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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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Bracegirdle, Brian [Stephen Hawking]

The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution.

London : Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1973.

First edition of this comprehensive survey of physical, surviving industrial sites in the United Kingdom. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth with industrial vignette stamped in silver, cartographic endpapers, richly illustrated. Signed by Stephen Hawking in blue ballpoint. Additionally signed by fifteen colleagues in various inks, as a presentation to a faculty member. The inscription in oneContinue reading "The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution."

$45,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151334

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Didion, Joan

Play It As It Lays.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.

First edition of Didion’s classic third book. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the second endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Photograph of the author by Julian Wasser. Designed by Guy Fleming. An exceptional example, uncommon signed.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151345

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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman

Florida: The Long Frontier.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of this historical and cultural study of Florida that traces the region’s development from early exploration through the modern era. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “With best wishes, Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151312

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Douglas, Marjory Stoneman

Florida: The Long Frontier.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of this historical and cultural study of Florida that traces the region’s development from early exploration through the modern era. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, cartographic endpapers. Signed by the author on the half-title page, “With best wishes, Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition and signed.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-151312

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Rand, Ayn. [Annie Dillard]

Night of January 16th.

New York and Cleveland : The World Publishing Company, 1968.

First edition in book form of the successful Broadway play by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. From the library of fellow writer, Annie Dillard with her bookplate to the front free endpaper. The recipient, fellow author Annie DillardContinue reading "Night of January 16th."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151371

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Rand, Ayn. [Annie Dillard]

Night of January 16th.

New York and Cleveland : The World Publishing Company, 1968.

First edition in book form of the successful Broadway play by the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Ayn Rand on the front free endpaper. From the library of fellow writer, Annie Dillard with her bookplate to the front free endpaper. The recipient, fellow author Annie DillardContinue reading "Night of January 16th."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151371

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Galbraith, John Kenneth

The Great Crash 1929.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.

First edition, first printing with the date of 1955 on the title page of this classic work. Octavo, original red cloth. Boldly signed by John Kenneth Galbraith on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a bright near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lucy E. Clark. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell boxContinue reading "The Great Crash 1929."

$6,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151346

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McCarthy, Cormac

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain.

New York : Everyman's Library, 2008.

Everyman’s Library edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy, appearing here in one volume for the first time. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Mario Ettlinger. Jacket design by Barbara de Wilde. Rare and desirable signed.

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151348

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McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.

New York : Random House, 1985.

First edition of the author’s classic fifth novel. Octavo, original half red cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali.

$22,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151352

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McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West.

New York : Random House, 1985.

First edition of the author’s classic fifth novel. Octavo, original half red cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Adelson. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali.

$22,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151352

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Welty, Eudora

The Optimist’s Daughter.

New York : Random House, 1972.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by EudoraContinue reading "The Optimist’s Daughter."

$1,200.00

Item Number: RRB-151398

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[Lloyd George, David]

The Scottish Countryside Being the Report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee 1927-1928.

[Edinburgh] : Published by The Scottish Liberal Federation, 1928.

First edition of the 1928 report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, presented by David Lloyd George on a presentation bookplate affixed to the flyleaf which reads: Presented to Councillor Duncan MacBean withContinue reading "The Scottish Countryside Being the Report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee 1927-1928."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151324

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[Lloyd George, David]

The Scottish Countryside Being the Report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee 1927-1928.

[Edinburgh] : Published by The Scottish Liberal Federation, 1928.

First edition of the 1928 report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Presentation copy, presented by David Lloyd George on a presentation bookplate affixed to the flyleaf which reads: Presented to Councillor Duncan MacBean withContinue reading "The Scottish Countryside Being the Report of the Scottish Liberal Land Inquiry Committee 1927-1928."

$2,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151324

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Makos, Adam with Larry Alexander

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II.

New York : The Berkley Publishing Group, 2013.

First edition, early printing of “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.” Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ray! With best wishes to a fellow history buff and patriot! Onward and upward, Adam Makos.” Additionally signed byContinue reading "A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151342

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Rice, Anne

Lasher.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

First edition of the second book in the author’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Anne Rice on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. FineContinue reading "Lasher."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151288

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Rice, Anne

Lasher.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

First edition of the second book in the author’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches series. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Anne Rice on the front free endpaper and additionally signed three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. FineContinue reading "Lasher."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151288

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Rand, Ayn

The Fountainhead.

London : Cassell, 1947.

First British edition of Rands’s breakthrough work and her first major literary success. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "The Fountainhead."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151403

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Baldwin, James

The Evidence of Things Not Seen.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.

First edition of this classic collection by the author of Giovanni’s Room. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147149

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Baldwin, James

The Evidence of Things Not Seen.

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985.

First edition of this classic collection by the author of Giovanni’s Room. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the dedication page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147149

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McCarthy, Cormac

Cities of the Plain.

New Orleans : B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998.

Signed limited first edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy. Octavo, original half leather over marbled boards. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd in the year of publication; on the half title page, on the front panel of the book and on the slipcase. Fine in aContinue reading "Cities of the Plain."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151365

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McCarthy, Cormac

Cities of the Plain.

New Orleans : B.E. Trice Publishing, 1998.

Signed limited first edition of McCarthy’s classic trilogy. Octavo, original half leather over marbled boards. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page and three times by legendary designer Chip Kidd in the year of publication; on the half title page, on the front panel of the book and on the slipcase. Fine in aContinue reading "Cities of the Plain."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151365

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McCarthy, Cormac

No Country For Old Men.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First edition of this “harrowing, propulsive drama… about a stone-cold killer, a small-town sheriff, and an average Joe” (New York Times). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the front free endpaper and signed four times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd: on the front panel in the year of publication, the frontContinue reading "No Country For Old Men."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-151366

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Stone, Oliver and Zachary Sklar [Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman]

JFK: The Documented Screenplay.

New York : Applause Books, 1992.

First edition of this work which was the basis for the award-winning film, starring Kevin Cosner, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page and by Academy Award-winning actors Kevin Costner and Gary Oldman. In near fine condition.

$2,200.00

Item Number: RRB-151402

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Grisham, John [Francis Ford Coppola and Matt Damon]

The Rainmaker.

New York : Doubleday, 1995.

First edition of Grisham’s sixth novel, basis for the film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, and Danny Glover. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by John Grisham, five-time Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon and jacket designer Whitney Cookman on theContinue reading "The Rainmaker."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150804

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