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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!
    Menachem Begin Signed Time Magazine Cover.

    Begin, Menachem

    Menachem Begin Signed Time Magazine Cover.

    : N.p., 1982.

    Rare Time Magazine cover from the September 20, 1982 issue. Quarto, one page, featuring a reproduction of a bust portrait of Prime Minister Menachem Begin painted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz. Signed by...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-146658
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    Exchange-Rate Instability.

    Krugman, Paul

    Exchange-Rate Instability.

    Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1989.

    First edition of Krugman’s provocative analysis of the extraordinary exchange-rate volatility of the 1980s. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-148346
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    Gringos.

    Portis, Charles

    Gringos.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.

    First edition of this novel by the author of True Grit “an engine of pure delight” (The New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the fron...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150568
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    Democracy: A Novel.

    Didion, Joan

    Democracy: A Novel.

    New York : Simon & Schuster, 1984.

    First edition of this gorgeously written, bitterly funny look at the relationship between politics and personal life. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpap...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150984
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    Tisza Tales.

    Schwimmer, Rosika [Eleanor Roosevelt]

    Tisza Tales.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1928.

    First edition of this enchanting work of Hungarian folklore. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece wit...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-147722
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    Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants.

    Goodall, Jane with Gail Hudson

    Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.

    First edition of this work by the renowned naturalist and scientist. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Jane Goodall on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Tom McKe...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-149413
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    The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money, and Power.

    Yergin, Daniel

    The Prize. The Epic Quest For Oil, Money, and Power.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.

    First edition, early printing of “the best history of oil ever written” (Business Week), which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-151992
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    The Flower Drum Song.

    Lee, Chin Yang

    The Flower Drum Song.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.

    First edition of Chin Yang Lee’s best known work which inspired both the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and 1961 Academy Award-winning film. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-96009
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    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.

    Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.

    New York: Random House, 2007.

    First edition, later printing of this work concentrating on outlier events. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed signed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the front free endpaper, “To...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-148719
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    The Challenge to Liberty.

    Hoover, Herbert

    The Challenge to Liberty.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.

    First edition of Herbert Hoover’s challenge to Roosevelt’s New Deal arguing it abandoned “the heritage of liberty.” Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-125711
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    Destination: Void.

    Herbert, Frank

    Destination: Void.

    New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1978.

    Berkley edition of this prequel to Frank Herbert’s Pandora Sequence. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In near fine cond...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150255
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    Exodus Revisited.

    Uris, Leon; Photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis

    Exodus Revisited.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1960.

    First edition of this monograph of photographs of Uris’ visit to Israel. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper,...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-133903
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    Well Done! Life, Love & Food: Recipes and Memories.

    Nicklaus, Jack; Barbara Nicklaus [Nan O'Leary]

    Well Done! Life, Love & Food: Recipes and Memories.

    : Wimmer Cookbooks, 2015.

    First edition of this cookbook which intertwines over 300 family recipes with personal anecdotes and photographs of the Nicklaus family. Square octavo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with colo...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-148263
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    Vidal, Gore

    1876: A Novel.

    New York : Random House, 1976.

    First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the “Kit love Gore.” The recipient, Katherine “Kit” Vidal was Eugene Vidal’s secon...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-131323
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    The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America.

    Micklethwait, John and Adrian Wooldridge. [Joan Didion]

    The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America.

    New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.

    First edition, second printing of this bold analysis of modern America. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of Joan Didion with an autograph note on The Economist Group business letterhead s...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-141543
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    From the South Seas: Studies of Adolescence and Sex in Primitive Societies.

    Mead, Margaret

    From the South Seas: Studies of Adolescence and Sex in Primitive Societies.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939.

    First edition, third printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Hardin S. Rarny Margaret Mead May 6, 1946....
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-143499
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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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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-62011
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    Beyond the God Particle.

    Leon Lederman and Christopher Hill

    Beyond the God Particle.

    New York: Prometheus Books, 2013.

    First edition of this “tour de force of physics” (Times Literary Supplement). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Leon Lederman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-75082
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    Snow.

    Pamuk, Orhan

    Snow.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

    First American edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Orhan Pamuk on the title page and three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd (on the title page, rear jacket flap...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-119589
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    Einstein’s Dreams.

    Lightman, Alan

    Einstein’s Dreams.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1993.

    First edition of this fictional, philosophical novel where a young Albert Einstein imagines 35 different, fantastical worlds, each with a unique perception of time. Duodecimo, original publisher...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-151488
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    Final Report of Gen. John J. Pershing Commander-In-Chief American Expeditionary Forces.

    Pershing, General John J

    Final Report of Gen. John J. Pershing Commander-In-Chief American Expeditionary Forces.

    Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1920.

    First edition of this final military report from the heroic Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with sixteen folding plates of maps, diagram...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-145457
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    Authentic Christianity: From the Writings of John Stott.

    Stott, John

    Authentic Christianity: From the Writings of John Stott.

    Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.

    First edition of this collection of writings from the legendary John Stott. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Janet with gratitude f...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-146124
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    Five Fates.

    Herbert, Frank; Harlan Ellison; Keith Laumer; Poul Anderson; Gordon Dickson

    Five Fates.

    New York: Paperback Library, 1971.

    Paperback Library edition of this science fiction anthology extravaganza by five legendary authors. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert above his name on page 58 wh...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150256
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    The Negro in the American Revolution.

    Quarles, Benjamin

    The Negro in the American Revolution.

    Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1976.

    Later printing of this examination of the roles and experiences of Black Americans during the Revolutionary War. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150747
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