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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!
    Memoirs.

    Williams, Tennessee

    Memoirs.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975.

    First edition of this classic memoir by the author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endp...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-142240
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    A Good Man in Africa.

    Boyd, William

    A Good Man in Africa.

    London : Hamish Hamilton, 1981.

    First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Annette, with all good wishes from the...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-124801
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    No Ordinary Time. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.

    Goodwin, Doris Kearns

    No Ordinary Time. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

    First edition of this dual biography on the Roosevelts. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the autho...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-149796
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    Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

    Breyer, Stephen [Chip Kidd] [Peter Matthiessen]

    Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

    First edition of the justice’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to writer Peter Matthiessen on the half-title page, “For Peter Best wi...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151208
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    Your Friends and Mine.

    Rogers, Kenny [Yousuf Karsh]

    Your Friends and Mine.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987.

    First edition of this collection of portraits and personal observations of Kenny Rogers famous celebrity friends. Folio, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with 80 photographs. Association...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-151964
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    Ringworld.

    Niven, Larry

    Ringworld.

    New York: Ballantine Books, 1970.

    Paperback original first edition of this classic work, which went on to win the 1970 Nebula and 1971 Hugo award for best novel. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by Dean Ellis. Presentation copy,...
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    $1,200.00 Item Number: RRB-140443
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    Bill Russell Signed Oversized Photograph.

    Russell Bill

    Bill Russell Signed Oversized Photograph.

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    Limited edition glossy photograph of basketball legend Bill Russell in a huddle with his Celtics teammates at the Boston Garden, numbered 14/66, boldly signed, “Bill Russell, 442.” The pho...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-140481
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    The Girls of Slender Means.

    Spark, Muriel

    The Girls of Slender Means.

    London: Macmillan, 1963.

    First edition of Spark’s novella, which follows female inhabitants of London’s May of Teak Club in the summer of 1945. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Muriel Spark on the title page. Ver...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-59076
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    The Rabin Memoirs.

    Rabin, Yitzhak

    The Rabin Memoirs.

    Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1979.

    First edition in English of the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-148522
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    A Time To Keep Silence.

    Fermor, Patrick Leigh

    A Time To Keep Silence.

    London: John Murray, 1957.

    First edition of the author’s third book, regarding his experiences in various monasteries. Octavo, original blue cloth. Illustrated by John Craxton. Association copy, inscribed by the author on...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-2641
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    You’re you, Charlie Brown.

    Schulz, Charles M

    You’re you, Charlie Brown.

    New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.

    First edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Charles M. Schulz on the front panel. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed.
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-148171
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    Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

    Friedman, Milton & Rose

    Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.

    First edition, early printing of Friedmans’ persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by b...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-148025
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    The Universe and Dr. Einstein.

    Barnett, Lincoln; Foreword by Albert Einstein

    The Universe and Dr. Einstein.

    New York: William Sloane Associates, 1948.

    First edition of this work praised by Einstein himself. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Anthony Sadoro. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author to Anne Goodman on the front free end...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-133464
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    Catherine Carmier.

    Gaines, Ernest J

    Catherine Carmier.

    New York: Atheneum , 1964.

    First edition of Gaines’ first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author on the title page with the added words, “When Brother got out of the car, the two Cajuns sitting on t...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-29006
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    A Masque of Mercy.

    Frost, Robert

    A Masque of Mercy.

    New York: Henry Holt, 1947.

    Signed limited first edition, one of 751 numbered copies, this is number 690. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition and the original slipca...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-110648
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    Mr. Citizen.

    Truman, Harry S

    Mr. Citizen.

    New York: Bernard Geis, 1960.

    First edition, early printing of this collection of articles written by President Truman after leaving the White House. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, illustrated. Prese...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-111871
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    I Need All The Friends I Can Get.

    Schulz, Charles M

    I Need All The Friends I Can Get.

    San Francisco : Determined Productions, Inc, 1964.

    First edition of this charming ‘little classic’ featuring Charles Schulz’s endearing Peanuts characters. Small octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on...
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    $1,150.00 Item Number: RRB-85773
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    Louis Armstrong Signed Program.

    Armstrong, Louis

    Louis Armstrong Signed Program.

    New York: Associated Booking Corp, n.d.

    ‘Louis Armstrong and his Concert Group’ program. Quarto, original wrappers, 20 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs of the band and its members. Boldy signed by Louis Armstrong on...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-146533
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    Paul Tibbets and Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk Signed Photographic Print.

    Tibbets, Paul; Theodore Van Kirk

    Paul Tibbets and Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk Signed Photographic Print.

    :, 1945.

    Distinctive photograph of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud signed by two crew members of the Enola Gay. Black and white photographic print of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud captured just after the release o...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-147781
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    The World of William Shakespeare.

    Burgess, Anthony [William Shakespeare]

    The World of William Shakespeare.

    London: The Arcadia Press, 1971.

    Signed limited edition of this comprehensive exploration of Shakespeare’s life, works, and lasting cultural influence, blending historical context with literary analysis to highlight his endurin...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-147850
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    Andy Warhol: Transcript of David Bailey’s ATV Documentary.

    Warhol, Andy; Bailey, David

    Andy Warhol: Transcript of David Bailey’s ATV Documentary.

    London: Bailey Litchfield/Matthew Miller Dunbar Ltd, 1972.

    First edition of the transcript of David Bailey’s documentary film ‘Warhol’ which was banned upon release due to its alleged explicit content. Folio, original illustrated wrappers, i...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-116014
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    Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography.

    Sanger, Margaret

    Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography.

    New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938.

    First edition of Sanger’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Sanger. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Franklin M. Watts Marga...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-60034
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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 coth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Dea...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-102598
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    A Boy’s Will.

    Frost, Robert

    A Boy’s Will.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1934.

    Second American edition of Frost’s first published work. Octavo, original beige linen cloth, engraved title page. Signed and dated by the poet on the title page, “Robert Frost February 25...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-130124
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