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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!
    Exodus: A Novel of Israel.

    Uris, Leon

    Exodus: A Novel of Israel.

    New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.

    First edition, early printing of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to historian Arnold Kra...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-115423
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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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    Waterfront.

    Schulberg, Budd

    Waterfront.

    New York: Random House, 1955.

    First edition of Schulberg’s novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer R.P. Dickey on the...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-138005
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    Buzz Aldrin Signed Life Magazine: Anniversary Edition of Apollo 11.

    Aldrin, Buzz

    Buzz Aldrin Signed Life Magazine: Anniversary Edition of Apollo 11.

    New York: Life Magazine, 1969.

    Rare original Life Magazine July 20, 1969 commemorative issue celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed on t...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148484
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    God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

    Hitchens, Christopher

    God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

    New York: Twelve/ Hatchette Book Group, 2007.

    First edition of this classic polemic by Hitchens. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Linda Heheman Christopher Hitchens.” Fine in...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-151091
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    The Living White House.

    Aikman, Lionelle. Foreword by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Introduction by Bruce Catton

    The Living White House.

    Washington, D.C: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society Special Publications Division, 1966.

    First edition of this beautiful pictorial history of the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-140981
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    The Naked and the Dead.

    Mailer, Norman

    The Naked and the Dead.

    New York: Henry Holt, 2005.

    First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of the author’s classic first novel. Thick octavo, original boards. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, who has transcribed th...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-842
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    Steeple Bush.

    Frost, Robert

    Steeple Bush.

    New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1947.

    First edition, first printing of this spiritually-themed Frost collection. Octavo, original half cloth over boards, front panel decorated in gilt. One of 751 copies signed by the author on the limitat...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-110271
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    The Shipping News.

    Proulx, E. Annie

    The Shipping News.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993.

    First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Joel Turner E. Annie Proulx....
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-149491
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    Appalachee Red. Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee. Baby Sweet’s [The Muskhogean Trilogy].

    Andrews, Raymond

    Appalachee Red. Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee. Baby Sweet’s [The Muskhogean Trilogy].

    New York: The Dial Press, 1978, 1980, 1983.

    First edition of each novel in Raymond Andrews’ famed yet elusive Muskhogean Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes, original half cloth, illustrations by Benny Andrews. Association copies, inscribed by...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-122389
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    The Favourite Game.

    Cohen, Leonard

    The Favourite Game.

    London: Secker & Warburg, 1963.

    First printing of this edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To John Abbott all the best Leonard Cohe...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-140854
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    Jude the Obscure.

    Hardy, Thomas; Agnes Miller Parker [Illustrator]

    Jude the Obscure.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1969.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of the last completed novel by Hardy. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to th...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148808
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    Crazy In Berlin.

    Berger, Thomas

    Crazy In Berlin.

    New York: Charles Scribner's, 1958.

    First edition of Berger’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thomas Berger on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes. Housed in...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-142436
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    L.A. Confidential.

    Ellroy, James. [Russell Crowe]

    L.A. Confidential.

    New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990.

    First edition of Ellroy’s neo-noir classic, adapted into the 1997 film of the same name starring Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-152098
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    Lord John Signatures.

    King, Stephen [Ray Bradbury; Gerald Ford; Jim Harrison; Norman Mailer; Joyce Carol Oates; John Updike; Eudora Welty; et al]

    Lord John Signatures.

    Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991.

    First deluxe limited edition of this collection of author photographs and signatures. Oblong octavo, original half cloth with faux navy morocco spine, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the fron...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-150137
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    Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.

    Brock, Alice May and Arlo Guthrie

    Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook.

    New York: Random House, 1969.

    First edition of this classic cookbook. Quarto, original illustrated boards, with numerous pages of photographs. Signed by both Arlo Guthrie and Alice Brock on the title page with numbers on the title...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-140091
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    Of Flight and Life.

    Lindbergh, Charles A

    Of Flight and Life.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.

    First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Elizabeth Bartky with m...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-144539
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    The Johnstown Flood.

    McCullough, David

    The Johnstown Flood.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.

    First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s first book. Octavo, original brown cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-59021
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.

    Roosevelt, Franklin D

    Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed.

    Albany: State of New York Executive Chamber, 1930.

    Rare 20th century typed letter signed by President Roosevelt as New York Governor. One page, typescript on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary, the letter is dated August 11, 1930 and reads...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-146749
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    Gone Girl.

    Flynn, Gillian

    Gone Girl.

    New York: Crown Publishers, 2012.

    First edition of this “instant classic” (Vanity Fair), basis for the film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Gillian Flynn and Academy Award-winning...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-131752
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    Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait.

    Baruch, Bernard M

    Bernard Baruch Signed Portrait.

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    A portrait of Bernard Baruch signed to humorist Harry Hershfield. It reads, “For Harry Hershfield who radiates sunshine and good feeling wherever he goes with appreciation and best wishes from o...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-71053
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    The Divine Invasion.

    Dick, Philip K

    The Divine Invasion.

    New York: Timescape Books, 1981.

    First edition of the second book in Dick’s gnostic VALIS trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Philip K. Dick on the publisher’s official bookplate produced for this edition. Fin...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-123684
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    Edward Rickenbacker Signed Photograph.

    Rickenbacker, Edward [Eddie]

    Edward Rickenbacker Signed Photograph.

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    Rare black and white photograph of American in World War I fighter ace Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker. Inscribed by Rickenbacker, “With best wishes to Jerome Miller Capt. E. V. Rickenba...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-109853
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    Of Molecules and Men.

    Crick, Francis

    Of Molecules and Men.

    Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1966.

    First edition of this work in which Crick explains the importance of the DNA discovery and emphasizes its wide-reaching implications. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by both Francis Crick on the...
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    $1,100.00 Item Number: RRB-148916
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