mail@raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com

Signed

Filters

Price

$

to

$

Only Signed Copies

Only First Edition

Signed

Showing items 2688-2712 of 5713

Steinbeck, John

The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication.

New York : The Viking Press, 1957.

First edition of Steinbeck’s only political satire. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the front free endpaper, “Mary avec l’aimite from John the XXII.” The recipient, Mary Steinbeck Dekker was the eldest sister of John Steinbeck. The warmth of this inscription reflects their close and enduring relationshipContinue reading "The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145514

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Dennett, Daniel C

Breaking the Spell: Religion As A Natural Phenomenon.

New York : Viking, 2006.

First edition of this “crystal-clear, constantly engaging work” (Jared Diamond). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title page, “For Annie Daniel C. Dennett 3/6/23.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-145504

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Waugh, Evelyn

Brideshead Revisited.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1945.

First edition of Waugh’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Evelyn Waugh on the title page. Waugh issued a pre-publication edition of the novel in a run of 50 copies. These were printed and specially bound to distribute among friends for Christmas and to solicit any revisions. Several changes were made as a resultContinue reading "Brideshead Revisited."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145489

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

McCain, John and Mark Salter

The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.

First edition of this political memoir from Senator McCain, an American hero who reflects on his life and what matters most. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by John McCain on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow. Rare and desirable signed as this memoir was published in MayContinue reading "The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-145522

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Warhol, Andy

Andy Warhol’s Exposures.

New York : Andy Warhol Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.

First edition of Warhol’s candid and engaging photobook. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Andy Warhol on the half-title, who has added a drawing of a heart and his initials below, “To Alice Love Andy Warhol.” Warhol has also signed the dust jacket. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A uniqueContinue reading "Andy Warhol’s Exposures."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145874

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Lee, Harper [Gregory Peck]

To Kill A Mockingbird.

New York : HarperCollins, 1995.

First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, basis for the classic film starring Gregory Peck. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated by Academy-Award winning actor Gregory Peck on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145873

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Hill, Napoleon

The Master-Key to Riches.

Los Angeles : The Willing Publishing Company, 1945.

First edition of Napoleon Hill’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Napoleon Hill on a half-title page. Very good in a good dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Rare and desirable signed.

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145872

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Segal, Erich

Love Story.

New York, Evanston, and London : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.

First edition, early printing of the author’s best-selling novel, a “sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental” work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story wasContinue reading "Love Story."

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-145831

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

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 title page, “To Sis’ Julie Jerome, Stay Strong Love, Cornel West.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Darren Haggar.

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-146136

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Auchincloss, Louis; Beeson, Jack; Calisher, Hortense; Huxtable, Ada Louise; Kahn, Wolf; Lewis, R.W.B.; Lippold, Richard; Mailer, Norman; Ozick, Cynthia; Schlensinger, Arthur, Jr.; Edited by John Updike

A Century of Arts and Letters.

New York : Columbia University Press, 1997.

First edition of this work celebrating the history of the American Academy of Arts & Letters on its centenary. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed on the the title page by all eleven contributors. Preface and edited by John Updike. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-145842

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Wolfe, Thomas

Look Homeward, Angel.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original dark blue cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “To Jo Dauber with thanks for dragging me in. Thomas Wolfe, Nov. 27, 1929.” Near fine in a very good first-issue dust jacket with the photograph of WolfeContinue reading "Look Homeward, Angel."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-125635

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

McCarthy, Cormac

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.

New York : Everyman's Library, 2008.

First edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author, “For Tom and Corinne All the best Your friend Cormac.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Mario Ettlinger. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Rare and desirableContinue reading "The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain."

$3,250.00

Item Number: RRB-145835

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Goodall, Jane

The Great Apes: Between Two Worlds.

Washington, D.C : National Geographic Society, 1993.

First edition of this collection of contributions by these award-winning scientists. Quarto, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Julie and Anthony Jane Goodall UK.” In fine condition. Contributions by Jane Goodall, George B. Schaller and Mary G. Smith.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-145833

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Child, Julia

Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom Essential Techniques And Recipes From A Lifetime Of Cooking.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

First edition of this collection of recipes by Julia Child. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Jane Julia Child.” Fine in near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Front of the jacket photograph by Micheal McLaughlin. Book photograph by Paul Child.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-145839

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time.

New York : The Dial Press, 1963.

Early printing of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the dedication page, “Go the distance – in and out, and up and down. Jimmy Baldwin.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.Continue reading "The Fire Next Time."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145619

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Lefevre, Edwin [George Soros]

Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1923.

First edition of this Wall Street classic, signed by legendary investor and trader George Soros. Octavo, original publisher’s ochre cloth, decoratively stamped in blind. Boldly signed by George Soros on the front free endpaper. Hungarian-American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist, George Soros, has authored fifteen books on global capitalism, finance, and politics that offerContinue reading "Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145228

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Chaplin, Charles. [Charlie]

My Autobiography.

London : The Bodley Head, 1964.

First edition, early printing of Charlie Chaplin’s extraordinarily vivid autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. With a letter of provenance laid in to Bob Israel describing the legibility of Chaplin‘s inscription and gifting five color photographs depicting Chaplin with Oona O’Neil Chaplin and others. Fine inContinue reading "My Autobiography."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145221

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Fischer, Bobby

My 60 Memorable Games.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1968.

First edition of this classic work, which is regarded as one of the great pieces of chess literature. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Bobby Fischer on the front free endpaper. Introduction by Grandmaster Larry Evans. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Carl Smith. Housed in a custom half moroccoContinue reading "My 60 Memorable Games."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145616

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Aldrin, Buzz and John Barnes

The Return: A Novel of Human Adventure.

New York : Forge/ Tom Doherty Associates, 2000.

First edition of Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s compelling work of fiction. Octavo, original glossy boards. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-112686

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Burton, Richard F

The Land of Midian (Revisited).

London : C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1879.

First edition of the sequel to Burton’s The Gold Mines Of Midian (1878), describing Burton’s second expedition through Midian in northwest Arabia. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black pictorial decorations to the front panel, beveled edges, black endpapers, illustratedContinue reading "The Land of Midian (Revisited)."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-145223

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Tartt, Donna

The Secret History.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

First edition of this contemporary literary classic and “an accomplished psychological thriller…absolutely chilling” (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Donna Tartt on the half-title page. Additionally signed four times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel book, on the front panel of the dust jacket, on the half-title page andContinue reading "The Secret History."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145993

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Goldberger, Paul

The City Observed: New York: A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan.

New York : Random House, 1979.

First edition of this classic work on New York. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Edith and Martin Segal, Such treasured parts of New York that they should really be a part of this book- but even more important,Continue reading "The City Observed: New York: A Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan."

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-145643

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Saramago, Jose

Blindness.

New York : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed twice by jacket designer Claudine G. Mansour on the front jacket panel and the rear flap. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147085

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Scarne, John

The Mafia Conspiracy.

North Bergen, NJ : Scarne Enterprises, 1976.

First edition of this interesting overview of the Mafia. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Walter and Litzka Gibson Best Wishes John Scarne 5/4/76.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed and inscribed.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-145645

Add to Cart Ask a Question Details

Previous 1 ... 111 112 113 114 115 ... 239 Next

Sign up to our Newsletter

Be the first to know about new arrivals and our latest catalogues.