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Raptis Rare Books carries a variety of rare and antique books including many signed or autographed books. If you’re looking for a particular piece of work with an authentic signature, you’ve come to the right place. Browse our collection of autographed books here & contact us for any questions!

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Parker, Robert M.; Drawings by Christopher Wormell

Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1985.

First edition of Robert M. Parker’s first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “11/26/85 To Mike Cullen, All the best in wine and life Robert M. Parker.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel andContinue reading "Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-118933

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Woolf, Virginia

On Being Ill.

London : Hogarth Press, 1930.

Signed limited first book edition of this meditation on the literary possibilities of illness, number 54 of 250 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original half vellum and green silk boards, marbled endpapers. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.

$7,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143661

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Seth, Vikram

A Suitable Boy.

New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1993.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Vikram Seth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-143819

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Kazantzakis, Nikos

Zorba The Greek.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.

First edition of Kazantzakis’ masterpiece, basis for the beloved Academy award-winning film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Zorba The Greek."

$2,800.00

Item Number: RRB-143544

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von Arnim, Elizabeth

The Enchanted April.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.

Signed limited edition of this classic novel, one of only 377 copies. Octavo, original vellum, original slipcase. Near fine in a very good dust jacket in a very good slipcase. Rare and desirable.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-142579

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[Rudolph, Donald; Robert E. Simanek; John F. Baker; Ray Davis; Francis S. Currey; Charles A. MacGillivary; et al]

The Congressional Medal of Honor: The Names, The Deeds.

Forest Ranch, California : Sharp & Dunnigan Publications, 1984.

First edition of the complete record of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, from the Civil War through Vietnam. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, signed by 30 recipients of the Medal of Honor on the half-title page and opposite the half-title including Joe Foss, Donald Rudolph, Robert E. Simanek, John F. Baker, Jr., RayContinue reading "The Congressional Medal of Honor: The Names, The Deeds."

$2,600.00

Item Number: RRB-142565

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[Watson, Elkanah] [George Washington]

Tour in Holland in MDCCLXXXIV. By an American.

Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : Isaiah Thomas, 1790.

First edition, presentation copy of a scarce volume from George Washington’s library at Mount Vernon. Octavo, bound in full contemporary sheep with pine gilt in six compartments within raised bands, burgundy morocco spine label lettered in gilt, type-ornament title-page vignette, head and tailpieces. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to George Washington on the frontContinue reading "Tour in Holland in MDCCLXXXIV. By an American."

$275,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143919

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Williams, Tennessee

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

New York : New Directions, 1955.

First edition, first issue of one of Williams’s best-known works and his personal favorite. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."

$2,850.00

Item Number: RRB-143560

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McElligot's Pool

Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

McElligot’s Pool.

New York : Random House, 1947.

First edition with the 250/250 price on the front flap as well as the $2.50 price added to the rear flap (state ‘c’) of the first Dr. Seuss title to feature full-color art on every other page. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Mrs. Haye with veryContinue reading "McElligot’s Pool."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-87546

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Ono, Yoko; Introduction by John Lennon

Grapefruit.

London : Sphere Books Limited, 1971.

First Sphere edition of Ono’s seminal piece of conceptual art. 12mo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on the front free endpaper. The uncommon Sphere edition of Ono’s Grapefruit integrates the ‘cheeky’ subject matter of her 1966 short film Bottoms. Rare and highly sought-after signed by both Ono and Lennon.

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-142829

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Faulkner, William. [Cormac McCarthy]

The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family.

New York : Random House, 1957.

First edition, first printing of the second novel in Faulkner’s celebrated Snopes trilogy with line 8 on page 327 repeated as line 10. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. From the library of Cormac McCarthy with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. McCarthy has been widely praised as not only a disciple of Faulkner, butContinue reading "The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-143641

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Asch, Sholem

East River: A Novel of New York.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.

First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a loose translation, “For my good friend Dr. Tunik with [illegible] and good wishes Sh. Asch Oct. 1946.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Haberstock. Translated by A.H. Gross.

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-143629

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Sitkoff, Harvard [Martin Luther King, Jr.]

King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop.

New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.

First edition of this stunning reappraisal of King and his increased relevance. Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “November 1, 2008 For Bernie, college pal, army buddy, and more…all my best, Harvey.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop."

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-143903

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Tan, Amy [Larry McMurtry]

The Joy Luck Club.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989.

First edition, advance reading copy of Tan’s masterpiece. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Larry McMurtry with thanks for the pleasure of your company and your good book. Amy 5 Apr ’90.” The recipient, Larry McMurtry remains best known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove which was adaptedContinue reading "The Joy Luck Club."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-143578

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Rare first edition, presentation copy of The Abolition of Man; inscribed by C.S. Lewis

Lewis, C.S

The Screwtape Letters.

London : Geoffrey Bles: The Centenary Press, 1945.

Early printing of Lewis‘ classic novel of spiritual conflict, one of his most celebrated works; signed by him with his poem The Salamader in the year it was published in The Spectator. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “C. S. Lewis” and inscribed by him on the finalContinue reading "The Screwtape Letters."

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143837

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Bocuse, Paul

Bocuse’s Regional French Cooking.

Paris : Flammarion, 1991.

First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Quarto, original pictorial boards, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs by Dietmar Frege. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “A Tom avec mes compliments Paul Bocuse 12.02.2005.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-142156

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Didion, Joan. [Vanessa Redgrave]

The Year of Magical Thinking: A Play by Joan Didion Signed Theatrical Poster.

New York : Prof. D.R. McClennahan, 2006.

Original theatrical poster from Vanessa Redgrave’s performance of Didion’s 2005 best-selling memoir at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. Signed by Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave on the lower portion of the poster. In near fine condition.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-143250

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The Problem of Pain; signed and inscribed by C.S. Lewis with a quotation from Coventry Patmore's poem The Angel in the House

Lewis, C.S

The Problem of Pain.

London : The Centenary Pres, 1941.

Early printing of Lewis’s classic discussion of the nature of good and evil; inscribed by him with a quotation from Coventry Patmore’s poem The Angel in the House which had a profound influence on the development of Lewis’s Christian beliefs. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by C.S. Lewis with a quotation from Coventry Patmore’s poemContinue reading "The Problem of Pain."

$19,500.00

Item Number: RRB-143183

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Wells, H.G. [Derrick de Marnay]

Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”

London : The Cresset Press, 1935.

First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells’ Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper. Derrick de Marnay starred as Richard Gordon in the acclaimed 1936 film adaptation, Things to Come, directed by William Cameron Menzies. InContinue reading "Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future “The Shape of Things to Come.”"

$2,750.00

Item Number: RRB-143681

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[Grant, Ulysses S.; Hamilton Fish; William Tecumseh Sherman; et al]

Ulysses S. Grant Treaty of Washington Signed Document Collection.

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Rare collection of documents related to the 1871 Treaty of Washington including signatures of all of the key figures involved in its signing including President Ulysses S. Grant, his Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and the British delegation led by George Robinson, Earl de Grey and Ripon. The collection was assembled by Frederic Daustini Cremer who acted asContinue reading "Ulysses S. Grant Treaty of Washington Signed Document Collection."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-143272

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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. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Diana- warm regards- Donna Tartt.” Additionally signed four times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel book, on the front panel of theContinue reading "The Secret History."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-143517

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Hall, Oakley

Warlock.

New York : The Viking Press, 1958.

First edition of this classic of American West literature. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed byContinue reading "Warlock."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-143509

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Merrill, James

First Poems.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.

First edition of the author’s first regularly published book. Octavo, original maroon cloth. One of 990 numbered copies printed, this is number 912. Association copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page with a four-line stanza from his poem White Stag, Black Bear, “…We called the autumn night his lair, Yet knewContinue reading "First Poems."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-143437

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First edition of the Ian Fleming’s first book Casino Royale which introduced the world to 007; Signed by Him

Fleming, Ian

Casino Royale.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1953.

First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by the author “from Ian Fleming” on a card mounted to the front free endpaper.

$40,000.00

Item Number: RRB-142789

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