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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!
    The Cigar Companion.

    Shanken, Marvin R

    The Cigar Companion.

    Philadelphia: Running Press, 1995.

    First edition of this work by the legendary Marvin Shanken, who introduced countless cigar smokers to the world. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Marvin Shanken on the half-title...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147311
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    Alaska: An Empire in the Making.

    Underwood, John J

    Alaska: An Empire in the Making.

    New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913.

    First edition of this comprehensive history of Alaska. Octavo, original cloth with white and blue pictorial detailing, frontispiece, folding map, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presenta...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147680
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    Slavery in the Southern States.

    A Carolinian. [Pringle, Edward J.]

    Slavery in the Southern States.

    Cambridge: John Bartlett, 1852.

    First edition of Pringle’s pro-slavery tract. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, “Mr. Norton With respects of the Author.” In n...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-109012
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    A Letter to American Teachers of History.

    Adams, Henry

    A Letter to American Teachers of History.

    Washington, D.C.: Privately Printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co. Baltimore, 1910.

    First edition of Adams’ classic treatise on education. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Henry Adams at the conclusion of the introduction. From the library of Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr. with hi...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-131944
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    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

    Waber, Bernard

    Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.

    First edition, later printing of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a drawing of a crocodile on the title page, “For Daniel Bernard...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-152176
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    Z.

    Vassilikos, Vassilis

    Z.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

    First American edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly Inscribed by the author on the title page, “For George with my friendship, Vassilis Vassilikos....
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-1164
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    Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.

    Kranz, Eugene and Seymour Liebergot

    Apollo 13 Eugene Kranz and Seymour Liebergot Signed Photograph.

    :, April 13, 1970.

    Signed photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module. Satin-finish photograph of the damaged Apollo 13 Service Module, boldly signed in gold felt tip by NASA’s heroic mission controllers Eu...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147224
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    Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.

    Scalia, Antonin and Bryan A. Garner

    Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.

    Saint Paul: Thomson/West, 2008.

    First edition, early printing of Scalia’s work on effective legal persuasion. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Antonin Scalia on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-149631
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    Employment, Technology and Development.

    Sen, Amartya

    Employment, Technology and Development.

    Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975.

    First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amartya Sen on a slip attached to the front pastedown. In near fine condition.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-133812
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    Ararat.

    Gluck, Louise

    Ararat.

    New York: The Ecco Press, 1990.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s collection of poetry, prompted by the death of her father. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-138219
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    Troubled Island. An Opera in Three Acts.

    Hughes, Langston and William Grant Still

    Troubled Island. An Opera in Three Acts.

    New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1949.

    First edition of the first grand opera composed by an African American to be produced by a major company. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes on the title page. In very good co...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-140395
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    Zalmen, or The Madness of God.

    Wiesel, Elie. [Alan Schneider]

    Zalmen, or The Madness of God.

    New York: Random House, 1974.

    First edition of Elie Wiesel’s only play. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author and his wife on the half-title page to the director of the play’s American premiere, “F...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-152202
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    The Great Apes: Between Two Worlds.

    Goodall, Jane

    The Great Apes: Between Two Worlds.

    Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 1993.

    First edition of this collection of contributions by these award-winning scientists. Quarto, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the titl...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-145833
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    The New Moon with the Old.

    Smith, Dodie

    The New Moon with the Old.

    London: Heinemann, 1963.

    First edition of the author’s charming third novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to her Aunt in the year of publication on the front free e...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148386
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    The Day On Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud.

    Ullman, James Ramsey

    The Day On Fire: A Novel Suggested by the Life of Arthur Rimbaud.

    Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958.

    First edition of this masterwork of biographical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. One of 350 presentation copies signed by James Ramsey Ullman. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip to the...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-115744
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    United States Constitution.

    Boorstin, Daniel [William Safire]

    United States Constitution.

    Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1987.

    First edition of the Constitution published for the bicentennial of its adoption in 1787. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Daniel Boorstin on the title page, “For Bill a...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-127627
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    Sheppey: A Play in Three Acts.

    Maugham, W. Somerset

    Sheppey: A Play in Three Acts.

    London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933.

    First edition of Maugham’s final play. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “The author’s last play for Elsie Tritton W. Som...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-133056
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    Peter Paul and Mary.

    Yarrow, Peter; Paul Stookey; Mary Travers

    Peter Paul and Mary.

    Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Records, Inc, 1962.

    First pressing of the classic first album of Peter, Paul, and Mary. Long play record, monophonic recording. Boldly signed by Peter Yarrow on in silver felt tip at the top of the front panel. In near f...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-151574
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    The World on the Wane.

    Levi-Strauss, Claude

    The World on the Wane.

    New York: Criterion Books, 1961.

    First American edition of Levi-Strauss’ experience among tribes in Brazil. Octavo, original brown boards, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs and 48 line drawings. Inscribed by Claude Levi-...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-802
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    Zuckerman Unbound.

    Roth, Philip

    Zuckerman Unbound.

    Farrar, Straus, and Giroux: New York, 1981.

    Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-88047
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    Passionate Uprisings: Iran’s Sexual Revolution.

    Mahdavi, Pardis; [Madeleine K. Albright]

    Passionate Uprisings: Iran’s Sexual Revolution.

    Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009.

    First edition of this inside look at the sexual politics of Iranian society and the youth revolution that has risen in its wake. Octavo, original sky blue boards, illustrated with black and white phot...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147353
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    Five Finger Exercise.

    Shaffer, Peter

    Five Finger Exercise.

    London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958.

    First edition of Shaffer’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Sir Peter Shaffer.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-114579
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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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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-117422
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    Joe Di Maggio Signed Photograph.

    Di Maggio, Joe

    Joe Di Maggio Signed Photograph.

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    Large original color photograph of Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Di Maggio in his Yankees uniform. Boldly signed by Di Maggio in black felt tip. In fine condition. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inche...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148870
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