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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!
    Comet.

    Sagan, Carl and Ann Druyan

    Comet.

    New York: Random House, 1985.

    First edition of this work which describes the scientific nature of comets, as well as their varying roles and perceptions throughout history. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated throughout. The dedic...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-50082
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    Under The Sunset.

    Stoker, Bram

    Under The Sunset.

    London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.

    Rare second edition of Bram Stoker’s first book. Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, with illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W....
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146259
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    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

    Green, Hannah [Joanne Greenberg]

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.

    First edition of the author’s semi-autobiographical modern classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author as Joanne Greenberg and her pseudonym “Hannah Green”,...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-106831
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    Wild Encounters: Iconic Photographs of the World’s Vanishing Animals and Cultures.

    Yarrow, David

    Wild Encounters: Iconic Photographs of the World’s Vanishing Animals and Cultures.

    New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2016.

    First Deluxe limited edition of this unparalleled collection of high-art photography of fauna and cultures from around the world with a foreword by HRH the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William. Presentat...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-148079
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    Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

    Friedman, Milton & Rose

    Free To Choose: A Personal Statement.

    New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980.

    First edition of Friedmans’ persuasive argument for the free market, based on the PBS series Free to Choose. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Milton Friedman on the title page. Fine...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-133148
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    Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.

    Brown, Hallie Q

    Pen Pictures of Pioneers of Wilberforce.

    Xenia, OH: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1937.

    First edition of this snapshot of early life at Wilberforce, Ohio by the legendary African-American educator and activist. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, illustrated with black and whit...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-146641
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    Writing Gender History.

    Downs, Laura Lee [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

    Writing Gender History.

    New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.

    First edition of the second edition of this scholarly work about the historical theories of women and gender. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147660
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    The Edge of the Sea.

    Carson, Rachel

    The Edge of the Sea.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.

    First edition of Carson’s classic work, which explores marine life that takes us into “a truly extraordinary world” (The Atlantic Monthly). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150510
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    The Ipcress File.

    Deighton, Len

    The Ipcress File.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963.

    First American edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Harry Tomb Len Deighton.”...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96914
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    We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

    Rosen, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

    We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

    London: Walker Books, 1989.

    First edition of this modern children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Lengthily signed by the author opposite the title page, “Michael Rosen We’re NO...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147379
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    Spacetime and Geometry: The Alfred Schild Lectures.

    Matzner, Richard A. and L.C. Sheply (editors), [Stephen Hawking]

    Spacetime and Geometry: The Alfred Schild Lectures.

    Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982.

    First edition of this work on space. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Stephen Hawking with his name written on the front free endpaper. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist, cosmolog...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-119377
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    Call For The Dead.

    le Carre, John

    Call For The Dead.

    London: Victor Gollancz, 1961.

    First edition of the author’s first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and rulin...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151968
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    The Green Mile.

    King, Stephen

    The Green Mile.

    New York: Scribner, 2000.

    First edition of this classic work, which tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe’s encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-147814
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    Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.

    Armstrong, Neil

    Neil Armstrong Signed Delaware Evening Journal.

    Wilmington: Delaware Evening Journal, July 21, 1969.

    Rare original Delaware Evening Journal featuring the headline “Eagle Jets Safely Off Moon; In Orbit for Rendezvous”, a front page article on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and large photograp...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-100158
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    A Burnt-Out Case.

    Greene, Graham

    A Burnt-Out Case.

    London: Heinemann, 1961.

    First edition of this Greene novel set in a leproserie on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-102563
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    Economics In One Lesson.

    Hazlitt, Henry

    Economics In One Lesson.

    New York: Laissez Faire Books, 1986.

    Signed limited edition, one of only 200 numbered copies of the author’s seminal work. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edg...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149556
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    Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.

    Obama, Barack

    Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.

    New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1995.

    First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket d...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-149164
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    The Ickabog.

    Rowling, J.K

    The Ickabog.

    London: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020.

    First edition of this work by Rowling. Octavo, original decorated boards, with illustrations by the winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition. Signed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page. With...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-132148
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    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1964 Christmas Card.

    Elizabeth, Queen and Prince Philip

    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Signed Royal 1964 Christmas Card.

    :, 1964.

    Royal 1964 Christmas and New Year Card featuring a black-and-white photograph of the Royal family. Signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, “Elizabeth R 1964″ and “Philip.” In ne...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-137583
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    We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

    Rosen, Michael; Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

    We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

    London: Walker Books, 1989.

    First edition of this modern children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “hello! Michael Rosen.” Fine in...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142057
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    Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan.

    Koolhaas, Rem

    Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.

    First edition of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect classic work. Folio, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, silver titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150625
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    The Good Earth.

    Buck, Pearl S

    The Good Earth.

    New York: The John Day Company, 1931.

    First edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and masterpiece. First issue with “flees” for “fleas” on page 100, line 17. Octavo, bound in full morocco by th...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-143999
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    The Works of Lord Byron.

    LORD BYRON. [GEORGE GORDON BYRON]

    The Works of Lord Byron.

    Boston: Francis A. Nicolls and Co, 1900.

    The Edition des Amateurs, one of 100 copies signed by the editor of the complete works of Lord Byron. Octavo, 16 volumes. Bound in full contemporary morocco, elaborate tooling to the front and rear pa...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-109282
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    Beautiful Losers.

    Cohen, Leonard

    Beautiful Losers.

    Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966.

    First edition of Cohen’s second and final novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Dear Susan Farrier MacKay, Thanks fo...
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    $4,000.00 Item Number: RRB-124873
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