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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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Quarles, Benjamin

The Negro in the American Revolution.

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1976.

Later printing of this examination of the roles and experiences of Black Americans during the Revolutionary War. Octavo, original publisher’s blue cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Benjamin Quarles Baltimore, Maryland.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Elizabeth Resnick. Uncommon signed.

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-150747

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Nachtwey, James; Introduction by Robert Stone

Deeds of War.

New York : Thames & Hudson, 1989.

First edition of the photojournalist’s first book of images taken from 1981-1988. Quarto, original cloth covered boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the photographer in the year of publication on the half-title page, “to Cyndie, best Wishes Jim Nachtwey 11/4/89.” Introduction by Robert Stone. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-150285

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Ferguson, Niall

The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West.

New York : The Penguin Press, 2006.

First edition of this “deftly paced, continent-crossing account of the last century’s ‘age of hatred'” (The Guardian). Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, illustrated with maps, charts, and black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Dean Nicastro. Jacket photographContinue reading "The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-150750

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Ferguson, Niall

Empire: The Rise and Fall of the British World Order and The Lessons For Global Power.

New York : Basic Books, 2002.

First edition of this work by the award-winning historian. Tall Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rick Pracher.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-151103

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Ferguson, Niall

The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I.

London : Allen Lane, 1998.

First edition of this groundbreaking work on World War I. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Niall Ferguson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151102

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Azerrad, Michael [Kurt Cobain; Krist Novoselic; Dave Grohl; Pat Smear]

Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana.

New York : Doubleday, 1993.

First edition of this biographical account of the band Nirvana. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed in purple felt tip on the half-title page by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and Pat Smear on the verso of the front panel. In very good condition. These signatures wereContinue reading "Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150737

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Isaacson, Walter

The Genius Biographies: Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Leonardo da Vinci.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 2003-2017.

First editions of Isaacson’s definitive The Genius Biographies quartet, each volume signed by him. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher’s half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Boldly signed by Walter Isaacson on the title page of each volume, with Leonardo da Vinci an inscribed by Walter Isaacson.” Each volume is fine in a fine dust jacket.

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-150735

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Lucas, George; Alan Dean Foster

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.

New York : Del Rey, 1977.

First hardcover edition of Lucas’ Star Wars. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by George Lucas on the front free endpaper and by Alan Dean Foster on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Cover art by John Berkey. With the letter code of “S27” in the gutter of page 183. RareContinue reading "Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker."

$6,000.00

Item Number: RRB-151096

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Johnson, Merle [Compiler]

A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910.

First limited edition of this list of first editions in book form and of first printings in periodicals. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with paper titles to the spine, top edge gilt. One of 500 numbered copies, this is number 154. Boldly signed by compiler Merle Johnson and the publisher Harper & Brothers on the limitationsContinue reading "A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain: Samuel Langhorne Clemens."

$150.00

Item Number: RRB-150732

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Grogan, Emmett. [Peter Coyote]

Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps.

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1972.

First edition of “the best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground” (Dennis Hopper). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Peter Coyote on the half-title page. Coyote was a founding member along with Grogan of the counterculture group The Diggers. He is an actor, director and screenwriter. Near fine in a nearContinue reading "Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps."

$600.00

Item Number: RRB-151075

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Smoot, George and Keay Davidson

Wrinkles in Time.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1993.

First edition of the story of “the scientific discovery of the century, if not all time” (Stephen Hawking). Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs and 50 line drawings. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “There is something about looking at the night sky that makesContinue reading "Wrinkles in Time."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-151097

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Roth, Philip

The Professor of Desire.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

First edition of Roth’s second book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Nannette Stevenson. A very sharp example.

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-151092

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Wheelan, Charles; Burton Malkiel

Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science.

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2002.

First edition of this “clear, concise, informative, and witty and work” (Chicago Tribune). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by legendary investor Burt Malkiel on the title page, who contributed the foreword. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Powell. Jacket illustration by Neil Powell.

$450.00

Item Number: RRB-151098

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Maugham, W. Somerset

The Judgement Seat.

London : The Centaur Press, 1934.

Signed limited edition of this classic short story. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles and ruling to the front panel, top edge gilt, frontispiece. One of 150 numbered copies, this is number 133. Boldly signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the limitations page. In very good condition. From the library of Craig V. ShowwalterContinue reading "The Judgement Seat."

$650.00

Item Number: RRB-150525

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Churchill, Winston S

Winston Churchill Signed Photograph.

c. 1949.

Rare glossy black and white photograph of Winston Churchill in profile with a cigar in his mouth, standing next to his wife, Clementine, and noted financier Bernard Baruch, signed by Churchill, “W. Churchill.” In very good condition. Triple matted and framed. The photograph measures 8 inches by 9.75 inches.

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150720

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Herbert, Frank

Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of Children of Dune, The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party].

New York : Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, 1969-1978.

First editions of seven issues of Analog: Science Fiction and Fact magazine containing the first appearance of Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune in four parts, later published as a novel, and his short stories The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, with black and white illustrations. Includes issueContinue reading "Analog: Science Fiction and Fact. [Containing the First Appearance of Children of Dune, The Mind Bomb, Seed Stock, and Come to the Party]."

$7,800.00

Item Number: RRB-150272

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Herbert, Frank

The Dosadi Experiment.

New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977.

Berkley edition of this standalone science fiction novel from the author of Dune. Octodecimo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page beneath his name. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.

$300.00

Item Number: RRB-150245

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Butler, Octavia

Dawn: A Novel.

New York : Warner Books, 1987.

First edition of the first installment in the Xenogenesis trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Enric. Jacket design by Don Puckey.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-151099

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Hitchens, Christopher

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

New York : Twelve/ Hatchette Book Group, 2007.

First edition of this classic polemic by Hitchens. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Linda Heheman Christopher Hitchens.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.

$1,100.00

Item Number: RRB-151091

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Rushdie, Salman

Luka and the Fire of Life.

New York : Random House, 2010.

First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author’s dazzling modern classic. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth. Boldly signed by Salman Rushdie on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Robbin Schiff and Anna Bauer. Dust jacket illustration by Niroot Puttapipat. Book design by Caroline Cunningham, who assisted as a literaryContinue reading "Luka and the Fire of Life."

$125.00

Item Number: RRB-150730

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Wolfe, Tom [Tom Hanks]

The Bonfire of the Vanities.

New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987.

First edition of the author’s first novel, basis for the film starring Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt signature to the front panel,Continue reading "The Bonfire of the Vanities."

$2,250.00

Item Number: RRB-151086

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Maugham, W. Somerset

Don Fernando.

London : William Heinemann LTD, 1935.

Signed limited edition of this exploration and celebration of Spain’s Golden Age. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, silk ribbon bound in. One of 175 numbered copies, this is number 18. Boldly signed by W. Somerset Maugham on the limitations page. In near fine condition, bookplate to theContinue reading "Don Fernando."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-150505

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Wells, H.G

The Passionate Friends.

London : Macmillan and Co, 1913.

First edition of this novel, which was the first introduction of Wells’ notion of an “open conspiracy” of individuals to achieve a world state through an “open conspiracy against potentates and prejudices and all the separating powers of darkness.” Octavo, original publisher’s green cloth with titles stamped in gilt and botanical detailing stamped in blind.Continue reading "The Passionate Friends."

$100.00

Item Number: RRB-149399

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[Kerouac, Jack; Jean-Pierre Lemaire]

RUpTure.

Paris, France : Printed at 21 Rue de Saintonge, 1965.

Rare vintage January 1965 issue of RUpTure, a left-leaning French-language literary magazine, gifted to and personally owned by Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo, written in French, original soft red wrappers with brass brad binding, title page vignette, unpaginated, illustrated with three gelatin silver photos. Stamped with the Jack Kerouac Estate stamp and the raised blind sealContinue reading "RUpTure."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-150642

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