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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 Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    King, Coretta Scott

    The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    New York: Newmarket Press, 1987.

    First edition of this classic collection of the words of Dr. King, selected by Coretta Scott King. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-146270
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    The Savage Detectives.

    Bolano, Roberto

    The Savage Detectives.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

    First edition of this modern classic, which was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the translator Natasha Wimmer on the...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-146485
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    Cassell’s French-English English-French Dictionary.

    Edited by Ernest A. Baker. [John Steinbeck; Elaine Steinbeck]

    Cassell’s French-English English-French Dictionary.

    London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1953.

    Early printing of Cassell’s French-English English-French Dictionary from the library of American literary master John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine Steinbeck. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-114936
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    The Circle of Reason.

    Ghosh, Amitav

    The Circle of Reason.

    New York: Viking, 1986.

    First edition of the author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Boldly signed by Amitav Ghosh on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ne...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-149436
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    The Age of Unreason.

    Handy, Charles

    The Age of Unreason.

    London: Business Books Limited, 1989.

    First edition, early printing of  the Irish economist’s classic treatise. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket de...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-136548
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    Jazz.

    Morrison, Toni

    Jazz.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

    First edition of the author’s classic sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Toni Morrison on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-139772
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    Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.

    Cotton, T. Henry

    Golf: Being a Short Treatise for the Use of Young People Who Aspire to Proficiency in the Royal and Ancient Game.

    London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd, 1931.

    First edition of Cotton’s first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, frontispiece portrait of Cotton. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication beneath his fron...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-135277
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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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    Soul Mountain.

    Xingjian, Gao

    Soul Mountain.

    New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

    First edition in English of the author’s magnum opus, which led to him winning the Nobel Prize in literature in 2000. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on t...
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    $600.00 Item Number: RRB-150599
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    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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    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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    A House For Mr. Biswas

    Naipaul, V.S

    A House For Mr. Biswas

    New York: Everyman's Library/ Knopf, 1995.

    First edition of the Everyman’s Library of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page.
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    $550.00 Item Number: RRB-2188
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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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