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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 Tenth Man.

    Chayefsky, Paddy. [Mark Brokaw]

    The Tenth Man.

    New York: Random House, 1960.

    First edition of Chayefsky’s celebrated play. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs from the original production. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mark Brokaw on the front free endpaper...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-152212
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    Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.

    Caro, Robert

    Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

    First edition of Caro’s memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Robert Caro on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149348
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    A Way of Hope: An Autobiography.

    Walesa, Lech

    A Way of Hope: An Autobiography.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987.

    First edition of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lech Walesa on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dus...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150493
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    Johnson, Simon and James Kwak

    13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 2010.

    First edition of this authoritative history of America’s financial oligarchy by one of the most prominent and frequently cited economists in the nation. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149728
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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 and final National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front f...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-131478
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    Paul A. Samuelson Typed Letter Signed.

    Samuelson, Paul A

    Paul A. Samuelson Typed Letter Signed.

    Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 13, 1956.

    Rare typed letter signed by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Quarto, one page on Department of Economics and Social Science stationary, the letter reads, ‘Many thanks for your letter of March...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-147279
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    La Mandragore: Comedie en Cinq Actes de Machiavel Gentilhomme Florentin. (The Mandrake).

    Machiavelli, Niccolo. Illustrated by Claude Durrens

    La Mandragore: Comedie en Cinq Actes de Machiavel Gentilhomme Florentin. (The Mandrake).

    : Soixante-Dix_Sept Bibliophiles, .

    Soixante-Dix-Sept signed limited edition of Machiavelli’s classic comedy, The Mandrake. Folio, loose leaves as issued, illustrated with 12 original lithographs by Claude Durrens, additional suit...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-101228
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    The Judgement Seat.

    Maugham, W. Somerset

    The Judgement Seat.

    London: The Centaur Press, 1934.

    Signed limited edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 150 numbered copies, this is...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150525
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    Wrinkles in Time.

    Smoot, George and Keay Davidson

    Wrinkles in Time.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1993.

    First edition of the story of “the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time” (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-151097
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    When You Are Engulfed in Flames.

    Sedaris, David

    When You Are Engulfed in Flames.

    New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008.

    First edition of this collection of 22 autobiographical essays by humorist David Sedaris. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by David Sedaris on the title page. Boldly signed...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-151621
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    A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

    Newby, Eric

    A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush.

    New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958.

    First American edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eric Newby on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-3413
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    The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

    Isaacson, Walter; Evan Thomas

    The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.

    First edition of this biography on how six influential American statesmen shaped U.S. foreign policy and the global order during the Cold War. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrate...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-149197
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    Recollections of Seventy Years.

    Chetlain, Augustus L

    Recollections of Seventy Years.

    Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899.

    First edition of Major General Chetlain’s Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, frontispiece portrait. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-132334
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    A Prayer For Owen Meany.

    Irving, John

    A Prayer For Owen Meany.

    Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1989.

    Signed limited first edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edge...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-132114
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    Follow Me Down.

    Foote, Shelby

    Follow Me Down.

    New York: Dial Press, 1950.

    First edition of this Faulknerian novel by the author of the acclaimed trilogy The Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Doro...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-42010
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    The Overloaded Ark.

    Durrell, Gerald

    The Overloaded Ark.

    New York : Simon & Schuster, 1953.

    First edition of Durrell’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Gerald Durrell on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-131079
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    The Great Gilly Hopkins.

    Paterson, Katherine

    The Great Gilly Hopkins.

    New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1978.

    First edition of this realistic children’s novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-140766
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    Birds of America.

    McCarthy, Mary

    Birds of America.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1971.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Harlan Umansky my thanks, Mary McCarthy November 5, 1984.” Nea...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-142315
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    Album von Berlin.

    [William Tecumseh Sherman]

    Album von Berlin.

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    Rare collection of color postcards featuring destinations in Berlin, Germany; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Sextodecimo, seven pages in a folding album, illustrated. In fine condition...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-145936
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    Get Home Free.

    Clellon Holmes, John

    Get Home Free.

    New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1964.

    First edition of Clellon Holmes’ third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Phyllis- all good wishes- John Clellon Holmes....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-10022
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    Pygmalion and Candida.

    Shaw, George Bernard; Clarke Hutton [Illustrator]

    Pygmalion and Candida.

    New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1974.

    The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of two of George Bernard Shaw’s classic plays. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine, a...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-148812
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    Roots.

    Haley, Alex

    Roots.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976.

    First edition of Haley’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “10/20/76 Anne Knutson...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-150652
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    The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks and Democracy and Esther: Two Plays

    Linney, Romulus [Alan Schneider]

    The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks and Democracy and Esther: Two Plays

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.

    First edition of this collection of two plays by Romulus Linney. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpap...
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-152218
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    John Creasey Autograph Letter Signed.

    Creasey, John [John Ball]

    John Creasey Autograph Letter Signed.

    Bodenham:, August 9, 1967.

    Autograph letter signed by English author John Creasey to American novelist John Ball with a review of the film based on Ball’s first ‘Virgil Tibbs’ novel. One page on Cunard Line R....
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    $650.00 Item Number: RRB-145578
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