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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!
    Marvelous Journey: A Survey of Four Centuries of Brazilian Writing.

    Putnam, Samuel [Otto N. Frankfurter]

    Marvelous Journey: A Survey of Four Centuries of Brazilian Writing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.

    First edition of this history of Brazilian literature. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain black. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by Otto Frankfurter on the front free endpaper,...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148586
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    Rising Sun.

    Crichton, Michael

    Rising Sun.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

    First edition of this work, basis for the film starring Sean Connery. Octavo, original half-cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Michael Crichton in the year of publication on the front free endpape...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151596
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    Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.

    Gaddis, Thomas E

    Birdman of Alcatraz: The Story of Robert Stroud.

    New York : Random House, 1955.

    First edition of this work, basis for the classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden and Thelma Ritter. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, ” Best- Th...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-138123
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    The Education of a Golfer.

    Snead, Sam; Al Stump

    The Education of a Golfer.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962.

    First edition of this work by the legendary golfer, who became golf’s biggest money winner. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151880
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    Where the Boys Are.

    Swarthout, Glendon; [Connie Francis and Dolores Hart]

    Where the Boys Are.

    New York: Random House, 1960.

    First edition of the author’s classic novel, the basis for the 1960 comedy film of the same name which popularized the ‘spring break’ pilgrimage to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Octavo,...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148701
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    Ronald Reagan Annotated Photographs.

    Reagan, Ronald

    Ronald Reagan Annotated Photographs.

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    Rare photographs of President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, annotated in his hand. Two color satin-finish photographs. The first is of Ronald Reagan on horseback at Camp David with his handwritten i...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151327
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    A Boy’s Own Story; The Beautiful Room is Empty; The Farewell Symphony.

    White, Edmund [Chip Kidd]

    A Boy’s Own Story; The Beautiful Room is Empty; The Farewell Symphony.

    New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc.; Alfred A. Knopf, 1982-1997.

    First editions of this classic trilogy tracing the coming-of-age story of a gay man across mid-to-late 20th-century America. Octavo, three volumes, original half cloth. A Boy’s Own Story is a fi...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151482
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    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

    Angelou, Maya

    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

    New York: Random House, 1969.

    First edition, second printing of Angelou’s critically acclaimed first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Yvett...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151698
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    The Sum of All Fears.

    Clancy, Tom [Ben Affleck]

    The Sum of All Fears.

    New York: G.P. Putnams's Sons, 1991.

    First edition of this classic work, basis for the 2002 film starring Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Tom Clancy and Academy Award-winning actor Ben Affleck on t...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150298
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    Panic Spring.

    Durrell, Lawrence [Charles Norden]

    Panic Spring.

    New York: Covici Friede, 1937.

    First edition of the author’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Heil Anthony, from Larry Durrell, ‘old hat...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150921
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    Landmark Papers in Economic Growth.

    Solow, Robert M. [Peter Howitt]

    Landmark Papers in Economic Growth.

    Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.

    First edition of this collection of writings by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Robert M. Solow and Peter Howitt on the...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-132181
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    The Dosadi Experiment.

    Herbert, Frank

    The Dosadi Experiment.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977.

    First edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. Fine in a n...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-150880
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    Adventures of a White-Collar Man.

    Sloan, Alfred P

    Adventures of a White-Collar Man.

    New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1941.

    First edition of the story of Alfred P. Sloan’s rise to become General Motors executive. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Alfred P. Sloan. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the fro...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-54084
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    Richard E. Byrd Signed Photograph.

    Byrd, Richard E

    Richard E. Byrd Signed Photograph.

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    Original black and white photograph of polar aviator Richard E. Byrd. Inscribed by Byrd, “May 9, 1926 To Cornelius C. Greenway with best wishes R.E. Byrd.” Additionally signed by him,...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-100106
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    White Noise.

    DeLillo, Don

    White Noise.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1985.

    First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Joe Don DeLillo.” Fin...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-138126
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    The Seven Lady Godivas.

    Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

    The Seven Lady Godivas.

    New York: Random House, 1987.

    Signed limited commemorative edition of this classic Dr. Seuss title. Folio, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. One of 300 numbered copies of the first printing of the...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149719
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    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

    Gaines, Ernest J

    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

    New York: The Dial Press, 1971.

    First edition of this classic novel, which depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Er...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148134
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    The Boys From Brazil.

    Levin, Ira

    The Boys From Brazil.

    New York: Random House, 1976.

    First edition of this classic suspense novel, basis for the the 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth w...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-148684
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    Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.

    Greene, Graham

    Getting To Know The General: The Story of Involvement.

    London: William Bodley, 1984.

    First edition of this work by the author of The Heart of the Matter. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Tucker with love from Gra...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-137597
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    Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.

    Irving, John [Peter Matthiessen]

    Trying to Save Piggy Sneed.

    New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996.

    First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to author and fellow National Book Award-winning noveli...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-4658
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    Tingay, Lance. [Carlos Alcaraz]

    100 Years of Wimbledon.

    London: Guinness Superlatives Limited, 1977.

    First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Barry Newcombe, t...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-146249
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    Awakenings.

    Sacks, Oliver

    Awakenings.

    London: Duckworth, 1973.

    First edition of Sacks’ classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Rogers, with best wishes, Oliver Sacks Aug 20...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-95790
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    The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.

    Kennedy, Margaret and Basil Dean

    The Constant Nymph: From the Novel of Margaret Kennedy.

    London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1926.

    First edition, second impression of the classic stage adaptation of Kennedy’s Bohemian novel of the same name. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean on the half-...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-124809
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    Midstream: My Later Life.

    Keller, Helen

    Midstream: My Later Life.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930.

    First edition, later printing of Keller’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red, frontispiece, illustrated with plates from photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Helen Kell...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151551
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