Skip to content

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!

Showing items 980-1000 of 3306

[Chavez, Cesar] Jacques E. Levy

Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1975.

First edition, early printing of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, “To Peter Carlson, best wishes Cesar Chavez 4/25/84.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. JacketContinue reading "Cesar Chavez. Autobiography of La Causa."

Read more
$400.00
Item Number: RRB-147948

Adams, Richard

Watership Down.

London : Paradine, 1976.

Signed limited edition, one of only 250 numbered examples and with an original watercolor, this copy being number presentation copy from the author. Octavo, bound in full morocco bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel with gilt stamping of two rabbits, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.Continue reading "Watership Down."

Read more
$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-147959

Massingham, Dorothy. In Conjuction with Murray MacDonald [Katharine Hepburn]

The Lake: A Play in Three Acts.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco, gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, raised bands, speckled edges. Presentation copy, inscribed by Katherine Hepburn who starred in the first Broadway production, “To Richard Aldrich Katharine Hepburn.” With Richard Aldrich’s Casa de Aldrich armorial bookplate on free front endpaper. In near fineContinue reading "The Lake: A Play in Three Acts."

Read more
$850.00
Item Number: RRB-147963

Wills, Charles W. [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Army Life of An Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman’s March to the Sea.

Washington, D.C : Globe Printing Company, 1906.

First edition of this autobiographical compilation of the letters and diary of the late Charles W. Wills; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original blue cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of C. W. Wills. P.T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front flyleaf and ownership signature to the front pastedown. In very good condition. General WilliamContinue reading "Army Life of An Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman’s March to the Sea."

Read more
$975.00
Item Number: RRB-145962

Silverstein, Shel

The Giving Tree.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964.

Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Inscription to the half-title page. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed.

Read more
$7,800.00
Item Number: RRB-147387

Copeland, Sebastian; Foreword by Orlando Bloom

Antarctica: A Call to Action.

San Rafael, CA : Earth Aware, 2008.

First edition of the inspiring sequel to ‘Antarctica: The Global Warning.’ Oblong duodecimo, original pictorial boards, illustrated with breathtaking high-resolution photographs by Sebastian Copeland throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “January 2009 To Linda, Sebastian Copeland.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Orlando Bloom.

Read more
$475.00
Item Number: RRB-146836

Albright, Madeleine

Madam Secretary: A Memoir.

New York : Miramax Books, 2003.

First edition of this classic memoir by the first female Secretary of State in United States history. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Ambassador Kimelman Madeleine Albright.” The recipient, Henry Kimelman served as the United States ambassador to Haiti from 1980 to 1981. He was theContinue reading "Madam Secretary: A Memoir."

Read more
$275.00
Item Number: RRB-147966

Irving, John

A Prayer For Owen Meany.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1989.

First edition of the author’s seventh novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original half gray cloth. Warmly signed by the author on the title page, “Merry Christmas John Irving.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

Read more
$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-145910

Samuelson, Paul A

Paul A. Samuelson Typed Letter Signed.

Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 13, 1956.

Rare typed letter signed by the Nobel Prize-winning economist. Quarto, one page on Department of Economics and Social Science stationary, the letter reads, ‘Many thanks for your letter of March 6 inviting me to lecture at the Economic Education Workshop in August. I am flattered to be asked, and I’d like to do this —Continue reading "Paul A. Samuelson Typed Letter Signed."

Read more
$650.00
Item Number: RRB-147279

Leaf, Munro. Illustrated By Robert Lawson

The Story of Ferdinand.

New York : The Viking Press, 1936.

First edition of Munro Leaf’s beloved children’s classic. 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 stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "The Story of Ferdinand."

Read more
$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-147987

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Love in the Time of Cholera.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.

First American edition of the author’s work, which ranks as one of the great novels of the last half of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Para Erich, del amigo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 98.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by CarolContinue reading "Love in the Time of Cholera."

Read more
$4,500.00
Item Number: RRB-147602

Hepburn, Katharine

Me: Stories of My Life.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

First edition of Katharine Hepburn’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 165 photographs. Boldly signed by Katharine Hepburn on the front free endpaper. Additionally signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel, on the front free endpaper and on the rear jacket flap. Fine in a fine dust jacket.Continue reading "Me: Stories of My Life."

Read more
$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-147701

Berkeley, Edmund C

Giant Brains or Machines That Think.

New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1949.

First edition of this important work which popularized cognitive images of early computers. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper to the author to his ACM collaborator, Austrian mathematician Franz Alt (who is also thanked in the acknowledgements), “To Franz, with thanks againContinue reading "Giant Brains or Machines That Think."

Read more
$20,000.00
Item Number: RRB-147369

Bush, George W. [Laura and Barbara Bush]

Renewing America’s Purpose: Policy Addresses of George W. Bush July 1999-July 2000.

Austin, TX : Republican National Committee / Bush for President, Inc, 2000.

First edition of this collection of policy addresses. Octavo, original wrappers, illustrated with graphs and photographs. Boldly inscribed by First Ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush on the cover, “To Nick with best wishes: Laura Bush and Barbara Bush.” In near fine condition.

Read more
$175.00
Item Number: RRB-147231

Kennedy, John F

John F. Kennedy Signed Peace Corps Act Page.

September 22, 1961.

Seventh page of an official printing of ‘An Act to provide for a Peace Corps to help the peoples of interested countries and areas in meeting their needs for skilled manpower.’ One page, boldly signed in the lower margin by President John F. Kennedy. In fine condition. Framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches byContinue reading "John F. Kennedy Signed Peace Corps Act Page."

Read more
$12,000.00
Item Number: RRB-145801

Dahl, Roald

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, second issue with the five line colophon on the last page of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the family of film director Fred Zinnemann on the front free endpaper, “THIS BOOK IS FOR THE GRANDCHILDREN OF RENEE AND FRED WITH LOVE FROM Roald DahlContinue reading "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory."

Read more
$9,800.00
Item Number: RRB-147400
Previous 1 ... 48 49 50 51 52 ... 166 Next