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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 Armies of the Night.

    Mailer, Norman [Noam Chomsky]

    The Armies of the Night.

    New York: The New American Library, 1968.

    First edition of this nonfiction novel, which went on to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Chris Law...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-5790
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    Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.

    Clews, Henry

    Twenty-Eight Years In Wall Street.

    New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888.

    First edition of Clews’ classic work. Thick octavo, original green cloth, with titles to the spine in gilt and engraved frontispiece and nearly 50 portrait plates. Presentation copy, inscribed b...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-46052
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    Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.

    Samuelson, Paul A.; Robert M. Solow; Robert Dorfman

    Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.

    New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc, 1958.

    First edition of this classic text. Octavo, original gray cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed Paul Samuelson to colleague and close friend Francis Bator on the front free endpaper, “With thanks...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-88234
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    O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo. [The Gospel According To Jesus Christ].

    Saramago, Jose

    O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo. [The Gospel According To Jesus Christ].

    Lisboa: Caminho, 1991.

    First Portuguese edition and true first of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Signed by Jose Saramago on the title page. In near fine condition,...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-114809
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    Vineland.

    Pynchon, Thomas. [Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio]

    Vineland.

    Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990.

    First edition of this novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151495
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    Harper Lee Autographed Letter Signed.

    Lee, Harper

    Harper Lee Autographed Letter Signed.

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    Autograph letter signed by Harper Lee on her personal monogram letterhead, June 26, 2009. The letter is written to her longtime friend Bruce Higgison. It reads, “My own Bruce: You are without a...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-65033
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    Original Hilary Knight Ch’i-Lin and her Chinese Unicorn Watercolor Painting.

    Knight, Hilary

    Original Hilary Knight Ch’i-Lin and her Chinese Unicorn Watercolor Painting.

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    Rare original water color painting of Hilary Knight’s characters Ch’i-Lin and her Chinese Unicorn. Rondo, painted in watercolor, ink and gold paint. Captioned by Knight in the lower left c...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96228
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    Fifty Years and Other Poems.

    Johnson, James Weldon

    Fifty Years and Other Poems.

    Boston: The Cornhill Publishing Co., 1921.

    Early printing of Johnson’s first collection of classic poems. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Mrs. Edward Lee McCa...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-123468
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    McCarthy.

    Cohn, Roy

    McCarthy.

    New York : The New American Library, 1968.

    First edition of this work by Cohn, who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated....
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-128627
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    A Personal Matter.

    Oe, Kenzaburo

    A Personal Matter.

    New York: Grove Press, 1968.

    First edition in English (preceding the British edition by one year) of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author in...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-139621
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    The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited.

    Naipaul, V.S

    The Middle Passage: The Caribbean Revisited.

    London: Andre Deutsch, 1962.

    First edition of this travel work, “which belongs in the same category as Lawrence’s books on Italy, Greene’s on West Africa and Pritchett’s on Spain” (New Statesman). Octavo, original cloth, cartogra...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-75489
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    The Mathematical Experience.

    Davis, Philip J. and Reuben Hersh

    The Mathematical Experience.

    Boston: Birkhauser , 1981.

    First edition of the authors’ classic introduction to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities, which went on to win the National Book Awar...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-100450
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    Despite Straight Lines.

    Albers, Josef. [Henri Cartier-Bresson]

    Despite Straight Lines.

    New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961.

    First edition of this work by the famed artist. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author to Henri Cartier-Bresson, “For Henry Cartier-Bresson Josef Albers May 20, ‘68....
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-3783
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    Anecdotes of Destiny.

    Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]

    Anecdotes of Destiny.

    New York: Random House, 1958.

    First edition of this classic collection of stories and the last to be published in her lifetime. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Isak Dinesen on the half-title page, while on her only trip t...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144976
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    Little, Big.

    Crowley, John

    Little, Big.

    London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.

    First British edition and first hardcover edition of this landmark of modern fantasy. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For _...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-79887
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    Lucky To Be A Yankee.

    Di Maggio, Joe [DiMaggio]

    Lucky To Be A Yankee.

    New York: Rudolph Field, 1946.

    First edition of this early autobiography by Joltin Joe Di Maggio. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand, “To Dick- Hope the star...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-107322
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    Debits and Credits.

    Kipling, Rudyard

    Debits and Credits.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926.

    First edition of one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s most sorrowful collections. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, black stamped ship vignette to the fron...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140953
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    Golden Rules of Economic Growth: Studies of Efficient and Optimal Investment.

    Phelps, Edmund S

    Golden Rules of Economic Growth: Studies of Efficient and Optimal Investment.

    New York: W.W. Norton & Norton Company, Inc., 1966.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s first book, a collection of twelve essays in mathematical economics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edmund Phelps on the title page. Slip...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-2375
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    Helen Keller Signed Photograph.

    Keller, Helen

    Helen Keller Signed Photograph.

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    Original photograph of Helen Keller with her Great Dane, Sieglinde, and beloved teacher Anne Sullivan’s Scottish Terrier. Inscribed by Helen Keller, “To Perry Finkelstein, with cordial gre...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-89153
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    Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting.

    Knight, Hilary

    Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting.

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    Large original painting of Hilary Knight’s Butterfly Prince. Gouache and gold paint. Signed by Hilary Knight in the lower left corner of the painting. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The e...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96229
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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 c...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-117342
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    Point Counter Point.

    Huxley, Aldous

    Point Counter Point.

    London: Chatto & Windus, 1928.

    Signed limited first edition of Huxley’s classic satiric novel, one of 256 numbered copies, this is number 254. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed i...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-130871
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    Notebooks.

    Skinner, B.F

    Notebooks.

    Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980.

    First edition of this work by the famed psychologist. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Marnie and Arthur Fondly Fred.” The...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-131399
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    A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace 1812-22.

    Kissinger, Henry A

    A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace 1812-22.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957.

    First edition of Kissinger’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Henry A. Kissinger on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed first editions are r...
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    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151065
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