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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!
    Copland on Music.

    Copland, Aaron

    Copland on Music.

    New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.

    First edition of this work by the “Dean of American composers.” Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Alden, who really l...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-118362
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    Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.

    Brand, Stewart

    Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto.

    New York: Viking, 2009.

    First edition of this work challenging traditional environmentalism with pro-technology solutions. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stewart Brand on the title page. Fine in a near fine du...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148837
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    On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.

    Nicklaus, Jack

    On & Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.

    First edition of this work by the golfing legend. Quarto, original half-cloth, illustrated. Signed by the author opposite the half-title page, “Best Regards Jack Nicklaus.” Near fine in a...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-145802
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    Children’s Crusade: Kinderkreuzzug.

    Britten, Benjamin; Bertolt Brecht; Sidney Nolan

    Children’s Crusade: Kinderkreuzzug.

    London: Faber Music Limited in association with Faber & Faber Limited, 1973.

    Faber Music Limited facsimile limited edition of the composer’s manuscript of his 82nd published work. Folio, bound in half morocco over boards with gilt titles to the spine, facsimile’s o...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148454
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    No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach.

    Bourdain, Anthony

    No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach.

    New York: Bloomsbury, 2007.

    First edition of this work by the award-winning chef. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Luke and Tina Anth...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150289
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    Walking with the Wind. A Memoir of the Movement.

    Lewis, John

    Walking with the Wind. A Memoir of the Movement.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

    First edition of Congressman Lewis’ pivotal account of the Civil Rights movement that transformed America. Octavo, original half cloth, with 16 pages of black-and-white photographic illustration...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150607
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    Don Fernando.

    Maugham, W. Somerset

    Don Fernando.

    London: William Heinemann LTD, 1935.

    Signed limited edition of this exploration and celebration of Spain’s Golden Age. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, silk ribbon bound in. One of 17...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-150505
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    Biplane.

    Bach, Richard

    Biplane.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.

    First edition of the author’s classic second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For John! Happy Flying, always Richard Bach....
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-133181
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    Ghost Story.

    Straub, Peter

    Ghost Story.

    New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1979.

    First edition of this classic novel, the basis for the 1981 film directed by John Irvin – widely regarded as Peter Straub’s masterpiece and one of the foundational works of the modern Amer...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-152000
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    The Zoo Quest Expeditions.

    Attenborough, David

    The Zoo Quest Expeditions.

    London: Lutterworth, 1980.

    First edition of this volume that compiles Attenborough’s acclaimed Quest Series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author “with best wishes David Attenborough...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-139566
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    Night Soldiers: A Novel.

    Furst, Alan

    Night Soldiers: A Novel.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988.

    First edition of “one of the very best novels ever written about the inner world of Soviet intelligence” (Thomas Powers). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-144298
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    Writings About Music.

    Reich, Steve

    Writings About Music.

    Halifax: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1974.

    First edition, third issue of this classic work. Octavo, wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Happy Birthday to Peter from Steve Reich.” Dampstaining to...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-17009
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    Singing in the Rain: Essays for Thoughtful People.

    Monroe, Anne Shannon

    Singing in the Rain: Essays for Thoughtful People.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1930.

    First edition of this collection of the author’s popular articles on beautiful living. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the a...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-115861
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    The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest Dilemma.

    Suleyman, Mustafa; Michael Bhaskar

    The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest Dilemma.

    New York: Crown, 2023.

    First edition, early printing of this work on how the surge of AI and synthetic biology will transform society. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by Mustafa Suleyman on the...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-151363
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    Fungus the Bogeyman.

    Briggs, Raymond

    Fungus the Bogeyman.

    London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977.

    First edition of illustrator Raymond Briggs’ classic work. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, “...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-89018
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    The Double.

    Saramago, Jose

    The Double.

    Orlando: Harcourt, 2004.

    First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed and dated by Jose Saramago on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket designer Claudine...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148275
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    Advances in Behavioral Finance.

    Thaler, Richard H. Edited by

    Advances in Behavioral Finance.

    New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.

    First edition of this collection of essays on behavioral finance. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket....
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-133580
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    Young Hearts Crying.

    Yates, Richard

    Young Hearts Crying.

    New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1984.

    First edition, early printing of this classic work by “one of the most important and influential writers of the second half of the century” (Robert Stone). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation c...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-139289
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    Chaos: Making A New Science.

    Gleick, James

    Chaos: Making A New Science.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1987.

    First edition of this modern classic in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by James Gleick on the title page. Fine in a fine dus...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-140606
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    Economic Theory and Econometrics.

    Klein, Lawrence

    Economic Theory and Econometrics.

    Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.

    First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Lawrence Klein on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Jaime Marquez.
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-2922
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    Young Pillars.

    Schulz, Charles M

    Young Pillars.

    Anderson, IN: The Warner Press, 1958.

    First edition of this early work by the legendary creator of Peanuts. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Charles Schulz on the title page. In very good condition with some rubbin...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-5620
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    Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

    Carle, Eric

    Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1983.

    First General Book edition, early printing of enormously creative children’s book. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-147284
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    The Story of the Winged-S: New Chapters and Illustrations on Recent Developements of the Helicopter.

    Sikorsky, Igor

    The Story of the Winged-S: New Chapters and Illustrations on Recent Developements of the Helicopter.

    New York: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1952.

    First edition, later printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, frontispiece, illust...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-148222
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    The Great Santini.

    Conroy, Pat

    The Great Santini.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976.

    First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed and dated by the author on the half-title page, “To Virginia Norwood, Merry Christmas to B...
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    $750.00 Item Number: RRB-117671
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