PBS Feature – Made With Love in America 250 – The Harcourt Bindery in Boston, Massachusetts: The Oldest Hand Book Bindery in America.

By Adrienne Raptis | June 5, 2026 | Comments Off on PBS Feature – Made With Love in America 250 – The Harcourt Bindery in Boston, Massachusetts: The Oldest Hand Book Bindery in America.

In the spring of 2026, PBS’s Emmy Award-winning Made With Love series turned its attention to a question that has rarely felt more timely: in a country marking the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, what does it still mean to make something by hand? The result was a special episode, Celebrating America 250: Made With Love,…

In the News – Harcourt Bindery Featured in the Boston Globe

By Adrienne Raptis | November 11, 2025 | Comments Off on In the News – Harcourt Bindery Featured in the Boston Globe

We’re honored to be featured in today’s Boston Globe article celebrating Harcourt Bindery’s 125th anniversary — the oldest hand bookbindery in America and a proud member of the Raptis Rare Books family. For over a century, Harcourt has preserved the artistry of traditional hand binding – gilded spines, hand-tooled leather, and meticulous restoration – breathing…

In the News – A Look at Rare History

By Adrienne Raptis | December 2, 2022 | Comments Off on In the News – A Look at Rare History

The following story was recently featured in the Palm Beach Daily News: Matthew and Adrienne Raptis have big plans for the five commercial condominium units they purchased last year in the seven-unit Via Roma Building on Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue. Raptis Rare Books, an antiquarian bookstore that opened in 2016 at another Worth Avenue location, moved into two of…

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