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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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Dean, James

James Dean Signed 1949 Black and Gold Fairmount High School Yearbook.

Fairmount, Indiana : Published by the Journalism Department, 1949.

Rare original 1949 Black and Gold Fairmount High School yearbook signed by James Dean. Imperial octavo, original gold faux-leather embossed binding with “Black & Gold ’49”, title page vignette, frontispiece, unpaginated, with black and white photographs throughout. Signed by James Dean in pencil above his photograph on The Debate Club page. By all accounts, theContinue reading "James Dean Signed 1949 Black and Gold Fairmount High School Yearbook."

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$4,200.00
Item Number: RRB-149915
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Beckett, Samuel

From An Abandoned Work.

London : Faber and Faber, 1958.

First edition of this classic prose monologue. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, stitched pamphlet. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Samuel Beckett to his favorite American director, Alan Schneider, “for Alan with love from Sam.” The recipient, Alan Schneider (1917–1984), was a major American theatre director whose more than one hundred productions made him a crucial mediatorContinue reading "From An Abandoned Work."

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$2,750.00
Item Number: RRB-149901
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[Walesa, Lech]

The Berlin Wall: An Historical Artifact.

Montana : Hyman Products, Inc, 1989.

Rare authentic cut from the Berlin Wall. Fragmented piece of the Berlin Wall within a soft pouch, with an informative booklet. Boldly signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa on the verso. Lech Wałęsa is a Polish labor leader and statesman who co-founded Solidarity, the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc, whichContinue reading "The Berlin Wall: An Historical Artifact."

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149858
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McLean, Don

Don McLean: American Pie.

New York : United Artists, 1971.

Don McLean’s personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971 to his former sister-in-law. A 12-inch vinyl test pressing with paper labels on both sides and the album itself etched with the word “Peace” and codes “UAS-5535A” and “UAS – 5535B”. Signed by Don McLean on both paper labels, and datedContinue reading "Don McLean: American Pie."

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$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149880
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Bocuse, Paul

Paul Bocuse’s French Cooking.

New York : Pantheon Books, 1977.

First American edition of Bocuse’s classic work on French cuisine. Quarto, original publisher’s boards, illustrated with color photographs. Boldly signed by Paul Bocuse on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Colette Rossant. Edited by Lorraine Davis. Jacket front and back photos by Jean-Pierre Chatelin. Rare and desirableContinue reading "Paul Bocuse’s French Cooking."

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$2,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149872
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Dali

Dali…Dali…Dali…

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1974.

The New Concise Nal Edition of this lavishly illustrated work by Salvador Dali. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, with 98 illustrations in both black and white and color interspersed with text. Boldly signed and dated by Dali in thick felt tip purple marker on the verso of the front cover and the front free endpaper withContinue reading "Dali…Dali…Dali…"

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$6,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149869
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Owens, Mark and Delia

Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984.

First edition of this classic work, which ranks with “Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers by Lorraine Sneed, illustrated with color photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mark Owens and signed by Delia Owens on the title page, “For Sandra and EldonContinue reading "Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-149866
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Harrison, Jim

Farmer.

New York : The Viking Press, 1976.

First edition of Harrison’s third novel. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, top stain yellow. Boldly signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-150156
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Graham, Benjamin; David L. Dodd [Warren E. Buffet]

Security Analysis: Principles and Technique.

New York : McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc, 1940.

First printing of the second edition of Graham and Dodd’s seminal work, considered the Bible of modern financial analysis. Octavo, original black cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by Warren E. Buffett on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. RareContinue reading "Security Analysis: Principles and Technique."

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$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149857
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Robinson, Jackie; Roy Campanella; Don Drysdale; Pee Wee Reese; Gil Hodges; Carl Furillo; Don Newcombe; Jim Gilliam; Walter Alston; et al

1956 Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball.

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Rare Official National League baseball signed by 22 members of the 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers. Signed by Jackie Robinson in his last season, a rookie Don Drysdale, Roy Campanella in his second to last season, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo, Don Newcombe, Jim Gilliam, Walter Alston, and more. The signatures of Charlie Neal, DukeContinue reading "1956 Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball."

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$12,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149854
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Alison, Sir Archibald [Millard Fillmore]

History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol II.

Edinburgh and London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1853.

Early edition of this influential work chronicling European events from the French Revolution to the mid-19th century. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, floral border details stamped in blind. From the library of President Millard Fillmore with his ownership signature to the pastedown of the front panel and dated by him, “MillardContinue reading "History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII Vol II."

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$1,950.00
Item Number: RRB-149855
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Davies, Valentine; Tomie dePaola [Illustrator]

Miracle On 34th Street.

San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.

First illustrated edition of this modern Christmas classic with paintings by beloved illustrator Tomie dePaola. Square octavo, original publisher’s red cloth with titles to the spine and front panel stamped in gilt, pictorial blue endpapers, frontispiece, title page vignette, with 18 full color illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “ForContinue reading "Miracle On 34th Street."

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$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149044
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Thomas, Dylan; Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg

A Child’s Christmas In Wales.

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969.

Signed limited first edition of Thomas’ beloved Christmas reverie, one of 100 copies signed by illustrator Fritz Eichenberg, accompanied by an extra suite of five plates on large paper, each signed in pencil by the artist, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg. Oblong folio, original publisher’s quarter leather and cloth and publisher’s black paper portfolio with printedContinue reading "A Child’s Christmas In Wales."

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$1,700.00
Item Number: RRB-150993
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Fleming, Ian

You Only Live Twice.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1964.

First edition of the final James Bond novel published during Fleming’s lifetime and the eleventh in the series. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Roald Dahl was a British writer whose darkly comic imagination reshaped twentieth-century children’s literature through classics such as Charlie and the ChocolateContinue reading "You Only Live Twice."

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$12,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149807
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Lee, Harper. {Gregory Peck]

To Kill A Mockingbird.

New York : HarperCollins, 1995.

First edition, early printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Boldly signed by Gregory Peck, who played father and lawyer Atticus Finch, on the epigraph page beneath the quote, “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. – CharlesContinue reading "To Kill A Mockingbird."

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149878
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Oliver, Mary

Why I Wake Early.

Boston : Beacon Press, 2004.

First edition of this collection by the Pulitzer prize-winning poet. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Sara Eisenman.

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-124501
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Robinson, Jackie; Roy Campanella; Duke Snider; Gil Hodges; Jim Romano; Carl Furillo; Dan Bankhead; Pee Wee Reese; et al

1950 Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball.

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Rare Official National League baseball signed by 31 members of the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers. Signed by Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Jim Romano, Carl Furillo, Dan Bankhead, Pee Wee Reese, and more. The signatures of Burt Shotton, Bobby Morgan, Milt Stock, Billy Loes, Gil Hodges, and Carl Erskine have been deemed clubhouseContinue reading "1950 Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed Baseball."

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$7,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149840
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King Jr., Martin Luther [Marian Taylor]

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958.

First edition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, “To: Marian Taylor With best wishes and warm personal regards, and in appreciation for the stimulating interview that you provided for me. Martin Luther King, Sept. 17, 1958.” Taylor, under theContinue reading "Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story."

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$27,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149819
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Dylan, Bob

Bob Dylan: Chronicles.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004.

First edition of Dylan’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Coco Shinomiya. PSA/DNA LOA and sticker to the title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery.

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$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-143531
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Harrison, Jim

Dalva.

New York : E.P. Dutton/ Seymour Lawrence, 1988.

First edition of this novel by the author of Legends of the Fall. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Nancy Etheredge. Jacket painting by Russell Chatham.

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$250.00
Item Number: RRB-150910
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Waters, Alice

Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook.

New York : Random House, 1982.

First edition, early printing of Waters’ first book. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Alice Waters on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Written in collaboration with Linda P. Guenzel. Recipes edited by Carolyn Dille. Designed and illustrated by David Lance Goines.Continue reading "Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-150979
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Atwood, Margaret

Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts.

New York : Doubleday, 2025.

First edition of “the most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter century–or ever” (The Boston Globe). Octavo, original boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Margaret Atwood. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Dean, Kelly Hill, and Emily Mahan.

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$175.00
Item Number: RRB-150971
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns

No Ordinary Time. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1994.

First edition of this dual biography on the Roosevelts. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, “For John, ‘As long as she continued to fight for his ideals, he would continue to live,’ Doris Kearns Goodwin.” Near fine in a nearContinue reading "No Ordinary Time. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II."

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-149796
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Vanderbilt, Amy

Amy Vanderbilt’s Etiquette.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972.

Later edition of this classic work, with early drawings by Andy Warhol. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Tom – and the furture – Amy Vanderbilt.” In very good condition.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-149826
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