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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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Szymborska, Wislawa; Foreword by Billy Collins

Monologue of a Dog: New Poems.

Orlando : Harcourt Inc, 2006.

First edition of this collection of poetry from the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Wislawa Szymborska on the half-title page and by Billy Collins on the title page, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jennifer Jackman. Translated from the Polish by Clare CavanaghContinue reading "Monologue of a Dog: New Poems."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-148475
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Hughes, Richard

A High Wind in Jamaica.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1929.

First edition of the author’s classic novel, one of Modern Library’s 100 greatest novels of the 20th century and an inspiration for William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Hughes on the half-title page, “Richard Hughes Dun Laoghaire, 10 Sept 1971.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.Continue reading "A High Wind in Jamaica."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-149714
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Walker, Alice

The Color Purple.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

First edition of Walker’s third novel, in which she became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Alice Walker on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition and signed.

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149627
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Rice, Anne

Lives of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy: The Witching Hour; Lasher; Taltos.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, 1993, 1994.

First editions of each volume in the author’s classic Mayfair Witches Trilogy. Octavo, three volumes. Each volume is signed or inscribed by Anne Rice and The Witching Hour and Lasher signed three times each by Chip Kidd; on the front panel, below Rice’s signature and on the rear jacket flap. Each are fine in fineContinue reading "Lives of the Mayfair Witches Trilogy: The Witching Hour; Lasher; Taltos."

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-149831
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Shaw, George Bernard

The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism.

London : Constable, 1928.

First edition, first issue, with “were” for “was” on p.442, line 5 of “the world’s most important book since the Bible” (Ramsay MacDonald). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Elzabeth Robins from G. Bernard Shaw.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by EricContinue reading "The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism."

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$1,400.00
Item Number: RRB-149623
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Hughes, Langston

Shakespeare in Harlem.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.

First edition of Hughes classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Alice LeVeen- Sincerely- Langston Hughes.” Near fine in a good dust jacket. Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. Uncommon signed and inscribed and in the rare original dust jacket.

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149891
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Kipling, Rudyard; Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.

A Song of the English.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1909.

Signed limited edition of Kipling’s collection of songs of the seas and cities, elaborately illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. Quarto, original publisher’s full pictorial vellum decorated in gilt, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, illustrated with 30-tipped in plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous in-text illustrations. One of 500 numbered copies signed by theContinue reading "A Song of the English."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-148683
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Towles, Amor

A Gentleman In Moscow.

New York : Viking, 2016.

First edition of the New York Times bestselling author’s second novel. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Amor Towles on the title page and with his custom-designed stamp of the Kremlin opposite the title page in red ink. Towles adopted the practice of adding a custom-designed stamp when signing his books as requests for signedContinue reading "A Gentleman In Moscow."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-149445
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Hughes, Langston

The Langston Hughes Reader.

New York : George Braziller, Inc, 1958.

First edition of this compilation of the selected writings of Langston Hughes. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Langston Hughes on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Philip Grushkin. Rare and desirable signed.

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$1,500.00
Item Number: RRB-149626
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Churchill, Winston S

Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.

London : George G. Harrap, 1938.

First edition of this important collection of speeches, a forerunner to Churchill’s classic war speech volumes, which sets the stage for them. Octavo, original cloth, photographic frontispiece of Churchill. Presentation copy, inscribed by Winston S. Churchill on the front free endpaper, “To George from Winston. August 1938.” Near fine in the rare original dust jacket,Continue reading "Arms and the Covenant. Speeches by The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill."

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$18,000.00
Item Number: RRB-148479
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McPherson, James M

Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.

First edition of this classic work, now in its fourth edition. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 71 photographs and 37 maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Chris Ripple Regards from James McPherson.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by James M. Wall.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-149848
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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the title page, “To Marjory Douglas, with admiration and best wishes Charles A. Lindbergh Sept. 1953 PublicationContinue reading "The Spirit of St. Louis."

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149841
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Dukas, Helen; Banesh Hoffman [Albert Einstein]

Albert Einstein: The Human Side.

New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1979.

First edition, early printing of this curated collection of Einstein’s writings. Octavo, original leather, frontispiece. Boldly signed by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman on the front free endpaper. Helen Dukas (1896–1982) was Albert Einstein’s longtime secretary and trusted confidante, serving in that role from 1928 until his death in 1955. Deeply involved in preserving andContinue reading "Albert Einstein: The Human Side."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-148235
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Clinton, Bill [William Jefferson]

Bill Clinton Signed Football.

1993.

Rare Wilson Official NFL football signed and dated by and as the 42nd president of the United States, “Bill Clinton 5-18-93.” Clinton is an avid fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks, his home state’s college football team, and has been noted for using football analogies in his speeches. As President, Clinton hosted Super Bowl watch partiesContinue reading "Bill Clinton Signed Football."

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$1,400.00
Item Number: RRB-148488
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Hailey, Arthur [President Gerald R. Ford]

Airport.

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968.

First edition of the author’s New York Times bestselling third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to Gerald R. Ford on the second free endpaper, “For Congressman Gerald R. Ford I hope this book may be of interest, and perhaps the one to follow it – set in Detroit, Michigan…WithContinue reading "Airport."

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$1,200.00
Item Number: RRB-148462
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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia [Chip Kidd]

Until August.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

First edition of this extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel in the year of publication, on the title pageContinue reading "Until August."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-149873
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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia [Chip Kidd]

Until August.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

First edition of this extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel in the year of publication, on the title pageContinue reading "Until August."

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-149873
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Kidd, Chip

Judge This: A Ted Original.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.

First edition of this classic TED Talk original. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed three times Chip Kidd; on the front panel of the dust jacket, on the title page and rear flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.

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$350.00
Item Number: RRB-149742
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Sumner, Charles. Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie Hoar

The Complete Works of Charles Sumner.

Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1900.

The Statesman edition of the complete works of Charles Sumner, with a three-page autograph letter signed by Sumner tipped into Vol. I. Octavo, twenty volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt,Continue reading "The Complete Works of Charles Sumner."

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-149581
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Aldrin, Buzz

Return to Earth.

New York : Random House, 1973.

First edition of this work by the second man to walk on the moon. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on the front free endpaper, “To Jeanie & Bill Taylor, with best wishes, Buzz Aldrin.” Very good in a good dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Return to Earth."

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$450.00
Item Number: RRB-148465
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Brokaw, Tom [Gerald R. Ford]

The Greatest Generation.

New York : Random House, 1998.

First edition of this instant classic and runaway bestseller that changed the way we saw World War II and an entire generation of Americans. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To President Ford – a great teacher and great friend. Tom Brokaw.” The recipient Gerald R. FordContinue reading "The Greatest Generation."

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$1,800.00
Item Number: RRB-148406
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Capote, Truman

Breakfast At Tiffany’s. A Short Novel and Three Stories.

New York : Random House, 1958.

First edition of Capote’s seductive, wistful masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Truman Capote on the half-title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ismar David. Housed in a custom half morocco box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A sharp example.

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$5,500.00
Item Number: RRB-145653
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Carpenter, M. Scott; L. Gordon Cooper Jr.; John H. Glenn Jr.; Virgil I. Grissom; Walter M. Schirra Jr.; Alan B. Shepard Jr.; Donald K. Slayton

We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1962.

First edition, early  printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo, original half-cloth, top stain orange, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven Astronaut Scott Carpenter on the second front free endpaper, “Scott Carpenter Aurora 7.” Near fine in a very good price-clippedContinue reading "We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves."

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$400.00
Item Number: RRB-148461
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Hillary, Edmund

Edmund Hillary Signed 1953 The Times: Everest Colour Supplement.

London : The Times, 1953.

Rare original 1953 Everest Colour Supplement of The Times signed by the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. Folio, 22 pages, original pictorial wrappers featuring a photograph of Hillary and Tensing Norkey who together climbed Everest on Friday, May 29,1953. Boldly signed by Hillary on the front panel, “EdContinue reading "Edmund Hillary Signed 1953 The Times: Everest Colour Supplement."

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$600.00
Item Number: RRB-148459
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