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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!

Showing items 1968-1992 of 5459

Bradford, Barbara Taylor

A Woman of Substance.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1979.

First edition, early printing of the author’s classic first book, a dazzling saga of a woman who dared to dream―and to triumph against all odds. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “September 1979 This book is for the talented andContinue reading "A Woman of Substance."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-147361

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Adams, Richard

Watership Down.

London : Rex Collings, 1972.

First edition of the author’s first and most beloved work. Octavo, original brown cloth, folding map. Boldly signed the author on the title page, “Yours sincerely Richard Adams.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by Asprey. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.

$8,200.00

Item Number: RRB-136602

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Bush, George W

A Fresh Start for America: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush.

Austin, TX : Bush for President, Inc, 1999.

First edition of this collection of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly signed by President George W. Bush on the front cover. In near fine condition, note to the front pastedown, “signed 1-11-2000.”

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-147236

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Segal, Erich [Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal]

Love Story.

New York, Evanston, and London : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.

First edition, early printing of the author’s best-selling novel, a “sweet, sad, and, in its closing sentences, startlingly sentimental” work (John Barkham). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed on the front free endpaper by Erich Segal, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal who co-starred in the 1970 film adaptation. A tragedy, the 1970 film Love Story wasContinue reading "Love Story."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147308

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Perry, Fred and Ellsworth Vines

Fred Perry vs. Ellsworth Vines Signed Photograph in Palm Beach.

Palm Beach, Florida 1937.

Rare signed photograph of a tennis match with the caption in the photo entitled “Palm Beach Presentation” with Ellsworth Vines of United States, World’s Professional Champion vs. Fred Perry of England, World’s Amateur Champion, at the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida on February 1st, 1937, boldly signed by both Perry and Vines. A fullContinue reading "Fred Perry vs. Ellsworth Vines Signed Photograph in Palm Beach."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147318

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Bush, George W. [Laura Bush]

A Fresh Start for America: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush.

Austin, TX : Bush for President, Inc, 1999.

First edition of this collection of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by First Lady Laura Bush on the front free endpaper, “To Perry & Karen, with very best wishes! Laura Bush.” In near fine condition.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147237

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Cernan, Eugene and Don Davis

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Space Race.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

First edition, early printing of this revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American space program from one of its pioneers. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Jay & Joan. Best wishes, Gene Cernan.” Additionally signed by NASA Geologist Farouk El-Baz onContinue reading "The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Space Race."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147252

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Travers, P.L

Mary Poppins. [AND] Mary Poppins Comes Back.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936.

Later printings of this children’s classic and its sequel. Octavo, two volumes, original cloth, top stain navy blue, illustrated with 27 line cuts and chapter tailpieces by Mary Shepard in Mary Poppins, 44 line cuts and chapter tailpieces in Mary Poppins Comes Back. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper of each volume.Continue reading "Mary Poppins. [AND] Mary Poppins Comes Back."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147246

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Pagels, Elaine [Annie Dillard]

The Gnostic Gospels.

New York : Random House, 1979.

First edition of the author’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author to fellow writer Annie Dillard on the half-title page, “For Annie with best wishes from Elaine Pagels.” The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as twoContinue reading "The Gnostic Gospels."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147309

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McKinley, William

Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley.

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1893, [1895].

First edition of this collection of speeches by the United State’s 25th president. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, pale yellow endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of McKinley, illustrated with four additional tissue-guarded plates. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed on the front flyleaf by William McKinley as Governor of Ohio,Continue reading "Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley."

$4,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147248

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Schmitt, Harrison. Foreword by Neil Armstrong

Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space.

New York : Copernicus Books in Association with Praxis Publishing, 2006.

First edition, early printing of the author’s visionary plan for humankind’s future in space. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Louise and the future! Harrison H. Schmitt Apollo 17.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jordan Rosenbum.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-147253

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Maas, Peter [Al Pacino]

Serpico. The Cop Who Defied the System.

New York : The Viking Press, 1973.

First edition of this classic work, basis for the film starring Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino. Octavo, original half cloth, with four pages of illustrations. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, “Peter Maas November 21, 1991” and additionally signed by Al Pacino on the half-title page. Very good in a very goodContinue reading "Serpico. The Cop Who Defied the System."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147477

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Hughes, Langston and Milton Meltzer

A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc, 1956.

First edition of this important compilation on the history of African Americans. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147261

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Stafford, Thomas P with Michael Cassutt

We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race.

Washington, D.C : Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.

First edition, early printing of this exhilarating memoir of an Apollo space flight commander. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ken, Tom Stafford.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-147235

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Rendell, Ruth

A Judgement in Stone.

London : Hutchinson, 1977.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with a transcription from the opening line of this work, “Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write” Ruth Rendell.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. A unique example.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-44083

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Mays, Willie

Willie Mays: My Life In And Out of Baseball.

New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1966.

First edition of this early autobiography by Mays. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "Willie Mays: My Life In And Out of Baseball."

$1,400.00

Item Number: RRB-147503

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Transtromer, Tomas; Translated by Robert Bly

Twenty Poems.

New York : The Seventies Press, 1970.

First edition of the first work in English to be translated by the Nobel Prize-winning poet, one of only 1000 copies. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by both Thomas Transtromer and the translator Robert Bly on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bilingual edition, Swedish and English.Continue reading "Twenty Poems."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147497

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Yeats, William Butler [W.B.]

Plays in Prose and Verse: Written for an Irish Theatre, and Generally with the Help of a Friend.

New York : The Macmillan Company, 1924.

Signed limited edition of this collaborative collection of prose and verse plays. Octavo, original half cloth with paper labels to the spine and front panel. One of two hundred and fifty copies signed by William Butler Yeats limitation page, this is number 173. In very good condition.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-147264

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Schneider, Elizabeth M. [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2000.

First edition of this seminal work in feminist legal activism. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “November 2000. For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – who has contributed so much to the feminist lawmaking I desire. With warm regards, Liz Schneider.” From the library of Ruth BaderContinue reading "Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147156

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Oates, Joyce Carol [Annie Dillard]

Them.

New York : The Vanguard Press, 1969.

First edition of the third in Oates’ Wonderland Quartet and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Annie – with best wishes – Joyce Carol Oates 7 Sept. 2022.” The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard has published works of poetry, essays, prose,Continue reading "Them."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146934

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Harrari, Yuval Noah

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.

London : Harvill Secker, 2016.

First edition of this “remarkable book, full of insights and thoughtful reinterpretations of what we thought we knew about ourselves and our history” (The Guardian). Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Yuval Noah Harrari. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean.

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147021

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Stewart, James B

Disney War.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005.

Early printing of this incredibly enthralling exposé on one of America’s most powerful entertainment companies. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Fred, James B. Stewart.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jackie Seow.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-147019

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Roth, Philip [John Barth]

Indignation.

Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

First edition of Roth’s twenty-ninth book. Octavo, original boards. From the library of fellow novelist John Barth, with his signature to the half-title page. Barth won the National Book Award in fiction for his novel Chimera. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser.

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-144685

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Fisher, Louis [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

The Politics of Executive Privilege.

Durham : Carolina Academic Press, 2004.

First edition of this discussion of constitutional principles and political settlements. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Best regards, Lou Fisher.” From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Arguably the most famous Supreme Court Justice in American history, lawyer and jurist Ruth BaderContinue reading "The Politics of Executive Privilege."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147159

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