Signed & Autographed Books

Signed or Autographed Books for Sale Online

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 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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-100450
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-123468
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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....
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-128627
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-139621
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-144976
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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 _...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-79887
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-107322
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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....
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-3783
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    Helen Keller Signed Photograph.

    Keller, Helen

    Helen Keller Signed Photograph.

    :, .

    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-89153
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting.

    Knight, Hilary

    Original Hilary Knight Butterfly Prince Painting.

    :, .

    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-96229
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-117342
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-140953
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-2375
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    The Foundations of Welfare Economics.

    Hicks, John Richard. [J.R.] [Lionel Robbins]

    The Foundations of Welfare Economics.

    London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1939.

    First separate edition of Hicks’ seminal contribution to welfare economics which established the foundations for what would become the so-called ‘Hicks-Kaldor compensation test’. Oct...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-101542
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    Seize the Day.

    Bellow, Saul

    Seize the Day.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1956.

    First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s fourth book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For the Gabels from their...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-114568
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-130871
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-131399
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    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...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151065
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    George H.W. Bush and Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph.

    Bush, George H.W.; Yitzhak Rabin

    George H.W. Bush and Yitzhak Rabin Signed Photograph.

    :, 1992.

    Photograph of President George H.W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Color glossy photograph of George Bush and Yitzhak Rabin walking on a sidewalk near Bush‘s vacation home in Ken...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-150888
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    A Further Range.

    Frost, Robert

    A Further Range.

    New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

    First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-151924
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales.

    Mandela, Nelson

    Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales.

    New York: Norton, 2002.

    First edition of this collection of African folktales chosen and introduced by Nelson Mandela. Quarto, original glossy illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Mandela on the ti...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-849
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    Mourning Becomes Electra.

    O'Neill, Eugene

    Mourning Becomes Electra.

    New York: Boni & Liveright, 1931.

    Signed limited edition of O’Neill’s classic play. Quarto, original full Japan vellum gilt, black morocco spine label, signed by Eugene O’Neill, one of 550 copies this is number 363....
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-142951
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    This Troubled World.

    Roosevelt, Eleanor

    This Troubled World.

    New York: H.C. Kinsey & Company, 1938.

    First edition of this work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Small octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. With a letter on White House stationary from 1941,...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-35098
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
    Renewing Philosophy.

    Putnam, Hilary

    Renewing Philosophy.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.

    First edition. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of famed sociologist Daniel Bell, with his signature on the front free endpaper and notes throughout. Also signed on the front free endpaper by...
    Read More
    $2,000.00 Item Number: RRB-57006
    Add to cart
    Ask a Question Details
Malcare WordPress Security