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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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Hawking, Stephen W

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.

London : Bantam Press, 1988.

First edition of Hawking’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Ron Miller. Presentation copy, signed by Stephen Hawking on the title page with his thumbprint, “For John Simpson, this unique signature has been printed by Stephen Hawking.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Author photograph by David Gamble. First printings are exceptionally rare andContinue reading "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes."

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$35,000.00
Item Number: RRB-133889
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Churchill, Winston S., Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook, Clement Attlee

Large Photograph Signed Winston S. Churchill and Signed by 43 Other Leaders Including Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook and Clement Attlee

London May 1944.

Winston Churchill at the wartime meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, signed by him and 43 other world leaders. The 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, hosted by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill between 1 and 16 May, brought together the heads of government from all the Dominions except Ireland and Newfoundland and was the first inContinue reading "Large Photograph Signed Winston S. Churchill and Signed by 43 Other Leaders Including Anthony Eden, Jan Smuts, Lord Beaverbrook and Clement Attlee"

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Item Number: RRB-119975
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Herzl, Theodor

Das Neue Ghetto: Schauspiel in 4 Acten. [The New Ghetto: A Play in 4 Acts].

Wein : Verlag Der "Welt", 1897.

First edition of Herzl’s popular politically-charged drama, written several years before Der Judenstaat and praised by Max Nordau and Sigmund Freud. Octavo, original printed wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, “Herrn Heinrich Steiner zur freundlichen Erinnerung Th. Herzl.” The recipient, Hungarian author and publisher HeinrichContinue reading "Das Neue Ghetto: Schauspiel in 4 Acten. [The New Ghetto: A Play in 4 Acts]."

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Item Number: RRB-143510
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Hurston, Zora Neale

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.

Philadelphia : J.P. Lippincott Company, 1938.

First edition of Hurston’s classic work offering a vivid, firsthand account of her experiences in Haiti and Jamaica. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, pictorial endpapers, with 26 illustrations. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Norma Gould — one of God’s best angels from right ’round the throne —Continue reading "Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica."

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Item Number: RRB-151570
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L'Engle, Madeleine

The Wrinkle in Time Quintet: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind In The Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962-1989.

First editions of each volume in the author’s iconic and genre-defining Wrinkle in Time quintet, including one of the most celebrated Newbery Award-winning novels of all time. Octavo, five volumes, original publisher’s full and half cloth. A Wrinkle in Time is boldly signed by Madeleine L’Engle in a contemporary hand on the title page andContinue reading "The Wrinkle in Time Quintet: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind In The Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time."

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Item Number: RRB-147616
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Arendt, Hannah

The Origins of Totalitarianism.

New York : Harcourt Brace, 1951.

First edition of this masterpiece, by one of the most important and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Hannah Arendt on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. ExceptionallyContinue reading "The Origins of Totalitarianism."

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Item Number: RRB-147887
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Remarque, Erich Maria

All Quiet On The Western Front.

London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929.

First edition in English of this landmark novel of the 20th century. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “With the compliments and thanks to Geor Henry Gribb! Erich Maria Remarque.” With a type letter from the author dated in 28th February, 1929 from Remarque attached to theContinue reading "All Quiet On The Western Front."

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Item Number: RRB-119450
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Joyce, James

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

London : The Egoist Ltd, 1916.

First English edition, second printing of Joyce’s classic stream-of-consciousness work, his first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Beatrice Randegger. James Joyce. 25 Novembre 1919. Trieste.” The recipient was a private student’s of Joyce in Italy. In excellent condition with light rubbing and wear. Housed inContinue reading "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."

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Item Number: RRB-109550
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Feynman, Richard P

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1985.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics, which James Gleick calls it “a model of science writing.” Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the half-title page, “Dedicated to my dear sister, Joan. Richard P. Feynman.” The recipient, Joan Feynman was Feynman’s youngerContinue reading "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter."

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Item Number: RRB-140430
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Ginsberg, Allen

Howl, for Carl Solomon. Mimeographed for the Six Gallery Reading.

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Two sheets from an exceptionally rare privately produced mimeographed printing of Howl, preceding the first edition. One of 25 copies printed on rectos only in purple ink typed by the poet Robert Creeley and printed by Marthe Rexroth at S.F State, where she was a secretary, for the famous Six Gallery reading (also known as SixContinue reading "Howl, for Carl Solomon. Mimeographed for the Six Gallery Reading."

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Item Number: RRB-40140
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Tolstoy, Leo

Sochinenia Grafa L.N. Tolstogo [Childhood, Boyhood, Youth].

Moscow : Typ. I.N. Kushnerev i Ko, 1893.

Early Russian printing of Tolstoy’s trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, Youth. Quarto, original half leather. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page to his doctor, “To Dmitry Vasil’evich Nikitin. Leo Tolstoy. 28 March 1903.” With an original photograph of Tolstoy with Dmitry Nikitin opposite the title page. The recipient, Dmitry Nikitin was Tolstoy’s familyContinue reading "Sochinenia Grafa L.N. Tolstogo [Childhood, Boyhood, Youth]."

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$38,000.00
Item Number: RRB-133583
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude].

Buenos Aires : Editorial Sudamericana, 1967.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece which is recognized as one of the most significant works in the Spanish literary canon. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the dedication page, “Para Leonard, con todo el afecto, Gabo.” In near fine condition with light rubbing. Housed in a customContinue reading "Cien Anos de Soledad [One Hundred Years of Solitude]."

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Item Number: RRB-114832
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Kerouac, Jack

Jack Kerouac Autograph Questionnaire Signed.

1960.

Rare mimeographed questionnaire sent by a graduate student of City College of New York to Jack Kerouac; completed and signed twice by him with a lengthy inscription in conclusion. Two pages, partially printed the questionnaire begins with a typed letter signed by James A. Sherlock politely requesting Kerouac’s response which reads in part: “Dear Mr.Continue reading "Jack Kerouac Autograph Questionnaire Signed."

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Item Number: RRB-117950
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Faulkner, William

Light In August.

New York : Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.

First edition, first issue, with first printing statement on copyright page, and “Jefferson” for “Mottstown” on page 340, line 1; first-issue binding, lettered in blue and orange. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Eric Dawson William Faulkner Oxford 3 October 1934.” Near fine in a nearContinue reading "Light In August."

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Item Number: RRB-135388
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Frankl, Viktor E

From Death-Camp To Existentialism [Man’s Search For Meaning].

Boston : Beacon Press, 1959.

First edition in English of Frankl’s classic work, which was later titled Man’s Search For Meaning in 1962. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Viktor Frankl on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Ilse Lasch. Preface by Gordon Allport. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. SignedContinue reading "From Death-Camp To Existentialism [Man’s Search For Meaning]."

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Item Number: RRB-130637
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George, Henry

Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions, and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth – The Remedy.

San Francisco : Wm. M. Hinton & Co., Printers, 1879.

True first edition, one of only 200 examples of “the most influential of American works on economics” (Grolier American), one of the highest selling books of the late 1800s which sold more than three million copies soon after publication, exceeding all other books written in the English language with the exception of the Bible duringContinue reading "Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions, and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth – The Remedy."

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Item Number: RRB-147455
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Churchill, Winston S.; Dwight D. Eisenhower; William M. Tuck; Lewis Preston Collins II; Henry Maitland Wilson

Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower Allied Leaders Signed Photograph.

: Colonial Studios, 1946.

Black and white photograph of Winston Churchill delivering a speech before the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1946, with General Dwight D. Eisenhower seated to his left. Signed in the lower margin of the photograph, “Winston S. Churchill” and “Dwight D. Eisenhower.” Additionally signed by Virginia Governor William M. Tuck,Continue reading "Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower Allied Leaders Signed Photograph."

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Item Number: RRB-149606
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Pynchon, Thomas

V.

Philadelphia and New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963.

First edition of Pynchon’s classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. An exceptional association copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper in the month of publication, “Aug. 1963. To Bob & Ginny, with affection, Tom.” The recipients were Pynchon’s Boeing colleague and close friend Bob Hillock and his wife Ginny,Continue reading "V."

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Item Number: RRB-80035
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Washington, Booker T. [William Howard Taft]

The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery and The Negro as a Freeman.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909.

First edition, association copy of Booker T. Washington’s significant history of Americans of African descent, inscribed by him to William Howard Taft as his advisor in the first year of Taft’s presidency. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher’s red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded photographic frontispiece portrait of Booker T.Continue reading "The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery and The Negro as a Freeman."

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Item Number: RRB-149850
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Frankl, Viktor E

Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager [Man’s Search For Meaning].

Vienna : Verlag Jugend und Volk, 1946.

True first edition of Frankl’s classic work, which was later titled Man’s Search For Meaning. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “Für Frau Grete Krotschak in herzlicher Freundschaft V. E. Frankl 6/9/46.” Which translates, “For Ms. Grete Krotschak in cordial friendship V. E.Continue reading "Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager [Man’s Search For Meaning]."

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Item Number: RRB-135369
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Fleming, Ian

Casino Royale.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1953.

First edition of the first novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by the author “from Ian Fleming” on a card mounted to the front free endpaper.

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Item Number: RRB-142789
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Cain, Alfred E. [Martin Luther King Jr.] [Sammy Davis, Jr.]

The Winding Road to Freedom: A Documentary Survey of Negro Experiences in America.

Yonkers : Educational Heritage, Inc, 1965.

First edition of this comprehensive anthology that compiles historical documents, speeches, and firsthand accounts to trace the evolving struggle for African American freedom and equality. Quarto, original publisher’s orange cloth boards, with black and white illustrations. Association copy, inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. to Sammy Davis Jr. on the front free endpaper, “To myContinue reading "The Winding Road to Freedom: A Documentary Survey of Negro Experiences in America."

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Item Number: RRB-149476
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Silverstein, Shel

The Giving Tree.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1964.

First edition with all the first issue points to both the book and dust jacket. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein, who has drawn a large picture of The Giving Tree on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good first-issue price-clipped dust jacket with the full torso picture ofContinue reading "The Giving Tree."

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Item Number: RRB-147001
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Baldwin, James

Go Tell It On The Mountain.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

First edition of Baldwin’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by James Baldwin on the front free endpaper to his mother, “Mama from Rizzy from Jimmy – August 21st!” The recipient, Baldwin’s mother Emma Berdis Jones, left Baldwin’s biological father before moving to Harlem where Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924. WhenContinue reading "Go Tell It On The Mountain."

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Item Number: RRB-125755
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