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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!

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Keeshan, Robert; Pictures by Maurice Sendak

She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not.

New York : HarperCollins, 1991.

First edition of the 1991 edition. Small quarto, original illustrated boards. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$275.00
Item Number: RRB-27056
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Kennedy, Jacqueline

Jacqueline Kennedy Signed White House Print.

1961.

White House photographic print taken in 1961 by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton. Boldly signed by Jacqueline Kennedy at the lower left. Stoughton took multiple photos in front of the White House fountains on the South Lawn when developing the 1961 Christmas Print. The final Christmas print, which showed more ducks positioned closer to the photographer,Continue reading "Jacqueline Kennedy Signed White House Print."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-28045
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Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

The Game of Logic.

London : MacMillan and Co, 1887.

First trade edition of Lewis Carroll’s game, with scarce original card and several original markers. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Lewis Carroll to his nephew, on the half-title in purple ink in the year of publication, “Bertram J. Collingwood with the Author’s love Mar. 87.” The volume contains the original envelope containingContinue reading "The Game of Logic."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-26048
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Buchanan, James M

The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan.

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 1999-2002.

First editions of each of volume that comprise the collected works of Nobel Prize-winning economist James M. Buchanan’s papers. Octavo, original half cloth, 20 volumes. Eighteen of the twenty volumes are association copies warmly inscribed in the year of publication by James Buchanan to his assistant of 46 years, Betty H. Tillman, the second personContinue reading "The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan."

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$6,000.00
Item Number: RRB-26023
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Drucker, Peter F

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1985.

First edition of this work on innovation by the most influential management thinker ever. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Keith Stephens from Peter F. Drucker.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by William Graef.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-26011
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Kundera, Milan

The Festival of Insignificance: A Novel.

New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.

First edition of Kundera’s eleventh fictional work. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated by Milan Kundera in the the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Linda Asher.

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$650.00
Item Number: RRB-26003
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Samuelson, Paul A

Economics: An Introductory Analysis.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1948.

First edition of this landmark work in modern economics, having sold 4 million copies in 40 languages. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow Harvard economist, Gottfried Haberler in a contemporary hand, “To Gottfried with best regards from Paul.” Samuelson was in Haberler’s first Harvard classContinue reading "Economics: An Introductory Analysis."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-23012
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Vidal, Gore

The City and the Pillar.

New York : E.P. Dutton, 1948.

First edition of this landmark novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a bright near fine dust jacket with two small chips to the crown but does not show the fading endemic to the spine panel. A very sharp example.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-25087
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Grass, Gunter

The Tin Drum.

London : Secker and Warburg, 1962.

First British edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated in 1986 by Gunter Grass on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With a signed letter from Gunter Grass’ secretary. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box madeContinue reading "The Tin Drum."

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$3,200.00
Item Number: RRB-25016
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Mandela, Nelson

Nelson Mandela Signed Photograph.

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Original color photograph of Nelson Mandela. Boldly signed and dated “N Mandela 18.6.2000.” Double matted and framed. The photograph measures 8 inches by 12 inches. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 19 inches. In fine condition.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-24057
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Arrow, Kenneth J

Essays In the Theory of Risk-Bearing.

Amsterdam-London : North -Holland Publishing Company, 1971.

First edition of this collection of essays by Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Kenneth J. Arrow on the title page. Small name to the front free endpaper, in near fine condition. No jacket was issued for this title. Books signed by Arrow are uncommon.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-29023
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Rothbard, Murray N

America’s Great Depression.

New York : MacMillan Company, 1973.

First edition of Rothbard’s classic treatise on the 1930s Great Depression and its root causes. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Murray N. Rothbard on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

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$6,800.00
Item Number: RRB-23068
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Greene, Graham

The Lost Childhood and Other Essays.

London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951.

First edition of this collection of essays by Graham Greene, two of its four parts, Personal Prologue and Personal Postscript, comprise seven invaluable pieces of autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Norman Douglas on the front free endpaper, “Dear Norman This with my love. Thank you so muchContinue reading "The Lost Childhood and Other Essays."

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$6,200.00
Item Number: RRB-23055
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Greene, Graham

The End of the Affair.

London : William Heinemann, 1951.

First edition of the Graham Greene novel William Faulkner called, “one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody’s language.” Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Jerry Shestack from Graham Greene.” The recipient Jerry Shestack was a distinguished American Jurist, President of theContinue reading "The End of the Affair."

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$5,000.00
Item Number: RRB-23054
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Friedman, Milton; With the Assistance of Rose Friedman

Capitalism And Freedom.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1962.

First edition of Friedman’s magnum opus. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by Milton Friedman on the front free endpaper in a contemporary hand. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare signed.

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-23005
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Tagore, Rabindranath

Creative Unity.

London : MacMillan & Company , 1925.

First edition, later printing. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Rabindranath Tagore Feb. 26, 1932.” In very good condition with some wear to the extremities and to the side front panel. Books signed by Tagore are rare.

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$4,200.00
Item Number: RRB-22096
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Trilling, Lionel

The Liberal Imagination: Essays on Literature and Society.

New York : The Viking Press, 1950.

First edition of one of the influential works of criticism published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “To Sue and George in friendship and regard Lionel March 1950.” Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Hallock.

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$550.00
Item Number: RRB-22071
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Roosevelt, Eleanor and William DeWitt

UN: Today and Tomorrow.

New York : Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

First edition of this work on the United Nations by the former First Lady. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the extremities. Rare signed.

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$2,200.00
Item Number: RRB-22053
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Calvino, Italo

Difficult Loves.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984.

First edition of this classic collection of short stories by Calvino. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Italo Calvino on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Louise Fili. Translated from the Italian by William Weaver, Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-22051
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Breuer, Marcel

Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect.

New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956.

First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To the Walter Paepcke with best regards, Marcel Breuer.” The recipient, Walter Paepcke was an industrialist and philanthropist most noted for his founding of the Aspen Institute and the Aspen Skiing Company in the early 1950s, both of which helped transform theContinue reading "Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of An Architect."

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$2,750.00
Item Number: RRB-22041
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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.]

Law, Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1973-1979.

First editions of the economist’s magnum opus. Octavo, 3 volumes, original black cloth. Volume one is inscribed on the front free endpaper by F.A. Hayek to his colleague and legal scholar, Theo Mayer-Maly with his bookplate below. Mayer-Maly’s work Rechtsgeschichte der Freiheitsidee in Antike und Mittelalter is cited in volume one of Law, Legislation andContinue reading "Law, Legislation and Liberty. A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy."

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$22,000.00
Item Number: RRB-22040
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Herbert Hoover and Andrew Mellon

World War Foreign Debts Commission Act Signed Photograph.

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Signed photograph of the members of The World War Foreign Debt Commission and the Belgian Commission. Signed below by each member, including Herbert Hoover (Secretary of Commerce and future President of the United States), Andrew W. Mellon (Secretary of the Treasury), Frank B. Kellogg (Secretary of State and 1929 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize),Continue reading "World War Foreign Debts Commission Act Signed Photograph."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-21058
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Bloom, Allan; Foreword by Saul Bellow

The Closing of the American Mind.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1987.

First edition, early printing of Bloom’s landmark work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Richard A. Ware, One of the most admirable men I have met during my career and my special benefactor. Gratefully, Allan Bloom September, 1987.” The recipient Richard A. Ware served under PresidentContinue reading "The Closing of the American Mind."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-22016
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Mitchell, Margaret

Margaret Mitchell Signed Letters.

1941-42.

Two letters signed in full by Margaret Mitchell, author on the classic Gone With the Wind. Both letters addressed to Rear Admiral Edward J. Marquart and his wife, one dated December 26, 1941, the other December 19, 1942, each with their original envelopes; both letters refer to the commissioning of the U.S.S. Atlanta.

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-21082
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