio, Original illustrated boards. In fine condition. Signed and dated in 2005 by Frank Gehry on the front panel.

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-1357
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Meier, Richard

Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1965-1981.

Zurich : Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, 1982.

First edition. Oblong quarto, original wrappers. Signed by Richard Meier on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light wear to the extremities.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-878
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Meier, Richard

Richard Meier Museums.

New York : Rizzoli, 2006.

First edition of this monograph that details the museum projects undertaken by Richard Meier. Folio, original boards. Signed by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$575.00
Item Number: RRB-877
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Meier, Richard

Richard Meier: Buildings and Projects 1979 – 1989.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990.

First Edition of this monograph of the architects projects compiled from the late 1970’s to the 1980’s. Inscribed and dated by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$470.00
Item Number: RRB-874
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Libeskind, Daniel

Daniel Libeskind: Countersign.

New York : Rizzoli, 1991.

First edition. Folio, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Daniel Libeskind on the title page.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-817
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