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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!
    Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope.

    Giffords, Gabrielle and Kelly, Mark

    Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope.

    New York : Scribner, 2011.

    First edition of this unforgettable autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the co-author on the title page, “To Bob, With Best Wishes! Mark Kell...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-146479
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    How Google Works.

    Schmidt, Eric and Jonathan Rosenberg

    How Google Works.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.

    First edition of this “informative and creatively multilayered Google guidebook from the businessman’s perspective” (Kirkus). Octavo, original boards. Signed by both Eric Schmidt and...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-117377
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    Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann.

    Weizmann, Chaim

    Trial and Error: The Autobiography of Chaim Weizmann.

    New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949.

    First editions of the autobiography of the first president of Israel. Octavo, 2 volumes, frontispiece of Weizmann in volume one. Near fine in very good dust jackets, inscription to the front free endp...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-150061
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    At Home: Essays 1982-1988.

    Vidal, Gore

    At Home: Essays 1982-1988.

    New York: Random House, 1988.

    First edition of this collection of essays by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Valerie love Gore.” The recipient Valerie...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-126590
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    Metroland.

    Barnes, Julian

    Metroland.

    London: Jonathan Cape, 1980.

    First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Craig...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-127617
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    The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America.

    Rosen, Jeffrey

    The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025.

    First edition of this work on how the clashing constitutional visions of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson have created a 250-year “tug-of-war” that continues to define and divide Am...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-151538
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    The Independence of Nations.

    Fromkin, David

    The Independence of Nations.

    New York: Praeger, 1981.

    First edition of this early work by the award-winning historian. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “November 24, 1981 For David and M...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-138409
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    How To Help Your Husband Get Ahead in His Social and Business Life.

    Carnegie, Dorothy

    How To Help Your Husband Get Ahead in His Social and Business Life.

    New York: Greystone Press, 1953.

    First edition of Dorothy Carnegie’s essential 1953 guide for the housewife, offering practical advice to help the husband succeed in the style of her husband, Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Fr...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-96136
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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. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Ted and Nancy Sizer- who exerted an imp...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-111411
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    March: Book Two.

    Lewis, John; Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

    March: Book Two.

    Marietta: Top Shelf Productions, 2015.

    First edition of the second book in John Lewis and Andrew Aydin’s March trilogy. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Lewis on the half-title pa...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-118963
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    Christ in Concrete.

    Di Donato, Pietro

    Christ in Concrete.

    New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939.

    First edition of this classic portrait of Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s. Octavo, original black cloth. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a good dust j...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-1871
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    David Goldblatt: Intersections.

    Goldblatt, David

    David Goldblatt: Intersections.

    : Prestel Publishing, 2005.

    First edition of this work which brings Goldblatt’s color photography in South Africa from 2002 to 2011. Oblong quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by David Goldblatt on the...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-533
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    Mountains Beyond Mountains.

    Kidder, Tracy

    Mountains Beyond Mountains.

    New York: Random House, 2003.

    First edition of this powerful work, which tells the true story of a gifted man who loves the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscrib...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-147146
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    Judge This: A Ted Original.

    Kidd, Chip

    Judge This: A Ted Original.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015.

    First edition of this classic TED Talk original. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed three times Chip Kidd; on the front panel of the dust jacket, on the title page and rear flap of the dust jacket...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-149742
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    George H.W. Bush Typed Letter Signed.

    Bush, George H.W

    George H.W. Bush Typed Letter Signed.

    :, 1967.

    Rare early typed letter signed by George H.W. Bush while he served as the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 7th congressional district from 1967 to 1971. One page, on Congress of the United States...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-151816
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    Richard Nixon Signed Card.

    Nixon, Richard

    Richard Nixon Signed Card.

    :, January 9, 1993.

    Rare original card celebrating President Richard Nixon’s 80th birthday. A card depicting him with his four grandchildren at Woodcliff Lake in New Jersey: Melanie Eisenhower, Christopher Cox, Jen...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-151891
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    Arrival and Departure.

    Koestler, Arthur

    Arrival and Departure.

    London: Hutchinson of London, 1966.

    First Danube edition of the third novel in the author’s classic trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Karl and Diane from Arthu...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-142679
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    Home and Exile.

    Achebe, Chinua

    Home and Exile.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

    First edition of this work by the award-winning novelist. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stephen Chinua Achebe.” Fine i...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-131982
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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.

    Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989.

    Signed limited 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 liter...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-151031
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    Rethinking International Trade.

    Krugman, Paul

    Rethinking International Trade.

    Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990.

    First edition of this early work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To William Paul Krugman.” Fine in a near fine dus...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-87512
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    Killing Commendatore.

    Murakami, Haruki

    Killing Commendatore.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

    First edition of this “expansive and intricate novel” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by dust jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, on...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-125849
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    Duluth.

    Vidal, Gore

    Duluth.

    New York : Random House, 1983.

    First edition of this novel by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Kit – all love – Gore Vidal.” The...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-126272
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    Golf.

    Skellett, Paul; Simon Weitzman

    Golf.

    Derbyshire, England: Wonderland Publications, 2012.

    First limited Captain’s edition of “The Bible of Golf.” Thick quarto, bound in full leather with gilt titles and tooling, pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt, two silk ribbon bookmar...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-148309
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    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Autograph Note Signed.

    Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem [Bill Walton]

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Autograph Note Signed.

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    Rare autograph note signed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to fellow basketball player Bill Walton. Duodecimo, note card featuring a color design of the player shooting a basketball on the recto and a black an...
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    $350.00 Item Number: RRB-151764
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