Raptis Rare Books maintains an extensive selection of framed autographs, manuscripts, signed and inscribed photographs, and historical documents.
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Color photograph of baseball legends Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Signed by both Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Framed on a custom mount with a commemorative plaque. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 10.5 inches. In fine condition.
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Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, “To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock.” In fine condition.
Read more![Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137508.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Fionia vulgo Funen. [Seventeenth Century Joan Blaeu Map of Funen].")
[Amsterdam] c. 1645.
Large seventeenth century hand-colored map of the Danish island of Funen by renowned Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu. One page, hand-colored with two decorative cartouches. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 26.5 by 22 inches.
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Bodenham August 9, 1967.
Autograph letter signed by English author John Creasey to American novelist John Ball with a review of the film based on Ball’s first ‘Virgil Tibbs’ novel. One page on Cunard Line R. M. S. Queen Mary letterhead, duodecimo, the autograph letter reads, “Dear John, Last night in New York, I saw ‘In the Heat ofContinue reading "John Creasey Autograph Letter Signed."
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Nuremberg : Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-Colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer’s ‘Nürnbergische Hesperides.’ Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Phaseolus Indic Cochleatus, or the Runner Bean plant. In fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
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Photograph of President Harry S. Truman. Warmly inscribed by Harry S. Truman. In fine condition. Double matted and framed; the entire piece measures 11.5 inches 15 inches.
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Large format color photograph of American computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock with the ARPANET, the forerunner to the Internet. Inscribed by him, “To Kent, Leonard Kleinrock.” In fine condition.
Read more![Lauro [Bay Laurel] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RRB-145524.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Lauro [Bay Laurel] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.")
Nuremberg : Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer’s ‘Nürnbergische Hesperides.’ Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Lauro, or the Bay Laurel plant. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
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Rare original broadside poem by Edgar Guest on golfer Harry Vardon. A photograph of Vardon with a putter and the poem by Edgar Albert Guest is below. Guest who was popular poet in the 20th century and became known as the “People’s Poet”. Matted and framed.
Read more![Olivo [Olive Tree] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RRB-145525.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Olivo [Olive Tree] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.")
Nuremberg : Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer’s ‘Nürnbergische Hesperides.’ Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Olivo, or the Olive Tree. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
Read more![Baumwollen [Cotton Plant] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RRB-145527.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Baumwollen [Cotton Plant] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.")
Nuremberg : Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer’s ‘Nürnbergische Hesperides.’ Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of die Baumwollen, or the Cotton Plant. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
Read more![Arbutus im Wörnlischen [Tree in Wörnlischen Garden] Garten Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RRB-145526.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Arbutus im Wörnlischen [Tree in Wörnlischen Garden] Garten Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.")
Nuremberg : Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer’s ‘Nürnbergische Hesperides.’ Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Arbutus im Wornlischen Garten, or the tree in Wörnlischen Garden. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
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c. 1968 .
Rare collection of original Mao Zedong propaganda posters. Four posters, one in duplicate, featuring large format images of Mao. In near fine condition.
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: N.p., 1982.
Rare Time Magazine cover from the September 20, 1982 issue. Quarto, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Prime Minister Menachem Begin painted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz. Signed by Begin at the middle left on his portrait, “M. Begin.” In near fine condition. Accompanied by a typed slip which states, “With theContinue reading "Menachem Begin Signed Time Magazine Cover."
Read more![Cotyledon Africana frutefcens [Fruiting African Cotyledon] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RRB-145528.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Cotyledon Africana frutefcens [Fruiting African Cotyledon] Hand-Colored Engraved Botanical Plate.")
Nuremberg : Nürnbergische Hesperides, c. 1710.
Hand-colored engraved botanical plate from Johann Christoph Volkamer’s ‘Nürnbergische Hesperides.’ Hand-colored engraved botanical plate of Cotyledon Africana frutefcens, or the fruiting African Cotyledon. In near fine condition. Double matted with a gilt ornamental border and framed. This piece measures 21.5 inches by 16.75 inches.
Read more![America das Mitternachtige nach der Zeichnung des Herrn Wilhelm Delisle in Verlag Joh. Justine Gebauers. [18th Century Guillaume Delisle Map of North America].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RRB-138497.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "America das Mitternachtige nach der Zeichnung des Herrn Wilhelm Delisle in Verlag Joh. Justine Gebauers. [18th Century Guillaume Delisle Map of North America].")
Halle : Johann Justinus Gebauer, 1752.
Rare 18th century engraved map of North and Central America by famed French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. One page, hand-colored, the engraved map shows North and Central America including California, Nova Mexico, Florida, and Greenlandia, decorative cartouches. In near fine condition.
Read more![Carte De La Louisiane Et De La Floride. [18th Century French Map of Florida].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RRB-139014.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Carte De La Louisiane Et De La Floride. [18th Century French Map of Florida].")
Paris : Rigobert Bonne, [1797].
Rare 18th century map of North America by Royal Hydrographer Rigobert Bonne. One page, the engraved map extends from Illinois to Florida with one of the earliest insets of Kansas City. Born in the Lorraine region of France, French cartographer Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was a skilled cartographer and hydrographer and succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as RoyalContinue reading "Carte De La Louisiane Et De La Floride. [18th Century French Map of Florida]."
Read more![Asia. [Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137394.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Asia. [Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn Nineteenth Century Engraved Map of Asia].")
c. 1825.
Rare hand-colored engraved map of Asia by American cartographers Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn. One page, hand-colored. In very good condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 13 inches by 11.5 inches.
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London : Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd, 1974.
Rare limited issue Centenary Picture Medal of Winston Churchill. Bronze Centenary Picture Medal containing thirteen informational disks that chronicle “outstanding events in the life of Britain’s Beloved Bulldog Winston Spencer Churchill” illustrated by F. Jaffé, original silk ribbon. One of only 2,000 medals struck in bronzed gilding metal. In fine condition with some rubbing toContinue reading "Winston Churchill Centenary Picture Medal."
Read more![Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RRB-137611.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1 "Impero Della China Colle Isole Del Giappone. [Eighteenth Century Antonio Zatta Map of the Empire Of China and Islands Of Japan]")
Venice : Presso Antonio Zatta, 1784.
Large eighteenth century hand-colored map of China and Japan by Venetian cartographer Antonio Zatta. One page, hand-colored with a fine botanical cartouche. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 23.5 inches.
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Rare black and white photograph of the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets. Signed and dated by Tibbets, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 AUG 1945.” The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.
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Havana February 11, 1952.
Original February 11, 1952 Time Magazine Latin American edition cover signed by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden. Quarto, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Eden painted by Boris Artzybasheff. In very good condition.
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LaRue County, Kentucky August 28, 1905.
Rare original broadside advertisement of the bankruptcy sale of Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace, The Lincoln Spring Farm. One page, printed broadside advertisement by L.B. Handley, Special Commissioner of the LaRue County, Kentucky, and dated August 28, 1905. The headline states, “Commissioner’s Sale! Of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace.” Thomas and Nancy Lincoln moved into the home inContinue reading "Broadside Advertisement of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace, The Lincoln Spring Farm."
Read more![Atlas de L’Histoire du Consulat et de L’Empire Dresse et Dessine Sous La Direction de M. Thiers Par MM. A. Dufour et Duvotenay. [The Thiers Atlas].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/rrb-131402.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "Atlas de L'Histoire du Consulat et de L'Empire Dresse et Dessine Sous La Direction de M. Thiers Par MM. A. Dufour et Duvotenay. [The Thiers Atlas].")
Paris : Librairie Furne, n.d..
Rare finely bound example of the Theirs Atlas, containing 66 maps and battle plans drawn by two of the best cartographers of Second Empire. Quarto, quarter cloth over marbled boards, illustrated with 66 plates by Dufour and Duvotenay printed by Dyonnet. In very good condition. A very nice example.
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