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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!

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Mandela, Nelson and F.W. de Klerk

Nelson Mandela and F. W. De Klerk Signed Christmas Cards.

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Rare original Nelson Mandela and F. W. De Klerk Christmas cards, boldly signed by each. The signed card from Mandela showing children playing in the snow, signed inside in black ballpoint, “N. Mandela, 10.12.97”, which measures 7.75 inches by 5.25 inches and a Christmas card of de Klerk and his wife Elita, signed, “F. W.Continue reading "Nelson Mandela and F. W. De Klerk Signed Christmas Cards."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-131394

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Ali, Muhammad

GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.

New York : Taschen, 2004.

Signed limited edition of tribute to Ali. XXL sumo format with over 3,000 images of photographs, art and memorabilia, much of it published for the first time by over 150 photographers and artists. Boldly signed by Muhammad Ali and Jeff Koons. Fine in a very good silk covered box illustrated with Neil Leifer’s iconic 1966Continue reading "GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali."

$5,000.00

Item Number: RRB-130332

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Johnson, Philip

Philip Johnson: Writings.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.

First edition of the acclaimed architect’s collected essays and lectures. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Paul Falken Levy high appreciation for his art history and also his editing also his love for Schnitzel Paul Johnson August 1979.” Foreword by VincentContinue reading "Philip Johnson: Writings."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-132944

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Solzhenitsyn, Alexander (Solzhenitzyn)

August 1914.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972.

Early printing of the Solzhenitsyn’s epic novel of Russian history. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed and dated by Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design Guy Fleming. Translated by Michael Glenny.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-131734

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Briggs, Raymond

The Snowman.

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1978.

First edition of this classic children’s book. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Boldly inscribed by Raymond Briggs on an official Snowman postcard. In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing. Rare and desirable signed.

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-131462

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Lehrer, Jim [William Safire]

The Special Prisoner.

New York : Random House, 2000.

First edition, second printing of Lehrer’s fascinating war story. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Helene & Bill – With love & affection J.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign in the 1960Continue reading "The Special Prisoner."

$75.00

Item Number: RRB-135274

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Greene, Graham

The Comedians.

London : The Bodley Head, 1966.

First edition of this novel set in Haiti under the rule of “Papa Doc” Duvalier, which explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Charles from Graham Greene.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touchContinue reading "The Comedians."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-131681

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Valenti, Jack [William Safire]

Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches.

New York : William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1982.

First edition of Jack Valenti’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bill Safire Thanks for your embrace – with the loving good wishes of Jack Valenti.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. HeContinue reading "Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches."

$225.00

Item Number: RRB-135441

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Cooke, Alistair [William Safire]

Memories of The Great & The Good.

London : Pavilion Books Limited, 1999.

First edition of Cooke’s moving memoir. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Bill S. His services to the Language (not to mention the “State” – vide “OTHELLO”) Greetings Alistair C. Oct/99.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalist, and presidentialContinue reading "Memories of The Great & The Good."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-135615

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Cohen, Leonard

Let Us Compare Mythologies.

Montreal : McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956.

First edition of Cohen’s first book, which explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. Octavo, original cloth. With five full-page line illustrations by Freda Guttman. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Gery Levy,Continue reading "Let Us Compare Mythologies."

$25,000.00

Item Number: RRB-128744

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Fuentes, Carlos

La Voluntad y La Fortuna. [Destiny and Desire].

Ciudad de México : Santillana Ediciones Generales (Alfaguara), 2008.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to his close friend Sergio Munoz. Fuentes met Munoz in Mexico in the 1960’s when he was dating the daughter of Fuentes’ first wife, actress Rita Macedo. Carlos and Sergio bonded one night asContinue reading "La Voluntad y La Fortuna. [Destiny and Desire]."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-133440

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Steinbeck, John

In Dubious Battle.

New York : Covici-Friede Publishers, 1936.

Signed limited first edition of this “dramatically intense, beautifully written novel” (The New Republic); the first book in Steinbeck’s Dustbowl trilogy, which was followed by Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, number 39 of 99 examples. Octavo, original half morocco. Signed by John Steinbeck. In fine condition. Housed in a custom halfContinue reading "In Dubious Battle."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-131878

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Woolf, Virginia

The Second Common Reader.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.

First edition of the second collection of Woolf’s critical essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Virginia Woolf on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-132047

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Wills, Garry

Explaining America: The Federalist.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981.

First edition of Wills’ analysis of The Federalist. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Garry Wills on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lewis Friedman.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-132144

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Gallmann, Kuki

African Nights.

London : Viking, 1994.

First edition of the sequel to the author’s I Dreamed of Africa. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, “Kuki Gallmann 1994.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

$375.00

Item Number: RRB-131841

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Schulberg, Budd

Waterfront.

New York : Random House, 1955.

First edition of Schulberg’s novel adapted from his Academy Award–winning screenplay. Octavo, original beige cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “For Kent and Marjorie McKinley. How salutary that you can live on this serene waterfront and still weep bitter tears for the turbulent waterfront describedContinue reading "Waterfront."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-131837

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Connery, Sean. [Ian Fleming]

Sean Connery and Jill St. John Signed James Bond Photograph.

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Black and white photograph of Sean Connery and posing as James Bond and Jill St. John as Tiffany Case, signed by both. They were the stars of the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever In fine condition. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-132959

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Didion, Joan

Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s Library of America: Run River; Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Play It As It Lays; A Book of Common Prayer; The White Album.

New York : Library of America, 2019.

First edition of the definitive collected edition of one of the most original and electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her five iconic books of the 1960s & 70s. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. Calligraphy by Gun Larson.Continue reading "Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s Library of America: Run River; Slouching Towards Bethlehem; Play It As It Lays; A Book of Common Prayer; The White Album."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-141477

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Graham, Stedman [William Safire]

You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997.

First edition of the author’s nine-step plan for success. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Bill, Congratulations on all that you do – Keep making it happen and thanks for your support! Best wishes Stedman.” The recipient, William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, andContinue reading "You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-135838

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Gilder, George

Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It Is Revolutionizing Our World.

Washington, DC : Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2013.

First edition of Gilder’s work, which introduces an all-new paradigm-shifting theory of capitalism. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by George Gilder on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by J. Henry Pereira.

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-135625

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Rowling, J.K

The Ickabog.

London : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020.

First edition of this work by Rowling. Octavo, original decorated boards, with illustrations by the winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition. Signed by J.K. Rowling on the half-title page. With Rowling’s hologram opposite her signature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With the original Foyles bookmark and shopping bag. Rare and desirable signed.

$4,000.00

Item Number: RRB-132148

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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel; Edith Grossman

Living To Tell the Tale.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

First edition in English of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s memoir. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Edith Grossman on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Translated by Edith Grossman.

$275.00

Item Number: RRB-133748

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Jordan, Michael

For the Love of the Game.

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Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front panel, “To Bill Happy 50th Birthday Hope you make it to 50 more Michael Jordan.” From the collection of Bill Zwecker, the former longtime entertainment and celebrity journalist. Beginning his journalism career in the 1980s, Zwecker is an industry veteran who has interviewed some of theContinue reading "For the Love of the Game."

$3,200.00

Item Number: RRB-131781

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First editions of each volume in C.S. Lewis' acclaimed space trilogy; including the dedicatee's copy of Out of the silent planet; inscribed by C.S. Lewis' brother Warren Hamilton Lewis

Lewis, C.S

The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength.

London : John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938-1945.

First editions of each volume in C.S. Lewis’ important space trilogy including the dedicatee’s (Lewis’ brother’s) copy of Out of the Silent Planet, the rarest book in the series. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Inscribed by C.S. Lewis’ brother Warren Hamilton Lewis on the front free endpaper to whom the book is dedicated, “This book.Continue reading "The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength."

$50,000.00

Item Number: RRB-132054

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