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Raptis Rare Books maintains an extensive selection of rare art books and rare books on architecture in our library. Browse through our entire collection below, view details about individual books and contact us to ask a question or find out more information.

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Kline, Franz

Franz Kline “The Boy Friend” Original Signed Sketch.

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Rare original sketch signed and inscribed by American painter Franz Kline. One page, with pen and ink caricature sketches on both the recto and verso. Kline has drawn five caricatures on the recto which he has signed and titled “The Boyfriend”. On the verso, he has drawn a single figure and inscribed the work, “You’veContinue reading "Franz Kline “The Boy Friend” Original Signed Sketch."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-123539

Thatcher, Margaret; Tony Blair; Gordon Brown; James Callaghan; David Cameron; Edward Heath; John Major; Theresa May

British Prime Ministers Signed New Houses of Parliament Engraving.

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Rare colored engraving signed by 8 former British Prime Ministers including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. One page, a fine colored engraving of the New Houses of Parliament signed on the mount by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, James Callaghan, David Cameron, Edward Heath, John Major, Theresa May, and Margaret Thatcher. In fine condition. Double mattedContinue reading "British Prime Ministers Signed New Houses of Parliament Engraving."

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-123644

Moynihan, Danny; Damien Hirst

Boogie-Woogie.

London : Duckworth Literary Entertainments Ltd, 2000.

First edition of Moynihan’s satirical debut novel set in the contemporary art world of 1990s New York. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the title page and dust jacket designer Damien Hirst on the rear panel of the jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Boogie-Woogie."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-124404

Chantrey, Sir Francis. [George Washington]

Washington as a Roman Senator, 1826. [Sir Francis Chantrey George Washington Terracotta Pedestrian Statue].

c. 1850.

Fine terracotta statue of President George Washington, after Sir Francis Chantrey’s Washington as a Roman Senator, 1826. Terracotta. In 1818, the Washington Monument Association commissioned Francis Chantrey to sculpt a pedestrian statue of George Washington in white marble. Unveiled in Doric Hall of the Massachusetts State House in November 1827, it was the first sculptureContinue reading "Washington as a Roman Senator, 1826. [Sir Francis Chantrey George Washington Terracotta Pedestrian Statue]."

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-123164

Illuminated Astrological Sign Symbol Painting Collection.

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Rare collection of illuminated paintings depicting the twelve signs of the Zodiac. Quarto, bound in full calf with gilt tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels with fleuron cornerpieces surrounding a gilt-bordered morocco onlay displaying a coat of arms, patterned endpapers, twelve vellum leaves. The illuminated paintings include: theContinue reading "Illuminated Astrological Sign Symbol Painting Collection."

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$9,500.00
Item Number: RRB-199552

Milne, A. A.; Ernest Shepard

A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection.

1928.

Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes six mounted Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations extracted from issues of Home Chat magazine which were produced by Shepard exclusively for Home Chat in 1928 and never appearedContinue reading "A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard Signed Winnie-the-Pooh Print Collection."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-122600

Calligraphic Manuscript on Vellum with a Color Miniature of the Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.

c.1900.

Rare illuminated manuscript regarding Da Vinci’s master drawing The Head of Christ (c. 1495), the basis for Da Vinci’s depiction of Jesus in The Last Supper. Da Vinci himself considered the drawing so important, he reworked it several times over the course of his life. The text is headed “Art” at the center in liquidContinue reading "Calligraphic Manuscript on Vellum with a Color Miniature of the Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-119865

Kitton, Frederic G. [Charles Dickens]

Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and A Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil.

London : Frank T. Sabin, 1890-1891.

First edition in book form of the most sumptuous presentation of Kitton’s collection of Dickens portraits and illustrations which first appeared in serialized parts between 1889-1890. Folio, two volumes bound in full buckram with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, containing 31 engraved portraits, 30 engraved remarque plates, 78 illustrations in the text and 67Continue reading "Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil and A Supplement to Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-122094

[Kipling, Rudyard; Winston S. Churchill; John Galsworthy; Sir Henry Haggard; Edith Wharton; et al]

King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World.

New York : Hearst's International Library Co, 1914.

First edition of King Albert’s Book, produced to profit the Belgian Fund. Quarto, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of King Albert, with numerous tipped-in color plates illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, and Maxfield Parrish. Contains the first appearance of Rudyard Kipling’s The Outlaws. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which isContinue reading "King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-126384

Anderson, Ronald Lee. [Jean-Antoine Houdon; George Washington]

George Washington Houdon Bust Sculpture.

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Life-size sculpture of the head of George Washington, after the famed Houdon bust of George Washington of 1785. Plaster, the piece measures 11.5 inches by 9 inches and is attributed to American portraitist Ronald Lee Anderson who likely sculpted the work as an exercise as a college student. French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon was revered forContinue reading "George Washington Houdon Bust Sculpture."

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$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-121908

Illuminated Medieval Book of Hours Leaf.

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Rare illuminated leaf from a German Medieval Book of Hours. One page, text in Latin, elaborately engraved with an illuminated border, the image depicts a scene from the book of Samuel in which David offers a sacrifice to God in an attempt to end plague on Israel. In fine condition. Matted and framed. The entireContinue reading "Illuminated Medieval Book of Hours Leaf."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-120446

Libeskind, Daniel

Breaking Ground.

New York : Riverhead Books, 2004.

First edition of the famed architect’s autobiography. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Boldly signed by Daniel Libeskind on the title page. Additionally signed twice by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, once on the front jacket panel and again on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.

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$300.00
Item Number: RRB-122771
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