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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!
    Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario I- IV.

    Saramago, Jose

    Cadernos de Lanzarote Diario I- IV.

    Lisbon: Caminho, 1994-1997.

    First Portugese editions of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s commentaries on Lanzarote, one of Spain’s volcanic Canary Islands. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, 4 volumes. Each volume...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148
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    Cortazar, Julio

    Hopscotch.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.

    First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the translator Gregory Rabassa, who has written the opening line of this title, “Would I find La Maga?” F...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-5713
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    White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems.

    Oliver, Mary

    White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems.

    New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994.

    First edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Steven Cooley.
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-103332
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    The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

    Jencks, Charles

    The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.

    New York: Rizzoli, 1977.

    First edition of Jencks’ classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Charles Jencks on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-108009
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    The Lyndon Johnson Story.

    Mooney, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson

    The Lyndon Johnson Story.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.

    First edition of Booth Mooney’s biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-111067
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    The Entity.

    De Felitta, Frank

    The Entity.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978.

    First edition of this classic work, basis for the 1982 film starring Barbara Hershey. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frank De Felitta on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jac...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-120345
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    The Greatest: My Own Story.

    Ali, Muhammad

    The Greatest: My Own Story.

    New York: Random House, 1975.

    First edition of Ali’s autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, “To Danny Williams from Muhamm...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151567
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    Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Volumes I-3.

    Kasparov, Garry

    Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Volumes I-3.

    London: Evveryman Chess , 2011-14.

    First editions of each volume. Octavo, original cloth, three volumes. Each is signed by Garry Kasparov on the title page. Each are fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional set.
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-5380
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    There Are No Spies.

    Granger, Bill [Pierce Brosnan]

    There Are No Spies.

    New York: Warner Books, 1986.

    First edition of classic thriller, basis for the film November Man, starring Pierce Brosnan and Bill Smitrovich. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front fr...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-145776
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    One Fine Day.

    Hogrogian, Nonny

    One Fine Day.

    New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971.

    First edition of this classic work, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1972. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author with a drawing of a fox on the half-title page, “With...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-143374
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    Common Sense on Mutual Funds.

    Bogle, John C. [Burton G. Malkiel]

    Common Sense on Mutual Funds.

    New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.

    First edition of the best book on index investing ever published. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author and signed by legendary investor and author of A Random Walk On Wa...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-100062
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    Langston Hughes Signed Howard University Sorority Afternoon Forum Program.

    Hughes, Langston

    Langston Hughes Signed Howard University Sorority Afternoon Forum Program.

    [Washington, D.C.]: [Howard University], [1947].

    Original Howard University Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Afternoon Forum Program signed by Langston Hughes. One page, quarto, folded sheet, typescript, contemporary copy of typed program for forum organi...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-147803
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    A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.

    Rothchild, John

    A Fool and His Money: The Odyssey of an Average Investor.

    New York: Viking, 1988.

    First edition of “the funniest book about investing ever written” (New York Post). Octavo, original half cloth. Lengthily and humorously signed by the author on the title page, “Cons...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148329
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    Plan of Attack.

    Woodward, Bob [Gerald R. Ford]

    Plan of Attack.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.

    First edition of this definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies occupied Iraq. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs....
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-148407
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    Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language.

    Searle, John R

    Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969.

    First edition of “one of the most important contributions to the philosophy of language in recent decades” (The Philosophical Quarterly). Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribe...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150029
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    Portrait of an Assassin.

    Ford, Gerald R. and John R. Stiles

    Portrait of an Assassin.

    New York : Simon and Schuster, 1965.

    First edition of the first book about the Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald to be authored by a member of the Warren Commission, boldly signed by Ford. Octavo, original cloth. Association co...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-125682
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    Rafa.

    Nadal, Rafael [Rafa]

    Rafa.

    New York: Hyperion, 2011.

    First edition of the legendary tennis champion’s autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Rafael Nadal on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150991
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    Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].

    Fuentes, Carlos

    Cambio de Piel. [A Change of Skin].

    Mexico: Joaquin Mortiz, 1967.

    First edition of this work which defines existentially a collective Mexican consciousness by exploring and reinterpreting the country’s myths. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, lengthily in...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-132766
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    Recent Paintings 1968-1974.

    Bacon, Francis [Peter Beard]

    Recent Paintings 1968-1974.

    New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.

    First edition of this collection featured at the Metropolitan Museum in 1975, focuses on themes of loss, grief, and the intense psychological exploration of the human form following the death of his l...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-151839
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    Here Let Us Feast: A Book of Banquets.

    Fisher, M.F.K

    Here Let Us Feast: A Book of Banquets.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1946.

    First edition of Fisher’s classic fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Marian Allen de Ford Shipley fro...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-140274
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    I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader.

    Hurston, Zora Neale [Edited by Alice Walker]

    I Love Myself When I Am Laughing: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader.

    New York: The Feminist Press, 1979.

    First edition of this classic collection of work, edited by Alice Walker. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper,...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-141434
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    Selected Poems.

    Lowell, Robert [Erica Jong]

    Selected Poems.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976.

    First edition of this collection of over two hundred poems, selected by Lowell himself. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Erica f...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-142530
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    Cary Grant Signed Sketch.

    P.B. Socci (Cary Grant)

    Cary Grant Signed Sketch.

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    Rare graphite artist’s sketch of classic Hollywood actor Cary Grant. Boldly signed by Cary Grant below his portrait. Additionally signed by the artist, P.B. Socci. Active in the mid 1970s, Ameri...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-89100
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    Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department.

    Acheson, Dean

    Present At The Creation: My Years In The State Department.

    New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1969.

    First edition of Acheson’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Ve...
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    $1,250.00 Item Number: RRB-150469
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