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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!
    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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    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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    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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    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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    alleverythingthatisyou.

    Starn, Doug and Mike

    alleverythingthatisyou.

    Aspen: Baldwin Gallery, 2006.

    First edition. Limited Edition 1 of 1,000 copies, this being number 265. Quarto. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear. Original 8×8 print signed by both Starn brothers. Comes with the original...
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    $725.00 Item Number: RRB-1607
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    Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed.

    Waugh, Evelyn

    Evelyn Waugh Autograph Letter Signed.

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    Autograph letter signed by Evelyn Waugh declining a speaking engagement. Octavo, one page on Easton Court Hotel letterhead. The letter reads in full, “Oct. 15th Dear Sir, My thanks for your lett...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-148505
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    Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays.

    Mays, Willie

    Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.

    First edition of Mays’ autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Willie Mays on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting and desi...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146025
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    Love is Hell.

    Groening, Matt

    Love is Hell.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.

    Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama.’ Oblong quarto, origi...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146535
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    Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

    Bellow, Saul

    Mr. Sammler’s Planet.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1970.

    First edition of the author’s third National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Alderman and Lois Sto...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-1786
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    In the Clearing.

    Frost, Robert

    In the Clearing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.

    First edition of Frost’s final book of poetry. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Frost on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by David H. Rhinelan...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-134582
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    Salvador.

    Didion, Joan

    Salvador.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.

    First edition of this classic work by the award-winning author. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Rat...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-142686
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    My Michael.

    Oz, Amos

    My Michael.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

    First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Amos Oz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket art...
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-72955
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    Gerald’s Game.

    King, Stephen

    Gerald’s Game.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1992.

    First edition of this suspense novel by King. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Stephen King on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
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    $700.00 Item Number: RRB-146328
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    The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.

    Atkinson, Rick

    The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

    First edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages literally hurry befo...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-151032
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    Basic Christianity.

    Stott, John R.W

    Basic Christianity.

    Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2008.

    First edition of the 50th Anniversary edition of Stott’s classic work, originally published in 1958. Octavo, original black boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-146110
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    Gone Baby Gone.

    Lehane, Dennis [Ben Affleck]

    Gone Baby Gone.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1998.

    First edition of this “chilling novel…an absolutely gripping story” (Chicago Tribune), basis for the film directed by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan F...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-147401
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    Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson Signed Photograph.

    Mantle, Mickey and Brooks Robinson

    Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson Signed Photograph.

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    Color photograph of baseball legends Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Signed by both Mickey Mantle and Brooks Robinson. Framed on a custom mount with a commemorative plaque. The entire piece measure...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-115289
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    Bargaining and Market Behavior: Essays in Experimental Economics.

    Smith, Vernon L

    Bargaining and Market Behavior: Essays in Experimental Economics.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

    First edition of this collection of important essays by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by Vernon L. Smith on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Ja...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-116991
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    Burr.

    Vidal, Gore

    Burr.

    New York : Random House, 1973.

    First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Valerie — love — Gore.” The recipient, Valerie G...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-126791
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    Race Rock.

    Matthiessen, Peter

    Race Rock.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954.

    First edition of the National Book Award-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Matthiessen on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rear jac...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-151063
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