Sampras, Pete
Pete Sampras Signed Tennis Ball.
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Tennis ball signed by legendary great Pete Sampras. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-150937
Signed & Autographed Books
Signed or Autographed Books for Sale Online
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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McCarthy, Cormac
The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts.
Hopewell, NJ : The Ecco Press, 1994.
First edition of this expansively imagined drama about four generations of an American family. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Cormac McCarthy on the half-title page. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd, on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear panel. Near fine in a nearContinue reading "The Stonemason: A Play In Five Acts."
Read more$2,000.00
Item Number: RRB-150948
Mahfouz, Naguib
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street.
New York : Doubleday, 1990-1992.
Uncorrected proofs of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s classic work; a trilogy originally published in Egypt in the 1950’s and which garnered him the Nobel Prize in literature decades later in 1988. Octavo, 3 volumes, original illustrated wrappers. Each volume is signed by Naguib Mahfouz and the translator William M. Hutchins on the title page. EachContinue reading "The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street."
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Item Number: RRB-1754
Fleming, Ian. [Sean Connery]
From Russia, With Love.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1957.
First edition, first state of the fifth James Bond novel and what Fleming considered one of his best books and listed in Life magazine as one of US President John F. Kennedy’s top ten favorite books. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt rose and gun emblem to the front panel. BoldlyContinue reading "From Russia, With Love."
Read more$17,500.00
Item Number: RRB-150986
Hemingway, Ernest
The Sun Also Rises.
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
First edition, first issue of the first printing, with the misprint (“stoppped”) on page 181 line 26, in the first issue dust jacket with the misprint on the front panel (“In Our Times” vs. “In Our Time”). Octavo, original black cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year ofContinue reading "The Sun Also Rises."
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Item Number: RRB-124010
Heaney, Seamus
Death of a Naturalist.
London : Faber and Faber, 1966.
First edition of Heaney’s first major published volume. Octavo, original green cloth with titles to the spine in gilt. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his aunt in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper, “For Aunt Annie: who is content only with the right word. Love, Seamus.” Additionally signed by Heaney inContinue reading "Death of a Naturalist."
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Item Number: RRB-3529
Greene, Robert
The Laws of Human Nature.
New York : Penguin Books, 2019.
First paperback edition of this classic work. Octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by Robert Greene on the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
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Item Number: RRB-149790
Watson, James D. [Francis Crick]
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.
New York : Atheneum, 1968.
First edition of Watson’s ground breaking work regarding the discovery of DNA for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Signed by both James Watson and Francis Crick on the title page. Lengthily signed with a quote written by Watson on the half-title page, “IContinue reading "The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA."
Read more$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-112545
Hirsch, James S. [Willie Mays]
Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend.
New York : Scribner, 2010.
First edition of this definitive biography authorized by Willie Mays and written by Wall Street Journal and New York Times journalist James Hirsch. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Willie Mays on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jason J. Heuer.Continue reading "Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend."
Read more$475.00
Item Number: RRB-149847
Stadius, Joannes. [Edmond Halley]
Ephemeris Anno Christi 1554.
Cologne : Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1570.
Edmond Halley’s sixteenth-century copy of Flemish mathematician Joannes Stadius’ widely consulted astronomical almanac, first published in 1554. Quarto, bound in full English calf with an elaborate gilt lozenge to the center of each panel, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, printer’s device to the title page. From theContinue reading "Ephemeris Anno Christi 1554."
Read more$25,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149867
Kilpatrick, Andrew. [Warren E. Buffett and Bob Kerrey]
Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett.
New York : AKPE, 1994.
First edition of this early Buffett biography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Warren Buffett and Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey on the front free endpaper. Bob Kerrey (born 1943) is a decorated Vietnam War Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient who went on to serve as governor of Nebraska (1983–87) and U.S. senatorContinue reading "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett."
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Item Number: RRB-149787
Toll, Ian W
The Pacific War Trilogy. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942; The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944; Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944–1945.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2012-20.
Complete set of Toll’s classic trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original boards. Laid in is a signed Ian Toll sheet which came with the trilogy. Fine in fine dust jackets. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Read more$750.00
Item Number: RRB-150990
Fleming, Ian
Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
London : Jonathan Cape, 1965.
First edition of the fourteenth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by legendary director of the film John Glen on the title page. During the 1960s and 1970s, Glen served as a film editor and second unit director, working on such films as Superman (1978) and The Wild Geese (1978); he also contributed to three JamesContinue reading "Octopussy and the Living Daylights."
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Item Number: RRB-150983
Nadal, Rafael [Rafa]
Rafa.
New York : Hyperion, 2011.
First edition of the legendary tennis champion’s autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Rafael Nadal on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laura Drew. Written with John Carlin.
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Item Number: RRB-150991
Nadal, Rafael [Rafa]
Rafa.
New York : Hyperion, 2011.
First edition of the legendary tennis champion’s autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Rafael Nadal on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Laura Drew. Written with John Carlin.
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Item Number: RRB-150991
McPhee, John; Photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt [Rod Laver; Rafael Nadal; Carlos Alcaraz; John Newcombe; Stan Smith; Roy Emerson]
Wimbledon: A Celebration.
New York : The Viking Press, 1972.
First edition of this seminal work on Wimbledon. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page by tennis legends Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Stan Smith, John Newcombe and signed by Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A unique example.
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Item Number: RRB-150613
Fleming, Ian; Angus Wilson; Edith Sitwell; Cyril Connolly; Patrick Leigh Fermor; Evelyn Waugh; Christopher Sykes; W.H. Auden [Larry Hughes]
The Seven Deadly Sins.
New York : William Morrow and Company, 1962.
First edition of this anthology introduced by Ian Fleming. Octavo, bound in three quarters green morocco over green cloth covered boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated decorations forContinue reading "The Seven Deadly Sins."
Read more$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149775
Keynes, John Maynard [J.M.]
The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.
First edition of the best-selling book that established Keynes’ reputation as a leading economist. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition.
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Item Number: RRB-149766
Didion, Joan
Democracy: A Novel.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1984.
First edition of this gorgeously written, bitterly funny look at the relationship between politics and personal life. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Joan Didion on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, embossed stamp, remainder mark. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Author photograph by Quintana Roo Dunne.
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Item Number: RRB-150984
Miller, William Green [Madeleine K. Albright]
Toward A More Civil Society?
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989.
First edition of this social cohesion and political philosophy. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Association copy, inscribed by author on the front free endpaper, “To Madeleine, With warm regards- you know very well how difficult the process would be to achieve a civil society. Sincerely, Bill Washington January 1990.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was theContinue reading "Toward A More Civil Society?"
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Item Number: RRB-149079
Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]
Dr. Seuss’s ABC.
New York : Random House, 1963.
First edition, early printing of this classic children’s book. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “With Best Wishes to Chuck Meeks Dr. Seuss.” In very good condition, signature opposite the title page. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Read more$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149460
Kean, Thomas H. and Lee H. Hamilton [Alvin S. Felzenberg]
Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.
Norwalk, Connecticut : The Easton Press, 2006.
Signed limited first edition of the Easton Press edition of this work by the co-chairmen of the 9/11 Commission. Octavo, original black leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bound in,Continue reading "Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission."
Read more$500.00
Item Number: RRB-149779
Taft, William H
Ethics in Service.
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1915.
First edition of this collection of addresses delivered by the 27th president of the United States in the 1914 Page Lecture Series. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Taft on the front free endpaper, “Sincerely yours William H. Taft.” In near fine condition. An exceptional signed example.
Read more$4,250.00
Item Number: RRB-114863
Juster, Norton and Jules Feiffer
The Phantom Tollbooth.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Fiftieth Anniversary edition, later printing of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Boldly signed Norton Juster on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With an appreciation by Maurice Sendak.
Read more$600.00
Item Number: RRB-149786
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA.
First Edition
$25,000.00
RRB-112545
Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.
Fine Bindings and Sets
$500.00
RRB-149779