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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!
    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 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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    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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    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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    Blue Nights.

    Didion, Joan

    Blue Nights.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

    First edition of this intensely personal and moving account of Joan Didion’s thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness and growing old. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly s...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-116868
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    Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.

    Schannep, Jack

    Dow Theory for the 21st Century: Technical Indicators For Improving Your Investment Results.

    Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.

    First edition of the investor’s must-read on trading strategy. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “Hope some of the ideas in this b...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-124830
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    A First Family of Tasajara.

    Harte, Bret

    A First Family of Tasajara.

    London: Macmillan and Co, 1891.

    First edition of Harte’s classic work. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “with the best New...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-96090
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    Why Capitalism?

    Meltzer, Allan H

    Why Capitalism?

    New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

    First edition of Meltzer’s Why Capitalism? Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Jack An old friend Best Wishes Allen Meltzer.” Additionally signed...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-43457
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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 to his cousins, “For Min and Marshall, In appreciation...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-119682
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    Miracle On 34th Street.

    Davies, Valentine; Tomie dePaola [Illustrator]

    Miracle On 34th Street.

    San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

    First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front p...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-149046
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    Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.

    Burger, Warren E

    Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.

    Washington, D.C.:, June 11, 1986.

    Rare typescript Supreme Court ruling document signed by the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren E. Burger. Two pages, typescript, signed by Burger on the first page. Decided...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-122766
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    Most Likely to Succeed.

    Dos Passos, John

    Most Likely to Succeed.

    New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1954.

    Signed limited first edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-127665
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    I Never Sang for My Father.

    Anderson, Robert [Alan Schneider]

    I Never Sang for My Father.

    New York: Random House, 1968.

    First edition of Robert Anderson’s autobiographical drama, later the basis for the Academy Award–nominated 1970 film. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, top stain blue, illustrated with bl...
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    $500.00 Item Number: RRB-152216
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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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