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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 Chinese Love Pavilion.

    Scott, Paul

    The Chinese Love Pavilion.

    London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1960.

    Early printing of this dramatic story by the author of The Raj Quartet which many consider to be his best novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free en...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-120224
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    Enderby Outside.

    Burgess, Anthony

    Enderby Outside.

    London: William Heinemann, 1968.

    First edition of the second novel in the author’s acclaimed Enderby series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, ”   The recipient, Rolland...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-125843
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    Corporate Oligarch.

    Finn, David

    Corporate Oligarch.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.

    First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Fran Horn with warm reg...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-129554
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    My Story.

    Nicklaus, Jack

    My Story.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

    First edition of the Golden Bear’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Doug Good Golfing Jac...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-146131
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    Shooter.

    Kennerly, David Hume [Ed Koch]

    Shooter.

    New York: Newsweek Books, 1979.

    First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Small quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-149876
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    Inside South America.

    Gunther, John

    Inside South America.

    New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.

    First edition of this eye-opening study of South America, the eighth “Inside” book by John Gunther. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with a black and maps of South Ame...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-147581
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    Remembrance Rock.

    Sandburg, Carl

    Remembrance Rock.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948.

    First trade edition of Sandburg’s self-described “epic, weaving the mystery of the American Dream with the costly toil and bloody struggles that have gone to keep alive and carry further t...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-127433
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    The Left Hand of Darkness.

    Le Guin, Ursula K. [LeGuin]

    The Left Hand of Darkness.

    Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992.

    Signed collector’s edition of the author’s classic Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-150178
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    Shirer, William L

    20th Century Journey. A Memoir of a Life and the Times by William L. Shirer: The Start 1904-1930.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976.

    First edition of the first volume in William L. Shirer’s autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by William L. Shirer...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-151675
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    Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President.

    Millard, Candice

    Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President.

    New York: Doubleday, 2011.

    First edition of this Edgar Award-winning narrative history reconstructing the assassination of President James A. Garfield. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed b...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-152148
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    The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate.

    Choate, Joseph Hodges [William Tecumseh Sherman]

    The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate.

    New York: Privately Printed, 1917.

    First edition of this autobiographical recollection of a lawyer and American ambassador to the United Kingdom, privately printed by Caroline Sterling Choate; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sher...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-145989
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    Rembrandt’s Hat.

    Malamud, Bernard

    Rembrandt’s Hat.

    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.

    First edition of this collection of short stories by the author of The Natural. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Susie and Paul...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-100043
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    Nothing Venture, Nothing Win.

    Hillary, Edmund

    Nothing Venture, Nothing Win.

    New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975.

    First edition of Hillary’s autobiography, which he considered his finest book. Octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-147926
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    Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ.

    Goleman, Daniel

    Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ.

    New York: Bantam Books, 1995.

    First edition of Goleman’s classic work on the implications of emotional intelligence on society. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page,...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-101420
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    I Sing Sonnets & Other Forms: About Things Everywhere.

    Goldbeck, Sedrick Arlington

    I Sing Sonnets & Other Forms: About Things Everywhere.

    Bronx, NY: The Bird Press, 1996.

    First edition of the poet’s collection of sonnets. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “1996 to Gary, Regards Sedrick A. Gold...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-115382
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    Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877.

    Foner, Eric

    Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1988.

    First edition of this “smart book of enormous strengths” (Boston Globe) that has become the classic work on the wrenching post–Civil War period, an era whose legacy reverberates in the United States t...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-116262
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    Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960.

    Ginsberg, Allen

    Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960.

    San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1965.

    Fourth edition of this significant collection of poems—including the title piece, part lamentation for his mother, part protest of American society. Duodecimo, original wrappers as issued. Presentatio...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-148780
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    Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare’s Love-life.

    Burgess, Anthony

    Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare’s Love-life.

    New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1964.

    First edition of this fictionalized, stylistically experimental reimagining of William Shakespeare’s life. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the ti...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-150047
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    The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West.

    Ferguson, Niall

    The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West.

    New York: The Penguin Press, 2006.

    First edition of this “deftly paced, continent-crossing account of the last century’s ‘age of hatred'” (The Guardian). Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrate...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-150750
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    A Tribute to John F. Kennedy.

    Salinger, Pierre [John F. Kennedy]

    A Tribute to John F. Kennedy.

    Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc, 1964.

    First edition of this tribute to President Kennedy. Octavo, original boards, original slipcase, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Allan Sherman...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-134104
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    Bocuse A La Carte.

    Bocuse, Paul

    Bocuse A La Carte.

    London: Aurum Press, 1987.

    First edition. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Pour Lyn avec ma sympathique Paul Bocuse 3 Giullet 1990....
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-139625
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    Tristram.

    Robinson, Edwin Arlington

    Tristram.

    New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.

    Signed limited edition of this popular Pulitzer prize-winning Arthurian narrative poem. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, top edge gilt. One of three hundred and fifty copies signed by Ed...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-145430
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    The Ascent of Money.

    Ferguson, Niall

    The Ascent of Money.

    New York: The Penguin Press, 2008.

    First edition of this original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go round, destined to become a modern classic. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on th...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-147604
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    In Lincoln’s Chair.

    Tarbell, Ida

    In Lincoln’s Chair.

    New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920.

    First edition of this work by the award-winning journalist. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Merry Chris...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-119181
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