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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!
    Turn! Turn! Turn! the ’60s Folk-Rock Revolution.

    Unterberger, Richie

    Turn! Turn! Turn! the ’60s Folk-Rock Revolution.

    San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2002.

    First edition of Unterberger’s comprehensive survey of ’60s folk-rock. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, signed by songwriter Donovan...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-119884
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    The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.

    Atkinson, Rick

    The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989.

    First edition of the historian’s first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as “enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance, the pages literally hurry befo...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-151005
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    Monsieur Beaucaire.

    Tarkington, Booth

    Monsieur Beaucaire.

    New York: McClure, Philips, 1900.

    First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s second novel, basis for the classic 1946 film starring Bob Hope. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “A...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-137803
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    French Home Cooking.

    Bocuse, Paul

    French Home Cooking.

    London: Granada, 1982.

    First edition of this work by the legendary chef. Small quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Paul Bocuse on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-139552
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    Advertisements for Myself.

    Mailer, Norman

    Advertisements for Myself.

    New York: Putnam and Sons, 1959.

    First edition of this classic collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For David Cheers Norman Mailer Feb. ’81...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-142397
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    John Adams.

    McCullough, David

    John Adams.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

    First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-144341
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    A Masque of Mercy.

    Frost, Robert

    A Masque of Mercy.

    New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1947.

    Signed limited edition of Frost’s play of the purported last chapter in the book of Job. Royal octavo, original half cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. One of 751 numbered copi...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-147534
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    Dearly Beloved.

    Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

    Dearly Beloved.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1962.

    First edition of the author’s classic bestselling novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “For Friedel and P...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-114233
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    Milton Glaser: Graphic Design.

    Glaser, Milton

    Milton Glaser: Graphic Design.

    Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1973.

    First edition of this seminal collection that showcases Glaser’s influential works and design philosophy. Square quarto, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, profusely illustra...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-149144
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    Dusklands.

    Coetzee, J.M

    Dusklands.

    London: Penguin Press, 1982.

    First paperback edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Ken Hubner with best w...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-129678
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    Still Life.

    Penn, Irving

    Still Life.

    New York: Bullfinch Press, 2001.

    First edition of this collection of photographs. Tall quarto, original beige cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Irving Penn on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-4324
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    Twilight Zone: The Movie.

    Bloch, Robert

    Twilight Zone: The Movie.

    New York: Warner Books, Inc , 1983.

    First edition of the novelization of the classic film. 12mo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with a 16-page insert of black and white photographs from the film. Boldly signed by Robert Bloch...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-148054
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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 front free endpaper in the year of publica...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-112873
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    My Name Is Red.

    Pamuk, Orhan

    My Name Is Red.

    New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

    Advanced reader’s edition of this “fabulously rich novel, highly compelling” (The Independent). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Orhan Pamuk and twice by dust jacket...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-126789
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    Positive Golf: Understanding and Applying the Fundamentals of the Game.

    Player, Gary

    Positive Golf: Understanding and Applying the Fundamentals of the Game.

    New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.

    First edition of this comprehensive exploration of the mental and technical principles essential to effective golf performance. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth, frontispiece of Gary Pla...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-149407
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    Dead Man’s Float.

    Harrison, Jim

    Dead Man’s Float.

    Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 2016.

    First limited edition of Harrison’s last published work. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with the title stamped in blind on the front panel. One of 150 numbered copies, this is number 3...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-150162
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    The Ghost Writer.

    Roth, Philip

    The Ghost Writer.

    New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1979.

    First edition of the author’s first book in his acclaimed Zuckerman series. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sig...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-12037
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    The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.

    Breyer, Stephen

    The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

    First edition of this work by the Supreme Court justice. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Stephen Best Stephen Breyer” and ad...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-149871
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    The Story of the Winged-S: with New Material on the Latest Development of the Helicopter.

    Sikorsky, Igor

    The Story of the Winged-S: with New Material on the Latest Development of the Helicopter.

    New York: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1942.

    First edition, early printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illust...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-138142
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    The California Wine Book.

    Thompson, Bob and Hugh Johnson

    The California Wine Book.

    New York: William Morrow and Company, 1976.

    First edition on this work on California wine. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated with 17 color plates, 35 photographs and prints, 9 maps. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, “with...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-145904
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    Sounds of the Town.

    Nisbet, Robert

    Sounds of the Town.

    United Kingdom: Alun Books, 1982.

    First edition of this collection of short stories about Welsh life and culture. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Ew...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-148342
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    Return to Earth.

    Aldrin, Buzz

    Return to Earth.

    New York: Random House, 1973.

    First edition of this work by the second man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin on the front free endpaper and...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-149629
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    On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir.

    Kaufman, Henry. Foreword by Paul A. Volker

    On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir.

    New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

    First edition of Henry Kaufman’s memoir of his life spent on Wall Street. Octavo, original half cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Volker. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,...
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-131708
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    The Epic of America.

    Adams, John Truslow

    The Epic of America.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.

    Early printing of the work which introduced the term “American dream” into the lexicon and the “single best volume of American history” (Allan Nevins). Octavo, original cloth....
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    $475.00 Item Number: RRB-138823
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