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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!
    Firstborn.

    Gluck, Louise

    Firstborn.

    Oxford: Anvil Press Poetry, 1969.

    Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet’s first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fin...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-136043
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    Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

    White, Stanford

    Stanford White Autograph Letter Signed.

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    Autograph letter signed by architect Stanford White. It reads, “To [Marie] Anais [Casey], believed to have been romantically involved with White by his biographer, Aline B. Saarinen. With a type...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-3779
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    Signed Family Photograph of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

    Reagan, Ronald and Nancy

    Signed Family Photograph of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

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    Original photograph of President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan and their two children: Ronald Jr. and Patti. Signed by the Presidential couple below each of their portraits, “Ronald Rea...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-88159
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    Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle Diagram.

    Aldrin, Buzz

    Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle Diagram.

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    Rare Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle diagram. Oversized print diagram of the Apollo Saturn V Launch Vehicle, boldly signed by Buzz Aldrin in black felt tip toward the top, “Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-148456
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    Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

    Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

    Gift From The Sea: An Answer to the Conflicts In Our Lives.

    New York: Pantheon, 1955.

    First edition, early printing of this modern inspirational classic. Octavo, original half blue cloth. Signed by Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the title page. Additionally inscribed by Charles Lindbergh on...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-120706
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    Selected Writings of Holbrook Working.

    Working, Holbrook

    Selected Writings of Holbrook Working.

    Chicago: Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, 1977.

    First edition of Working’s selected writings. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Bill Jones, with warm good wishes, Ho...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-126837
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    Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City.

    Lessing, Doris

    Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City.

    London: Michael Joseph, 1952-1969.

    First editions of the author’s Children of Violence Series. Octavo, 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jack...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-796
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    L’Hotel du Nord.

    Dabit, Eugene

    L’Hotel du Nord.

    Paris: Robert Denoël, 1929.

    First edition of the author’s immensely popular novel. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Valmard with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers and additional patterned silk endl...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144043
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    Capital Theory and the Rate of Return.

    Solow, Robert M

    Capital Theory and the Rate of Return.

    Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1963.

    First edition of the Nobel prize-winning economist’s De Vries Lectures on economics. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Solow on the title page. In near fine condi...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-46014
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    Mr. Adam.

    Frank, Pat

    Mr. Adam.

    Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946.

    First edition of the author’s classic first novel, which has went on to sell over two million copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpape...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-122192
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    The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe.

    Washington, Booker T

    The Man Farthest Down: A Record of Observation and Study in Europe.

    New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913.

    First edition of this work by Washington after his visit to Europe. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “L.M...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-130288
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    Infinite Jest: A Novel.

    Wallace, David Foster [Steve Snider]

    Infinite Jest: A Novel.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

    Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace with his added smiley face on the front free endpaper a...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-152258
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    True Confessions: A Novel.

    Dunne, John Gregory [Joan Didion]

    True Confessions: A Novel.

    New York: E.P. Dutton, 1977.

    First edition of this work, basis for the film, with the screenplay by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion on the front free...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-144261
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson Autograph Letter Signed.

    Emerson, Ralph Waldo

    Ralph Waldo Emerson Autograph Letter Signed.

    :, 1864.

    Autograph letter signed by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The letter reads, “Concord 8 Feb. 1864 Dear Mrs. Botta, In obedience to your request sent to me through my daughter, I enclose this paper. Yours f...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-64045
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    The Everglades: River of Grass.

    Douglas, Marjory Stoneman

    The Everglades: River of Grass.

    New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1947.

    First edition of this environmental classic and foundational text in American conservation literature about the Everglades. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, pict...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151563
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    Midnight’s Children.

    Rushdie, Salman

    Midnight’s Children.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

    First American edition of the author’s Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within rais...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-151813
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    The Secret History.

    Tartt, Donna

    The Secret History.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

    First edition of this contemporary literary classic and “an accomplished psychological thriller…absolutely chilling” (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly sign...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-145993
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    Hilary Knight Original John Galliano Watercolor Illustration.

    Knight, Hilary (John Galliano)

    Hilary Knight Original John Galliano Watercolor Illustration.

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    Rare original watercolor fashion illustration by American artist Hilary Knight for Vanity Fair. Knight was flown to Paris by Vanity Fair in 2006 to attend Paris Fashion Week, where he illustrated mode...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-95326
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    To Cuba and Back.

    Dana, Richard Henry

    To Cuba and Back.

    Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859.

    First edition of this classic travelogue that reveals the character of pre-Spanish American war Cuba. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author,...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-147922
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    India and the Awakening East.

    Roosevelt, Eleanor

    India and the Awakening East.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953.

    First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt’s account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs.  Pre...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-110954
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    Our Town: A Play in Three Acts.

    Wilder, Thornton

    Our Town: A Play in Three Acts.

    New York: Coward McCann, 1938.

    First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gi...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149898
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    My Philosophical Development.

    Russell, Bertrand

    My Philosophical Development.

    London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1959.

    First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author in which he summarizes his philosophical beliefs and explains how they changed during his life. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Bertrand...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-117453
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    Paul Bocuse’s French Cooking.

    Bocuse, Paul

    Paul Bocuse’s French Cooking.

    New York: Pantheon Books, 1977.

    First American edition of Bocuse’s classic work on French cuisine. Quarto, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Paul Bocuse on the title page....
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-149872
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    Hungry Hearts.

    Yezierska, Anzia

    Hungry Hearts.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.

    First edition of Anzia Yezierska’s rare first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the Anzia Yezierska on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a trace of edge wear in a very good dust jack...
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    $2,500.00 Item Number: RRB-42019
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