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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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Stansell, Christine; [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1987.

Early printing of this historical analysis of the laboring women of New York. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by Christine Stansell on the half-title page, “To Justice Ginsburg From the Class of New Magistrate Judges 2018. With gratitude For your warm welcome to the Federal Judiciary.” From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Continue reading "City of Women: Sex and Class in New York 1789-1860."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146930

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Card, Orson Scott

Ender’s Game.

New York : Tor Books, 1991.

Limited first edition, one of 25 examples given to the author of this Nebula and Hugo award-winning novel. Octavo, bound in black leather with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with a full-color plate. One of only 225 copies signed by Orson Scott Card on the limitation page, of which 200 were releasedContinue reading "Ender’s Game."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-146923

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Grant, Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Document Signed.

1871.

Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Quarto, one page, partially printed, the document reads, ‘I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the commutation of the sentence of Charles Purdue dated this dayContinue reading "Ulysses S. Grant Autograph Document Signed."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146683

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Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline’s Rescue.

New York : The Viking Press, 1955.

First edition, early printing of the second book in the Madeline series, which went on to win the Caldecott Medal in 1954. Thin quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Linda with love Ludwig Bemelmans Christmas 1955.” Near fine in a very goodContinue reading "Madeline’s Rescue."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-146919

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Beagle, Peter S

A Fine and Private Place.

New York : The Viking Press, 1960.

First edition of Peter Beagle’s first fantasy novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Peter Beagle on the front free endpaper with a smiley in the “P.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Salter. An exceptional signed example.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-146917

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Sacks, Oliver

An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

First edition of this astounding collection of unique medical histories. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with color plates. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his editor in the year of publication, “For Stanley Holwitz, editor, guide, friend – with all my thanks and best wishes – 2/12/95 Oliver.” NearContinue reading "An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales."

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-146916

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Smythe, William R. [Richard P. Feynman]

Static and Dynamic Electricity.

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950.

Richard Feynman’s copy of Smythe’s central work on static and dynamic electricity. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with mathematic equations and diagrams. Signed in ink by Feynman on the front free endpaper, “R.P. Feynman 6688 Cal Tech Physics,” beneath the previous owner’s inscription. Feynman acquired this copy from a fellow member of the Caltech physics department,Continue reading "Static and Dynamic Electricity."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-145207

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Drucker, Peter F

Post-Capitalist Society.

New York : Harper Collins, 1993.

First edition of one of the final works by “the world’s greatest management thinker… deserves to be measured alongside people such as Keynes or Schumpeter” (Economist). Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Peter Koomans from Peter Drucker.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. JacketContinue reading "Post-Capitalist Society."

$400.00

Item Number: RRB-147033

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Roth, Philip

The Human Stain.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

First edition, early printing of Roth’s award-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.

$65.00

Item Number: RRB-146852

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Borman, Frank

Frank Borman ‘Earthrise’ Photograph Signed.

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Glossy color photograph of the iconic ‘Earthrise‘ image taken by Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, signed by mission commander Frank Borman, “Apollo 8 Earthrise, Frank Borman, 1968.“ In fine condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.

$1,850.00

Item Number: RRB-146733

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Newton, Helmut

SUMO.

Monte Carlo : Taschen, 1999.

Signed limited edition of this landmark in the field of photography. Elephant folio, original cloth, illustrated throughout, original publisher’s stand. Signed by Helmut Newton on the title page. Edited by June Newton, supported with a Philippe Starck bookstand, and containing over 400 images, it covers every aspect of Newton’s outstanding career, chronicling his groundbreaking fashionContinue reading "SUMO."

$8,800.00

Item Number: RRB-119780

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Baldwin, James

The Fire Next Time.

New York : The Dial Press, 1963.

First edition of one of the most influential works on race relations published in the twentieth century. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, “Peace! James Baldwin.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Jacket photograph by Mottke Weissman. Rare and desirable. Housed in aContinue reading "The Fire Next Time."

$9,500.00

Item Number: RRB-129331

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Douglass, Frederick

Frederick Douglass Document Signed.

July 6, 1881.

Rare Trustee’s Deed signed by famed American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Manuscript document signed, “Fred’k Douglass, Recorder,” three pages, 8 x 12.5 inches, July 6, 1881. Trustee’s deed for a transaction between William Taylor Snyder and Nelson A. Ryon, signed on the docketing panel by Douglass as recorder of deeds, beneath a manuscript endorsement. Douglass servedContinue reading "Frederick Douglass Document Signed."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-146954

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Stewart, James B. [Rudy Giuliani]

Den of Thieves.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Early printing of Stewart’s classic work which recounts the insider trading scandals involving Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, and other Wall Street financiers throughout the 1980s. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by James B. Stewart and Rudy Giuliani, who prosecuted Milken on the title page. Giuliani was a prominent figure in law enforcement throughoutContinue reading "Den of Thieves."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146873

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Gaines, Ernest J

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

New York : The Dial Press, 1971.

First edition of this classic novel, which depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. Octavo, original boards. Lengthily signed by the author with a powerful quote from this novel on the title page, “Me and Robert looked at each other there a longContinue reading "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman."

$2,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146411

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Woolf, Virginia

Orlando: A Biography.

New York : Crosby Gaige, 1928.

Signed limited first edition of Woolf’s immensely popular feminist classic, one of only 800 copies signed by her in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece portrait of Orlando as a boy, illustrated with engravings. One of 800 copies signed by Woolf on the verso ofContinue reading "Orlando: A Biography."

$9,800.00

Item Number: RRB-138537

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Chagall, Marc

My Life.

New York : The Orion Press, 1960.

First edition in English of artist Marc Chagall’s early autobiography. Oblong octavo, original cloth, illustrated with twenty drawings by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Lillian Friedman Marc Chagall 1960.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Elizabeth Abbott

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-146789

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Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Martin Sherwin and signed by Kai Bird on the front free endpaper. Additionally inscribed by Kai Bird on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephanie Kloss.

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-147047

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Frank, Robert; Introduction by Jack Kerouac

The Americans.

New York : Grove Press, Inc., 1959.

First edition of the photographer’s classic work. Oblong quarto, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Peter Thompson Robert Frank.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the spine. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemiseContinue reading "The Americans."

$16,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146872

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Groening, Matt

Love is Hell.

New York : Pantheon Books, 1986.

Special New Mini-Jumbo edition of this comical cartoon book that were the source material for The Simpsons by the creator of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama.’ Oblong quarto, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by the author on the front pastedown, “Matt Groening, 11/21/88,” below a full-length sketch of his character Binky holding a heart with twoContinue reading "Love is Hell."

$500.00

Item Number: RRB-146908

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le Carre, John

Our Game.

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.

First edition, second printing of this novel by the author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, ribbon bound in. Boldly signed by John le Carre on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Author photograph by Douglas Brothers.

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-146510

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Penick, Harvey with Bud Shrake [Bernhard Langer]

Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992.

First edition, early printing of the best-selling golf book ever published. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Dr. Don Brown: I hope that this book will help you to enjoy life, and also this great game of golf to it’s fullest. I hope you enjoyContinue reading "Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf."

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147082

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Parker, Robert M.; Drawings by Christopher Wormell

Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1985.

First edition of Robert M. Parker’s first book and definitive classic in the field. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Don To a truly great connoisseur In vino veritas Robert M. Parker.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Koppel andContinue reading "Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961."

$975.00

Item Number: RRB-147055

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Thompson, Hunter S.; Illustrations by Ralph Steadman

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream.

New York : Random House, 1971.

First edition of Thompson’s second book. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed in full by Hunter S. Thompson on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the a touch of shelfwear. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. AnContinue reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream."

$12,000.00

Item Number: RRB-146859

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