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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!
    The Day of the Jackal.

    Forsyth, Frederick

    The Day of the Jackal.

    London: Hutchinson, 1971.

    First British edition of the author’s first novel. Octavo, original red cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication opposite the title page, “For Dick and...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-131329
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    Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

    Dahl, Roald

    Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

    First edition, early printing of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150757
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    A Grain of Wheat.

    Ngugi, James [Ngugi wa Thiongo]

    A Grain of Wheat.

    London: William Heinemann, 1967.

    First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page, “I’ll change the woman’s figure. I shall curve a woman big-...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144382
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    McElligot’s Pool.

    Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]

    McElligot’s Pool.

    New York: Random House, 1947.

    First edition with the 250/250 price on the front flap as well as the $2.50 price added to the rear flap (state ‘c’) of the first Dr. Seuss title to feature full-color art on every other p...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-87546
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    August 1914. [The Guns of August].

    Tuchman, Barbara W

    August 1914. [The Guns of August].

    London: Constable and Co. Ltd, 1962.

    First British edition of Tuchman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic of the opening episodes of World War I. Octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barb...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150301
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    Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.

    Edison, Thomas Alva

    Thomas A. Edison Signed Photograph.

    :, .

    Large photograph of Thomas Edison, signed by him. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 20 inches.
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-15050
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    The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

    Stein, Gertrude

    The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

    New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1933.

    First edition of Gertrude Stein’s most famous work; one of the richest biographies ever written. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated from photographs. Inscribed by Gertrude Stein on the front fr...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-98248
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    Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.

    Auden, W.H

    Epistle To A Godson & Other Poems.

    London: Faber and Faber, 1972.

    First edition of this classic collection of poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by W.H. Auden on the front free endpaper with the first three stanzas of “Doggerel by a Senior Citizen...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147647
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    Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

    Mandela, Nelson

    Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1994.

    First American edition of the autobiography of one of the greatest moral leaders of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with photographs. Signed by the...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-55043
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    Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

    Dahl, Roald

    Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

    First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Octavo,...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146383
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    Love in the Time of Cholera.

    Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

    Love in the Time of Cholera.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.

    First American edition of the author’s work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the au...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147602
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    The Joy of Music.

    Bernstein, Leonard

    The Joy of Music.

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.

    First edition of this classic work, a national best-seller on its publication, Bernstein’s first collection of essays and conversations on the world of music. Octavo, original cloth. Presentatio...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-129577
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    The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism.

    Rand, Ayn

    The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism.

    New York: The New American Library, 1964.

    First edition of this collection of essays that sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s, groundbreaking philosophy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on t...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150815
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    Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography.

    Seitz, Don. [Harry Houdini]

    Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography.

    New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919.

    First edition of Seitz’s biography of America’s first stand-up comedian, Charles Farrar Browne, from Harry Houdini’s famed library of magic. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles t...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127633
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    Trainspotting.

    Welsh, Irvine. [Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller]

    Trainspotting.

    New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.

    First edition of this internationally acclaimed author’s classic debut novel, basis for the Danny Boyle cult directed film, starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, ...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152986
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    When You Grow Up to Vote.

    Roosevelt, Eleanor

    When You Grow Up to Vote.

    Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1932.

    First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s first book, published the same year Franklin Delano Roosevelt won his first presidential election. Octavo, original cloth, with illustrations by Manning de V...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-124558
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    Lindbergh, Charles A

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    New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.

    Signed limited edition of Lindbergh’s autobiography, which provides the account of the life of one of the century’s greatest adventurers, the first man to complete a solo non-stop transatl...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-133274
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    Two Hours to Doom: A Novel of Suspense.

    Bryant, Peter [Peter George]

    Two Hours to Doom: A Novel of Suspense.

    London: T.V. Boardman & Company, 1958.

    First edition of this work, basis for the classic Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, “Billie, This is...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-127658
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    A Way of Seeing: Photographs of New York by Helen Levitt with an Essay by James Agee.

    Levitt, Helen; Essay by Agee, James

    A Way of Seeing: Photographs of New York by Helen Levitt with an Essay by James Agee.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1965.

    First edition of Levitt and Agee’s classic collaboration. Oblong quarto, original black cloth, illustrated with 50 black-and-white photogravures. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-807
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    Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.

    Churchill, Winston S

    Winston S. Churchill Typed Letter Signed.

    Hyde Park Gat, London:, 1949.

    Rare typed letter signed by Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill to a Lady Aberconway, likely Christobel Aberconway. Octavo, one page on Western letterhead, the letter reads in full, ’28, Hyde Pa...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-146911
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    Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.

    Reagan, Ronald

    Ronald Reagan Signed Photograph.

    :, 1984.

    Signed photograph of President Ronald Reagan showing him standing with an entourage, including Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xuequian, boldly signed by him on the matte, “Ronald Reagan Arrival in...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-132293
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    Long Walk To Freedom.

    Mandela, Nelson

    Long Walk To Freedom.

    London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994.

    Signed limited first edition, one of 1000 numbered copies of this classic autobiography. Octavo, bound in half morocco, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, cartographic...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-135598
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    The Ethics of Liberty.

    Rothbard, Murray N

    The Ethics of Liberty.

    Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1982.

    First edition of Rothbard’s greatest contribution to the politics of freedom. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Murray N. Rothbard on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. Rare...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-120588
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    Foundations of Economic Analysis.

    Samuelson, Paul A

    Foundations of Economic Analysis.

    Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948.

    Third printing of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s magnum opus and one of the most influential economic texts of the twentieth century. Octavo, original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt. Boldly s...
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    $4,500.00 Item Number: RRB-150265
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