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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!
    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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    More Die of Heartbreak.

    Bellow, Saul

    More Die of Heartbreak.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s tenth novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author, “For Sidney and Fredda from an old friend Saul Bellow...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-3138
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    In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond.

    Kaplan, Robert D. [Madeleine Albright]

    In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond.

    New York : Random House , 2016.

    First edition of this travelogue that examines the complex history and politics of Eastern Europe. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, Association copy, inscribed by author on the front fre...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-149036
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    Stone Soup.

    Brown, Marcia

    Stone Soup.

    New York: Charles Scribner, 1947.

    First edition, early printing of the author’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. With the author’s name and address in her hand laid in. In very good condition.
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-150822
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    Bus Ride To Justice.

    Gray, Fred D

    Bus Ride To Justice.

    Montgomery, Al: Black Belt Press, 1995.

    First edition of this Civil Rights icon’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Fred D. Gray Schal...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-139681
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    The Prisoner of Heaven.

    Zafon, Carlos Ruiz

    The Prisoner of Heaven.

    Burton: Subterranean Press, 2014.

    Signed limited edition of the third book in the ‘Cemetery of Forgotten Books’ series. Octavo, original cloth. One of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on the...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-145036
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    Chinese Lanterns.

    Seton, Grace Thompson

    Chinese Lanterns.

    New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924.

    Early printing of Grace Thompson Seton’s work on Chinese lanterns. Octavo, original illustrated cloth, illustrated with photographs, many taken by the author. Inscribed by the author on the fron...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-96116
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    Tarzan Clans of American: Official Guide.

    Burroughs, Edgar Rice

    Tarzan Clans of American: Official Guide.

    Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1939.

    First edition of this Official Guide for members of the Tarzan Clans of America, a special division of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan series. Octavo, original wrappers as issued, laid in is a memb...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-90419
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    The Fountain Overflows.

    West, Rebecca

    The Fountain Overflows.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1956.

    First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “My love to Beatrice and Bruce- who first gave the Fountain...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-145967
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    Idiots First.

    Malamud, Bernard

    Idiots First.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.

    First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, “For Marshall, Every good wish Bern...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-112830
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    The Kentucky Cycle.

    Schenkkan, Robert

    The Kentucky Cycle.

    New York: Plume Books, 1993.

    First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lenghtily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Adrienne Rogers, ‘R...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-144531
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    Harry Truman Signed Photograph.

    Truman, Harry S

    Harry Truman Signed Photograph.

    :, 1966.

    Photograph of  President Harry S. Truman having his arm raised at the 1947 Democratic National Convention. Inscribed by Truman, “To Joseph J. Fracelli, From Harry S. Truman, 12/7/66.” On the verso of...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-19073
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    East River: A Novel of New York.

    Asch, Sholem

    East River: A Novel of New York.

    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.

    First edition of this classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a loose translation, “For my good friend Dr. Tunik with [illegible] and good wishes S...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-143629
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    The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

    Fletcher, Colin

    The Thousand-Mile Summer in Desert and High Sierra.

    Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1964.

    First edition of Fletcher’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs from the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the ha...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-74000
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    Jackdaws.

    Follett, Ken [Erica Jong]

    Jackdaws.

    New York: Dutton, 2001.

    Advance reading copy of the first edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s classic World War II spy thriller. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author o...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-142632
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    Play Golf with Player: Instruction of Every Aspecct of the Game.

    Player, Gary

    Play Golf with Player: Instruction of Every Aspecct of the Game.

    London: Collins, 1962.

    First edition of this early instructional by the legendary golfer. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “With Very Best Wishes G...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-988
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