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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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Blake, Michael

Airman Mortensen.

Los Angeles, California : Seven Wolves Publishing, 1991.

Advanced reading copy of the first edition of Michael Blake’s second novel. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. In very good condition.

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$25.00
Item Number: RRB-150744
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National Gallery

National Gallery Trafalgar Square Illustrations to the Catalogue Volume III: British, French, & Spanish Schools.

London : Printed for the Trustees, 1926.

First edition of the last volume in the Official Catalogue of the National Gallery, this volume featuring illustrations comprising the British, French, and Spanish Schools of art. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with nearly four hundred reproductions. In very good condition with some toning and light rubbing to the extremities. Accompanied by original dry mounted platesContinue reading "National Gallery Trafalgar Square Illustrations to the Catalogue Volume III: British, French, & Spanish Schools."

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$25.00
Item Number: RRB-146552
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Miller, Arthur

The Ride Down Mt. Morgan.

New York : Penguin Books, 1992.

First American edition of this incredibly entertaining play. Octavo, original black half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Inge Morath.

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Item Number: RRB-145186
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Rushdie, Salman

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights.

New York : Random House, 2015.

First edition of this New York Times best selling magical realism novel. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Kelly Blair.

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Item Number: RRB-151136
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Fido, Martin. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling.

London : Hamlyn, 1974.

First edition of the great biographer’s lively and absorbing study of the life and work of Rudyard Kipling. Quarto, original cloth, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-126709
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Tobin, James

Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity: Reflections on Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1980.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.

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Item Number: RRB-142144
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Rivera, Mark with Mike Poncy. Foreword by Ringo Starr

Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig.

Dallas, Texas : Matt Holt Books, 2023.

First edition of renowned musician, musical director, and rock star Mark Rivera’s revealing memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brigid Pearson.

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Item Number: RRB-151884
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Nabokov, Vladimir

Transparent Things.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972.

First edition of this complex novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small closed tear to the rear panel. Author photograph by Halsman.

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Item Number: RRB-151864
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Wells, H.G

Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education.

London : Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1918.

First edition, early printing of this early twentieth-century social novel exploring education, reform, and the shaping of modern character. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth. In very good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-151165
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Rand, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged.

New York : Signet, 1985.

Signet edition mass-market paperback of one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. Duodecimo, original publisher’s pictorial wrappers. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-151358
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Wells, H.G

Bealby: A Holiday.

London : Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1940.

Later edition of this classic children’s book. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in black. In near fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-150682
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Brown, Hilton. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation by Hilton Brown.

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1945.

First edition of Brown’s candid work on the genius of Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with 5 portriats. Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-123612
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Carpenter, Lucile Russell

Rudyard Kipling: A Friendly Profile.

Chicago : Argus Books, 1942.

First edition of Lucile and William Carpenter’s work on Kipling’s life in Vermont, his travels around the world, and school days. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-123558
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Moore, Brian

Cold Heaven.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1983.

First edition of Moore’s supernatural thriller. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Hans Wendler. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.

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Item Number: RRB-126409
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O'Hara, John

Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian’s Story.

New York : Random House, 1969.

First edition of this novel by the author of Appointment in Samarra. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nassar.

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Item Number: RRB-126114
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Waller, Robert James

A Thousand Country Roads.

Alpine & Houston : John M. Hardy Publishing, 2002.

First edition of the sequel to The Bridges of Madison County. Duodecimo, original publisher’s boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Leisha Israel. Author photograph by Linda Solomon.

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Item Number: RRB-151416
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Quennell, Peter

Vladimir Nabokov: A Tribute.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1980.

First edition of this tribute to Nabokov. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Edited by Peter Quennell. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-36337
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Masefield, John

A Play of St. George.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1948.

First edition, first printing of this inspiring play by England’s 37-year Poet Laureate. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Graphic House Associates. Author photograph by Keystone Pictures, Inc.

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Item Number: RRB-145274
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Dayan, Lt Yael

A Soldier’s Diary: Sinai 1967.

England : Penguin Books, 1969.

The Penguin Books edition of this firsthand account of the Six Day War written in just two weeks by Lieutenant Yael Dayan. Duodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. In very good condition. Cover design by David Pelham and Ivan Holmes.

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Item Number: RRB-152138
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Stewart, J.I.M

Rudyard Kipling.

London : Victor Gollancz, 1966.

First edition of Stewart’s homage to Rudyard Kipling. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-135245
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Hayden, Dolores; Photographs by Jim Wark

A Field Guide to Sprawl.

New Have : Yale School of Architecture, 2007.

First edition of this pamphlet, which is the exhibition booklet. Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

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Item Number: RRB-67894
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De Madariaga, Salvador

Essays with a Purpose.

London : Hollis & Carter, 1954.

First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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Item Number: RRB-141323
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Hopkins, R. Thurston. [Rudyard Kipling]

Kipling’s Sussex.

London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1921.

First edition of Thurston’s work on Kipling in Sussex. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.

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Item Number: RRB-135205
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Kipling, Rudyard

Schooldays With Kipling.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936.

First edition of Beresford’s homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.

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$15.00
Item Number: RRB-135197
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