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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 Incompleat Folksinger.

    Seeger, Pete; edited by Jo Metcalf Schwartz

    The Incompleat Folksinger.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.

    First edition of this work by the legendary folksinger. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For David Pete Seeger.” Seeger h...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-133172
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    Drugstore Cowboy.

    Fogle, James. [Matt Dillon]

    Drugstore Cowboy.

    New York: Delta Fiction/Dell Publishing, 1990.

    First edition of James Fogle’s autobiographical novel. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by actor Matt Dillon on the half-title page. Illustrated on the covers with stills from...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-152159
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    The Conservationist.

    Gordimer, Nadine

    The Conservationist.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1974.

    Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. In very good condition.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-540
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    Landmark Papers in Economic Growth.

    Solow, Robert M

    Landmark Papers in Economic Growth.

    Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.

    First edition of this collection of writings by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert M. Solow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert M. Solow on the title page. In fine condition, issued without a...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-37017
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    Portrait Of A Professional Golfer.

    Palmer, Arnold

    Portrait Of A Professional Golfer.

    London: Pelham Books, 1964.

    First edition of this early work by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth, illstrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best Wishes Arnold Palmer.” Near fine in a v...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-147007
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    Warrant: The Current Debate.

    Plantinga, Alvin

    Warrant: The Current Debate.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Alvin Plantinga on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Ann Lowe.
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-139243
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    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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    Fiddler on the Roof.

    Stein, Joseph, Book by, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

    Fiddler on the Roof.

    New York: Crown Publishers, 1964.

    Original playbill of this classic play. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the front panel, “For Peter: Sheldon Harn...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-112721
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    The King of the Golden River.

    Ruskin, John. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

    The King of the Golden River.

    London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932.

    Signed limited edition. Octavo, original limp vellum, gilt titles and decoration to front cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, color frontispiece and three plates, illustrations in the text, a...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-117643
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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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    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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    Richard Meier Museums.

    Meier, Richard

    Richard Meier Museums.

    New York: Rizzoli, 2006.

    First edition of this monograph that details the museum projects undertaken by Richard Meier. Folio, original boards. Signed by Richard Meier. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $575.00 Item Number: RRB-877
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    The New Industrial State.

    Galbraith, John Kenneth

    The New Industrial State.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

    First edition of this Galbraith landmark work. Octavo, original brown cloth. Signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows only the lightest o...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-1499
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    Within the Gates.

    O'Casey, Sean

    Within the Gates.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited , 1933.

    First edition of this work by the Irish dramatist and memoirist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “From Se...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-106738
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    Real Peace: A Strategy for the West.

    Nixon, Richard

    Real Peace: A Strategy for the West.

    New York: Privately Printed for Richard Nixon, 1983.

    The privately printed limited first edition of Nixon’s fifth book. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine. One of 1,000 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by th...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-152046
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    The Seasons’ Difference.

    Buechner, Frederick

    The Seasons’ Difference.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952.

    First edition of Frederick Buechner’s second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, with a full page inscription by the author on the front free endpaper, “This was the most ins...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-92504
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    A Rumor of War.

    Caputo, Philip

    A Rumor of War.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.

    Advanced reading copy of the first edition of this classic work which the Los Angeles Times Book Review called “heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging. It belongs to the literature of men at wa...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-140064
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    A New Life.

    Malamud, Bernard

    A New Life.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

    First edition of Malamud’s third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Susie and Paul, Old friends, Everything good Bern...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-100098
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    Leaving the Atocha Station.

    Lerner, Ben

    Leaving the Atocha Station.

    London: Granta, 2012.

    First hardcover edition of the Lerner’s first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ben Lerner on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-63022
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    North of Boston.

    Frost, Robert

    North of Boston.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1914.

    Later printing of Frost’s second published book. Octavo, original half-cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Boldly signed by the author on the front...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-148618
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    Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

    Pissarides, Christopher A

    Labour Market Adjustment: Microeconomic Foundations of Short-run Neoclassical and Keynesian Dynamics.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.

    First edition of Pissarides’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Christopher Pissarides on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-62031
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    To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account.

    Bellow, Saul

    To Jerusalem and Back: A Personal Account.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1976.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s account of his journey to Jerusalem. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the y...
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-86448
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