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New York : Simon & Schuster, 1990.
First edition of the 40th President of the United States’ memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Winnie- With Best Wishes. Ronald Reagan Feb. 9- 1991” and signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman whoContinue reading "An American Life."
Read more![Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται. [Christ Recrucified].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RRB-151390.jpg?fit=800%2C640&ssl=1 "Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται. [Christ Recrucified].")
Athens : Δίφρος [Difros], 1950.
First Greek edition of one of Kazantzakis’s most important novels, first published in Swedish in 1948. Octavo, bound in full cloth with red cloth spine labels lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed and dated by Kazantzakis on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed by Kazantzakis.
Read more![August 1914. [The Guns of August].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/RRB-150301.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "August 1914. [The Guns of August].")
London : Constable and Co. Ltd, 1962.
First British edition of Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic of the opening episodes of World War I. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barbara Tuchman opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
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New York : Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of the novel that established Faulkner’s literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some professional restoration. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
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Original photograph of Bobby Jones swinging a wood on the fairway. Boldly and warmly inscribed by Bobby Jones. The photograph measures 7.5 inches by 9.25 inches. Triple matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.5 inches by 18 inches. Photographs signed by Bobby Jones are uncommon.
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New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
First edition, first printing of Hemingway’s third novel, a tragic exploration of love, duty, and the futility of war. Octavo, original publisher’s tan cloth. With the first printing issue point of Scribner’s “A” on the copyright page. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket without the photographer name on the rear panel.Continue reading "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
Read more![The Works of Charles Dickens [Including: Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities; David Copperfield; Great Expectations; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; David Copperfield; Dombey & Son; The Old Curiosity Shop; Nicholas Nickleby].](https://i0.wp.com/raptisrarebooks2.bvbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The-Works-of-Charles-Dickens-DICKENS-Charles-10986.jpg?fit=1000%2C800&ssl=1 "The Works of Charles Dickens [Including: Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities; David Copperfield; Great Expectations; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; David Copperfield; Dombey & Son; The Old Curiosity Shop; Nicholas Nickleby].")
Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1894.
The New Library edition of the works of Charles Dickens. Octavo, 32 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, top edges gilt, illustrated. Bookplate to each front pastedown. In near fine condition.
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New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Fine with a contemporary bookplate to the inner gutter, in the first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very nice example.
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Richmond, VA : Printed by Samuel Shepherd & Co., 1829.
First edition of one of the most consequential defenses of the Southern political and economic order to emerge from antebellum America, delivered from the lectern of the College of William & Mary by the man who would soon become its president and the intellectual standard-bearer of the proslavery argument. Royal octavo, original publisher’s brown clothContinue reading "Essays on the Restrictive System, Delivered to the Senior Political Class of William and Mary College."
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Chartwell 1949.
Rare typed letter signed by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill to a Lady Aberconway, likely Christobel Aberconway. Octavo, one page on Westerham letterhead, the letter reads in full, ‘Chartwell, Westerham, Kent. “9” March, 1949. “Dear Lady Aberconway,” Thank you for your letter. I think Greenshields may have had in his mind some very beautiful blackContinue reading "Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed."
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[1972-1975].
Large photograph of the Burger Court, signed by nine justices below their portrait. Large black and white photograph depicting the Supreme Court in robes seated or standing. The justices are Potter Stewart, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William O. Douglas (“W O Douglas”), Thurgood Marshall, Warren E. Burger, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan (“WmJBrennanJr”), William H. Rehnquist,Continue reading "Warren E. Burger Supreme Court Signed Photograph."
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London : Faber and Faber, 1972.
First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by W.H. Auden on the front free endpaper with the first three stanzas of “Doggerel by a Senior Citizen” which reads in full: “Our earth in 1969 / Is not the planet I call mine, / The words, I mean, that givesContinue reading "Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems."
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Boston : L.C. Page, 1899.
First edition of this collection of golf short stories by the father of American football. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of a woman golfer by H.C. Ireland, vignette on title page, top edge gilt. Inscribed by Walter Camp in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “Louis, with my best wishes, Walter Camp. XmasContinue reading "Drives and Puts."
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New York : Johnathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
First edition of the novel that established Faulkner’s literary reputation. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise and clamshell box. A very sharp example.
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New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902.
The Annabel edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in three quarters crushed levant morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 60 photogravures, each with a lettered tissue guard. In very good condition. AContinue reading "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe."
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Hyde Park Gat, London 1949.
Rare typed letter signed by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill to a Lady Aberconway, likely Christobel Aberconway. Octavo, one page on Western letterhead, the letter reads in full, ’28, Hyde Park Gate, London, S. W. 7. “3” March, 1949. “Madam Lady Aberconway,” Thank you for your letter of February 28. Alas I have never madeContinue reading "Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed."
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New York : Random House, 1962.
First edition of Thorp’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, with charts and illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Alfred Best Wishes Ed Thorp.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
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London : Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, and J. Osborn and T. Longman in Pater-noster Row, 1728.
First edition of Newton’s ambitious attempt to reconstruct and rationalize the timelines of ancient history. Quarto, bound in full contemporary Cambridge calf, ruled and tooled in blind with speckled panels, gilt turn-ins, ordinary paper issue, illustrated with 3 folding engravings. From the library of Harvard University professor Owen Gingerich. Owen Gingerich (1930–2023) was an AmericanContinue reading "The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended."
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1973.
First edition of this classic work, one of the “few great investment books” (Andrew Tobias). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Burt Malkiel on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jay J. Smith. Rare and desirable signed.
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A rare collection of autograph notes by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis providing instructions for a birthday party for her son, John F. Kennedy Jr., along with additional housekeeping directions. The collection comprises one 8.5 by 11-inch sheet of lined paper and two smaller white notes addressed to “Charley” containing instructions for “John’s party,” together with aContinue reading "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Autograph Manuscript Notes for John Jr.’s Birthday Party and Household Instructions."
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Washington : Thomas Allen, Printer to the House, 1837.
First edition of the official compilation of United States congressional procedures, incorporating Thomas Jefferson’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice together with the governing rules of the House of Representatives, Senate, and the joint rules of Congress. Royal octavo, bound in full contemporary calf, black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Sabin 16106. In very good condition,Continue reading "Constitution of the United States of America: Rules of the House of Representatives, Joint Rules of the Two Houses and Rules of the Senate, with Jefferson’s Manual."
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New York : Random House, 1994.
Jeff Bezos’ special thank-you print run of his favorite book. Octavo, original boards. Signed by the author and by Jeff Bezos on the title page. Laid in is a letter from Bezos on amazon.com letterhead which reads, “Dear Friend of Amazon.com, What can I say? It’s been five years since we sold our first book,Continue reading "The Palace Thief."
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New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-54.
First editions of Winston Churchill’s masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1951.
First edition of the new edition of this “work on political economy in the tradition of the great moral philosophers, a Montesquieu or Adam Smith, containing both acute knowledge and profound wisdom by von Mises” (F.A. Hayek). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine inContinue reading "Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis."
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