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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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Count Luckner, The Sea Devil.

Thomas, Lowell [Count Felix von Luckner]

Count Luckner, The Sea Devil.

Garden City, NY : Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1927.

First edition of this captivating biography of German nobleman and naval officer Count Felix von Luckner. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, top stain yellow, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of Count Felix von Luckner, illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Association copy, inscribed by Luckner on the verso of the frontispiece, “May good winds fill theContinue reading "Count Luckner, The Sea Devil."

$1,600.00

Item Number: RRB-148746

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Eyeless In Gaza.

Huxley, Aldous

Eyeless In Gaza.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1927.

Signed limited edition of what is considered by many to be Huxley’s definitive work of fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Number 108 of 200 numbered copies, signed by Aldous Huxley. In near fine condition. A very sharp example.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-117342

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Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.

Jones, Robert [Bobby] T. Jr. and O.B. Keeler. Foreword by Grantland Rice. [Gary Player]

Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.

New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.

Signed limited edition, preceding the first trade edition of what many consider the greatest golf book of the 20th century. Octavo, original half vellum over green boards, gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrated. One of 300 numbered copies signed by both Robert T. Jones and O.B. Keeler on the limitationContinue reading "Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151321

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The Art of Speculation.

Carret, Philip L

The Art of Speculation.

New York : Barron's, 1927.

First edition of the Wall Street legend’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Carret on the title page. Fine in the rare original dust jacket with a few small chips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

$7,500.00

Item Number: RRB-18027

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Kew Gardens.

Woolf, Virginia

Kew Gardens.

London : The Hogarth Press, 1927.

Signed limited edition, number 172 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell in purple ink. Quarto, original illustrated paper boards, text printed within woodcut borders designed by Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell. From the library of publisher, editor, and literary agent Donald Friede, and with his Miguel Covarrubias-designed book-plate on front paste-down.Continue reading "Kew Gardens."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-143769

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The Fourth in the Furnace.

Stanton, Stephen B. [William T. Sherman]

The Fourth in the Furnace.

New York : Minton, Balch & Company, 1927.

First edition of this poetical book of philosophy; gifted by the author to Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, original black cloth. P. T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, “P. T. Sherman from Stephen Stanton Uncle Cump’s first partner.” Friends and family of General William Tecumseh Sherman often referredContinue reading "The Fourth in the Furnace."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-145982

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Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction.

Thomas, George C., Jr. (A.W. Tillinghast)

Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction.

Los Angeles : The Times-Mirror Press, 1927.

First edition of one of the most comprehensive books on the fundamentals of golf course construction written by one of the field’s leading architects. Octavo, original green cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author’s mentor A.W. Tillinghast on the second free endpaper, “To Theodore LeVino with the compliments of A.W. Tillinghast, April 13thContinue reading "Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-95896

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Twilight Sleep.

Wharton, Edith

Twilight Sleep.

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1927.

First edition of Wharton’s superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised bestseller upon publication. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Association copy, boldly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “A monsieur Louis Gillet mon tres amical souvenir Edition Wharton 1927.” The recipient, Louis Gillet was Wharton’sContinue reading "Twilight Sleep."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-130064

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The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years.

Hardy, Thomas

The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years.

London : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1927.

First edition, signed limited issue of Hardy’s epic drama. Quarto, three volumes, original half vellum over decorated paper boards with gilt titles to the spine, etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd. One of five hundred and twenty-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Near fine in the rare original dust jackets whichContinue reading "The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being About Ten Years."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-140594

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All God’s Chillun Got Wings and Welded.

O'Neill, Eugene

All God’s Chillun Got Wings and Welded.

New York : Boni and Liveright, 1927.

First edition of this collection of two of O’Neill’s expressionist plays, including one of his most controversial. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Eugene O’Neill on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-90479

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New Hampshire.

Frost, Robert; Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes

New Hampshire.

New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1927.

First edition, seventh printing of Robert Frost’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Octavo, original half cloth, woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. Boldly signed by the author, “Robert Frost Amherst June 1924” on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some professional restoration. Desirable signed and in the original dust jacket, fromContinue reading "New Hampshire."

$9,200.00

Item Number: RRB-150182

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Plant Hunting.

Wilson, Ernest H

Plant Hunting.

Boston, Massachusetts : The Stratford Company, 1927.

Special autographed first edition of this autobiographical account of Ernest H. Wilson’s adventures and discoveries as a renowned British plant collector. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full green faux leather cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece to volume one, with 128 illustrations mostly from photographs taken by the author. Boldly signed by Ernest H. Wilson on theContinue reading "Plant Hunting."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-151387

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Good Morning America.

Sandburg, Carl. [William Safire]

Good Morning America.

New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of Sandburg’s classic poem, originally delivered at Harvard as a Phi Beta Kappa poem. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, topContinue reading "Good Morning America."

$350.00

Item Number: RRB-127368

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Tisza Tales.

Schwimmer, Rosika [Eleanor Roosevelt]

Tisza Tales.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1928.

First edition of this enchanting work of Hungarian folklore. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and detailing to the spine and front panel, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece with an additional illustrated title page, illustrated with color plates and black and white plates by Willy Pogány. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page,Continue reading "Tisza Tales."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-147722

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The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.

Wilder, Thornton

The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays.

New York : Coward-McCann, Inc, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of this collection of three-minute plays by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. Imperial octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Wilder photographed by Doris Ulmann. One of seven-hundred and seventy-five copies signed by the author on the limitation page, this is number 726. In very good condition.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-145431

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Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Central Park as a Work of Art and as a Great Municipal Enterprise 1853-1895.

Olmsted, Frederick Law. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Theodora Kimball

Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Central Park as a Work of Art and as a Great Municipal Enterprise 1853-1895.

New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

First edition of the second volume of the autobiography of one of the foremost figures in American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Olmsted. Edited by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. and Theodora Kimball. Association copy, inscribed by Frederick Law Olmsted on the front free endpaper, “To George HavenContinue reading "Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect 1822-1903: Central Park as a Work of Art and as a Great Municipal Enterprise 1853-1895."

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-129463

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Sergeant York: The Story of His Life.

York, Alvin C

Sergeant York: The Story of His Life.

New York : Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928.

Alvin C. York’s first edition copy of his autobiography, basis for the 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Gary Cooper. Octavo, original yellow cloth, frontispiece of a portrait of Alvin C. York, illustrated with eleven plates of black and white photographs. York’s personal corrections penciled in throughout, including several notations on the front freeContinue reading "Sergeant York: The Story of His Life."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-145328

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The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library.

Merrihew, Stephen Wallis

The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library.

New York : American Lawn Tennis, Inc, 1928.

First signed limited edition de luxe of Merrihew’s classic work on the “World Cup of Tennis.” Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved photogravure tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Davis, illustrated with 48 engravings after photographs.Continue reading "The Quest of the Davis Cup: Volume VI of The Lawn Tennis Library."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-105106

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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Signed Photograph.

Holmes, Jr., Oliver Wendell

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Signed Photograph.

1928.

Autographed photograph of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, signed and dated February 2, 1932. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 13 inches.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-94958

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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Former Tongues; And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command.

[Buck, Pearl S.]

The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Former Tongues; And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command.

London : The British & Foreign Bible Society/Cambridge University Press, 1928.

Early 20th century Bible. Octavo, original publisher’s limp black crushed morocco-textured wraps, all edges gilt. Signed and dated by the masterful writer and novelist Pearl S. Buck on the verso of the front free endpaper, “Pearl S. Buck 1928.” Additionally lengthily inscribed and dated by Buck on the front flyleaf with a 28-line quote fromContinue reading "The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the Former Tongues; And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty’s Special Command."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146078

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Orville Wright Signed Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903.

Lemon, Frank; [Orville Wright]

Orville Wright Signed Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903.

1928.

Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903. Wright Aeronautical Corporation off-set color lithograph of a Frank Lemon watercolor painting honoring the Wright Brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk, signed by Orville Wright in black ink along the horizon line. Framed. In fine condition. The piece measures 15.5 inches by 18.25Continue reading "Orville Wright Signed Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146523

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Southern Cooking.

Dull, Mrs. S. R [Henrietta Stanley Dull]

Southern Cooking.

Atlanta, GA : Published by Mrs. S.R. Dull/Printed by The Ruralist Press, 1928.

First edition of this definitive work on southern cuisine. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial green cloth with titles and front panel vignette stamped in black. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. W.R. Dixon. I hope you’ll like my recipes. Henrietta Stanley Dull (Mrs S.R. Dull.).” In very good condition.Continue reading "Southern Cooking."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-149598

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A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection.

Milne, A. A.; Ernest Shepard

A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection.

1928.

Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes six mounted Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations extracted from issues of Home Chat magazine which were produced by Shepard exclusively for Home Chat in 1928 and never appearedContinue reading "A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection."

$12,500.00

Item Number: RRB-122600

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My People the Sioux.

Standing Bear, Luther [Chief Standing Bear]

My People the Sioux.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.

First edition of this foundational work of Native American autobiography. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial orange cloth, top stain brown, frontispiece of Chief Standing Bear at council, illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Lowell Groves, from Chief-Standing Bear MatoContinue reading "My People the Sioux."

$3,500.00

Item Number: RRB-149609

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