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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!
    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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    Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth.

    Rorty, Richard

    Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

    Later printing of these papers by the famed philosopher. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Richard Rorty on the title page. In near fine condition.
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-144896
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    The Tenth Justice.

    Meltzer, Brad

    The Tenth Justice.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997.

    First edition of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Brad Meltzer on the title page. Additionally signed by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-149889
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    Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance.

    Beschloss, Michael R

    Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance.

    New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980.

    First edition of the historian’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by Michael Beschloss on the front free endpaper. Also laid in is an autographed letter to th...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-150883
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    A Dog’s Tale.

    Twain, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens]

    A Dog’s Tale.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904.

    First edition of Twain’s “powerful indictment of cruelty to animals.” Octavo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated with four color plates by W.T. Smedley including tissue-guarded frontispiece....
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-151051
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    Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.

    Blume, Judy

    Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.

    New York: Delacorte Press, 2007.

    First edition of this collection of seven warm-hearted stories which give readers a peek at how a brother and sister relate to each other. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on t...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-144144
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    The Fourth in the Furnace.

    Stanton, Stephen B. [William T. Sherman]

    The Fourth in the Furnace.

    New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.

    First edition of this poetical book of philosophy; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original black cloth. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. Ownership...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-145982
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    Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe.

    Allison, Graham [Madeleine K. Albright]

    Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe.

    New York: Times Books, 2004.

    First edition of this informative work on nuclear terrorism and how to prevent it. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secre...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-147591
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    A Christmas Book.

    Anglund, Joan Walsh

    A Christmas Book.

    New York: Random House, 1983.

    First edition of the revered children’s book author’s charming children’s tale. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by the author. Presentation copy...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-123670
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    Visions of the Future: The Distant Past, Yesterday Today, and Tomorrow.

    Heilbroner, Robert

    Visions of the Future: The Distant Past, Yesterday Today, and Tomorrow.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

    First edition of this prescient work by the author of The Worldly Philosophers. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For John Barn...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-151094
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    The Vampire Lestat.

    Rice, Anne

    The Vampire Lestat.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.

    First edition of the second book in Anne Rice’s best-selling Vampire Chronicles. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Boldly signed by Anne Rice on the title page. Very good in a very...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-151517
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    Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone.

    Deaton, Angus

    Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone.

    Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.

    First edition of this collection of essays in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Stone. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the editor Angus Deaton on the half-title page. Fine in a...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-75092
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    Collected Poems 1947-1980.

    Ginsberg, Allen

    Collected Poems 1947-1980.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.

    First Perennial Library edition of this collection of poems. Octavo, original red wrappers. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his cousin Gene Levy and his wife on the title page,...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-146470
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    All The President’s Men.

    Bernstein, Carl & Bob Woodward

    All The President’s Men.

    Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989.

    First Easton Press edition of this groundbreaking work in American journalism. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Boldly signed...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-147037
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    Toward The Next Economics and Other Essays.

    Drucker, Peter F

    Toward The Next Economics and Other Essays.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981.

    First edition of this collection of essays on business, management, economics and society by America’s most foremost authority on management. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Druck...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-117331
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    The Children: Refugees and Migrants.

    Salgado, Sebastiao

    The Children: Refugees and Migrants.

    New York: Aperture, 2000.

    First edition of this powerful photobook with over 100 portraits of children throughout the world. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Sebastiao Salgado on the half-title...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-150077
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    Walter Winchell.

    Herr, Michael

    Walter Winchell.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.

    First edition of this novel by the author of Dispatches. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Jim, Best wishes Michael Herr 26 Feb 93....
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-120899
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