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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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Roosevelt, Theodore and Craig W. Wadsworth

Theodore Roosevelt and Craig W. Wadsworth Rough Riders Collection.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899.

Craig Wharton Wadsworth’s personal collection of books, letters and photographs from his time as a Sergeant in Roosevelt’s Rough Riders cavalry. The collection includes a first edition of Roosevelt’s best-selling work, The Rough Riders (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1899) signed by Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt” and Wadsworth, “Craig W. Wadsworth Sergeant-Troop K”; Wadsworth’s 14-leaf photographContinue reading "Theodore Roosevelt and Craig W. Wadsworth Rough Riders Collection."

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$50,000.00
Item Number: RRB-123510
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Mann, Thomas

Thomas Mann Signed Photograph.

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Rare silver gelatin print signed by Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann. Inscribed by him on the lower portion of the photograph, “Mr. Satoru Yamano, with all my good wishes, Thomas Mann.” Double matted and framed. In near fine condition. The entire piece measures 11.5 inches by 10 inches.

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$4,800.00
Item Number: RRB-123909
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Sartre, Jean-Paul

Jean-Paul Sartre Signed Photograph.

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Rare silver gelatin print of French philosopher, novelist, and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. Inscribed by him in the upper left corner of the image, “A M. Satoru Yamano, sympatheque hommage, Jean-Paul Sartre.” In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11 inches.

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-123541
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Murakami, Haruki

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

First edition of this “piercing and compact story about friendship and loneliness” (St. Louis Dispatch). Octavo, original boards. Signed by Haruki Murakami on the half-title page and three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd, on the front panel, half-title page and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Binding and jacket designContinue reading "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage."

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$850.00
Item Number: RRB-123828
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Bly, Robert

The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir.

Boston : The Seventies Press, 1977.

First edition, review copy with the publisher’s review slips laid in. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Regan, Robert Bly.” Bly has added a drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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$200.00
Item Number: RRB-123768
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Lardner Jr., Ring

The Ecstasy of Owen Muir.

New York : Cameron & Kahn, 1954.

First American edition of Ring Lardner Jr.’s witty Candide-like satire. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Ring Lardner on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-123524
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Taylor, Mildred D

Let the Circle Be Unbroken: Sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

New York : The Dial Press, 1981.

First edition of this sequel to the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Betsy, My best wishes to you! Mildred D. Taylor December 16, 1981.” Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-123733
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Murakami, Haruki

Sputnik Sweetheart.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

First edition of this work which “grabs you from its opening lines. . . . [Murakami’s] never written anything more openly emotional” (Los Angeles Magazine). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the author “Haruki Murakami 11/7/05” on the title page. Additionally signed three times by jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; on the front panel, title pageContinue reading "Sputnik Sweetheart."

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$1,600.00
Item Number: RRB-123751
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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
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Inge, William. [Peter O'Toole]

A Loss of Roses: A New Play by William Inge.

New York : Random House, 1960.

First edition of Inge’s 1959 play, from the working library of legendary stage and screen actor Peter O’Toole. Octavo, original half cloth over pictorial boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Peter O’Toole Best wishes, Bill Inge.” The recipient, Peter O’Toole, began his acting career in the 1950s, gainingContinue reading "A Loss of Roses: A New Play by William Inge."

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$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-123340
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von Braun, Wernher

The Mars Project.

Urbana : University of Illinois, 1953.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Bob Mabon from one space man to another- Wernher von Braun.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips. First editions are rare, signed and inscribed examples exceptionally so, thisContinue reading "The Mars Project."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-123721
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Hayek, Friedrich August von [F.A.] [Karl Popper]

The Road To Serfdom.

London : Routledge & Sons, 1944.

First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism ever published. Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Dr Karl Popper a fellow struggler for freedom with friendly greetings from F.H. Hayek.” Also included is a letter signed by Karl PopperContinue reading "The Road To Serfdom."

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$400,000.00
Item Number: RRB-123960
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Carter, Jimmy and Menachem Begin

Photograph Signed by Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin.

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Photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Menachem Begin on the front panel. The photograph is of Carter and Begin in The White House with their cabinets. The photograph is stamped on the rear panel, “Official Photograph, The White House.” Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 13 inches. InContinue reading "Photograph Signed by Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-123824
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Ali, Muhammad

Prayer and Al-Islam.

Chicago : Muhammad Islamic Foundation, 1982.

First edition of this prayer book. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Muhammad Ali on the front free endpaper, “To Marc from Muhammad Ali 9-25-86.” In fine condition.

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$900.00
Item Number: RRB-123489
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Young, Brigham

Brigham Young Signed Document.

Salt Lake City 1872.

Brigham Young signed document as President of the Utah Central Railroad Company, ordering the treasurer of the UCRC to pay $13 to C.W. Penrose, with Penrose’s signature on verso. The entire piece measures 8 inches by 3.8 inches.

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$3,250.00
Item Number: RRB-123738
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Corso, Gregory

The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems.

Cambridge, MA : Richard Brukenfeld, 1955.

First edition of the poet’s first book one of 500 copies printed though about half of which were lost in the mail. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Gregory Corso. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed.

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$1,750.00
Item Number: RRB-123719
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Clinton, Bill, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein and Hosni Mubarak

Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein Signed Photograph.

1995.

Color photograph taken during the the signing of the Oslo II Accords of Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan and Hosni Mubarak on the White House lawn, signed by Clinton, Arafat and Faisal Husseini. On September 28, 1995, the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza StripContinue reading "Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein Signed Photograph."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-123430
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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
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Tate, Ken with Oscar Riera Ojeda

New Classicists: Ken Tate Architect, Selected Houses. Volume One.

Mulgrave : Images Publishing, 2003.

First and only edition of the first volume in Tate’s monograph series. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. With a rare portrait of Tate signed by him tipped in to the pastedown of the accompanying custom clamshell box. Unopened in the original shrink wrap.

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-127014
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Roth, Philip

Operation Shylock: A Confession.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.

First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Philip Roth opposite the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher.

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-125369
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Parfit, Derek

Reasons and Persons.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1984.

First edition of one of the most important philosophical texts of the second half the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Tony, with love from Derek 7 May ’84.” The recipient, Tony Honoré was a close friend of Parfit’sContinue reading "Reasons and Persons."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-123431
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Crane, Hart

The Bridge: A Poem.

New York : Horace Liveright, 1930.

First American edition of Crane’s landmark modernist epic. Octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with three photographs by Walter Evans. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper one month after publication, “For Bob Thompson, from his friend always- Hart Crane, Brooklyn, April 30.”Continue reading "The Bridge: A Poem."

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$22,500.00
Item Number: RRB-123618
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[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Cruise Pamphlet Collection.

City of Washington : Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1939-1942.

First editions of ten botanical and zoological pamphlets published as a result of collections and investigations made during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapo, six being presentation copies inscribed and signed “FDR” on the front wrapper. Octavo, ten pamphlets, original brown printed paper wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copies, 6 pamphlets are signedContinue reading "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Cruise Pamphlet Collection."

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$12,500.00
Item Number: RRB-123500
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Mawson, Douglas. [William Arthur Holman]

The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914.

London : William Heinemann, 1915.

First edition of this classic account of Antarctic exploration, an exceptional association copy inscribed by the author in both volumes in the year of publication to a fellow Australian, the Premier of New South Wales. Quarto, two volumes, original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt vignette to the front panels, profuselyContinue reading "The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-123065
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