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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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Gunther, John

Inside South America.

New York : Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966.

First edition of this eye-opening study of South America, the eighth “Inside” book by John Gunther. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with a black and maps of South America. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Warmly to Douglas and Marylee Fairbanks, of the truly valued. John Gunther. NY Jan 67.”Continue reading "Inside South America."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147581

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Hillary, Edmund

Nothing Venture, Nothing Win.

New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975.

First edition of Hillary’s autobiography, which he considered his finest book. Octavo, original blue boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Dan Searle with kindest regards Ed Hillary.” The recipient, Dan Searle was a business executive and philanthropist. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of G.Continue reading "Nothing Venture, Nothing Win."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147926

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First Edition of And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation; Inscribed by Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna to Secretary Madeleine K. Albright

Kamara-Umunna, Agnes Fallah; Emily Holland [Madeleine K. Albright]

And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation.

New York : Hyperion, 2011.

First edition of this memoir about the devastation of the Liberia civil war and its rise out of the ashes. Octavo, original publisher’s boards, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half title page, “To former secretary of state MadeleineContinue reading "And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation."

$250.00

Item Number: RRB-147576

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Herbert, Frank

The White Plague.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982.

Signed limited first edition of this classic novel which explores madness and revenge on a global scale. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert. Fine in a fine slipcase.

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147682

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Shirer, William L

Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.

First edition of this classic work, “the most complete news report yet to come out of war time Germany” (Time). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by William L. Shirer on the front free endpaper, “To Barbara – In remembrance of a fine evening… Affectionately, Bill Shirer May, 1977.” In very good condition with someContinue reading "Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147572

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Roth, Philip

Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania : The Franklin Library, 1978.

Signed limited edition of the author’s first book and winner of the National Book Award. Octavo, original publisher’s full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in four compartments within raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon. Boldly signed by Philip RothContinue reading "Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories."

$200.00

Item Number: RRB-147570

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Gunther, John

Inside U.S.A.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1947.

First edition of this classic work, “riveting from start to finish” (Robert Gottlieb, The New York Times). Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, pullout map. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his wife on the half-title page, “With love to Jane John May, 1947.” The recipient, Jane Gunther was the recipient’s wife. She became anContinue reading "Inside U.S.A."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148017

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Winn, Marie

Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park.

New York : Pantheon Books, 1998.

First edition of this “engaging work…Dr. Zhivago with feathers” (The Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Anne and Reed, who were there at the Hawk Bench when it all began, with warmest regards, Marie Winn 7/11/98.”Continue reading "Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-148001

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Kerouac, Jack [Allen Ginsberg]

Visions of Cody.

New York : New Directions, 1960.

Signed limited first edition one of only 750 examples of this novel by the author of On The Road. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jack Kerouac. Fine in the original acetate dust jacket, with the original publisher’s original prospectus. Easily the nicest example we have seen.

$4,200.00

Item Number: RRB-148010

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Barrett, Judi. Illustrated by Ron Barrett

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.

New York : Antheneum, 1978.

First edition of this children’s classic. Oblong quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Judi Barrett, with an original drawing of clouds and meatballs and by the illustrator Ron Barrett on the front free endpaper and on the pastedown and again on a bookplate with an original drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. HousedContinue reading "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs."

$20,000.00

Item Number: RRB-139534

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Poe, Edgar Allan

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

New York and Pittsburgh : The Colonial Company, Limited, 1903.

Limited manuscript edition of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe. Octavo, ten volumes, bound in full crushed levant morocco by The Monastery Hill Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in four compartments within gilt raised bands, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt, watered silk endpapers, three tissue guarded frontispieces in each volume,Continue reading "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe."

$5,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147348

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Harrison, Jim

Legends of the Fall.

New York : Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1979.

First edition of Harrison’s dramatic trilogy published in one volume, the basis for the critically acclaimed film starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins, and directed by Edward Zwick which won the Academy Award for Cinematography. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Rudy, It’s working this time Jim.”Continue reading "Legends of the Fall."

$3,000.00

Item Number: RRB-147452

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Wells, H.G.; Frances Evelyn Warwick; L.G. Chiozza Money; E. Ray Lankester; C.J. Bond; et al. [Rebecca West]

The Great State: Essays in Construction.

London and New York : Harper & Brothers, 1912.

Exceptional association copy of this compilation of political essays by H.G. Wells, Frances Evelyn Warwick and many others. Octavo, original cloth. Later printing. Association copy, inscribed by H.G. Wells on the front free endpaper, “Rebecca West from H.G. Wells 1913 There are some pictures inside (Personal & Confidential only to be shown to really safeContinue reading "The Great State: Essays in Construction."

$22,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147763

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Aday, Michael Lee [Meat Loaf]; Edgar Winter; Todd Rundgren; Roger Powell; Kasim Sulton

Meat Loaf Signed Bat Out of Hell Album.

New York : Cleveland International Records, 1977.

Meat Loaf’s debut studio album, released in 1977. Boldly signed by Meat Loaf, Edgar Winter, Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, and Kasim Sulton on the front panel. Each of the artists which appear here rocked in the same sphere with artist and producer Rundgren having production credits with multiple music albums including ‘Bat Out of Hell,’Continue reading "Meat Loaf Signed Bat Out of Hell Album."

$1,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147517

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Rothschild, Nathan Mayer

Nathan Mayer Rothschild Russian Imperial Bond Signed.

St. Petersburg, Russia : Imperial Commission of the Sinking Fund, 1822.

Rare Russian Imperial bond signed by banker and Lord of Finance Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Quarto, two pages partially printed in three languages, the document is dated March 1, 1822 and certifies the bearer is entitled to 720 rubles with a 5% annuity. Signed in ink by Rothschild at the upper right. In very good conditionContinue reading "Nathan Mayer Rothschild Russian Imperial Bond Signed."

$1,750.00

Item Number: RRB-147492

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Brown, Tina; [Madeleine Albright]

The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.

First edition of the sensational diaries of Vanity Fair’s editor in chief, Tina Brown. Medium octavo, original publisher’s cream colored boards, illustrated with full color and black and white photographs throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Dearest Madeleine, In admiration, Tina Brown. Dec. 2017.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, wasContinue reading "The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992."

$750.00

Item Number: RRB-147359

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Frost, Robert

A Masque of Mercy.

New York : Henry Holt & Company, 1947.

Signed limited edition of Frost’s play of the purported last chapter in the book of Job. Royal octavo, original half cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. One of 751 numbered copies boldly signed by Robert Frost in black ballpoint on the limitation page, this is number 177. In fine condition inContinue reading "A Masque of Mercy."

$475.00

Item Number: RRB-147534

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Frost, Robert

A Further Range.

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1936.

First edition of Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of verse. Octavo, original maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Richard Brooks to make him make some books too Robert Frost Boston 1940”. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

$850.00

Item Number: RRB-147533

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Hughes, Langston

Langston Hughes Signed Howard University Sorority Afternoon Forum Program.

[Washington, D.C.] : [Howard University], [1947].

Original Howard University Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Afternoon Forum Program signed by Langston Hughes. One page, quarto, folded sheet, typescript, contemporary copy of typed program for forum organized by Howard’s Delta Sigma Theta sorority and held at the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on May 3, 1947, with list of patrons followed by Hughes’s poem, “TheContinue reading "Langston Hughes Signed Howard University Sorority Afternoon Forum Program."

$1,250.00

Item Number: RRB-147803

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Dawkins, Richard

The Extended Phenotype: The Gene as the Unit of Selection.

Oxford : W.H. Freeman and Company, 1982.

First edition of Dawkins’ sequel to The Selfish Gene, and is considered his principal contribution to evolutionary theory. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Dawkins on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Perry Smith.

$1,500.00

Item Number: RRB-148003

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Davidson, William H.; John A. Davidson

The Story of Harley-Davidson.

Milwaukee, WI : Harley-Davidson Motor Co, Inc, [1970s].

First edition of this history of the legendary motorcycle company published by Harley-Davidson. Quarto, original brown pictorial wrappers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed on the title page by both William H. Davidson and John A. Davidson. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by both John and William Davidson, who bothContinue reading "The Story of Harley-Davidson."

$3,800.00

Item Number: RRB-147523

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Carle, Eric

10 Patitos De Goma.

China : Harper Collins Publishers, 2006.

First Spanish language edition of 10 Patitos De Goma. Quarto, original publisher’s pictorial boards, patterned endpapers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author “Quack for Dr. J. Robert Dopinish Eric Carle.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration done by Eric Carle.

$175.00

Item Number: RRB-149051

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Burger, Warren; William Rehnquist; William J. Brennan; Thurgood Marshall; Potter Stewart; Lewis Franklin Powell; William O. Douglas; Harry Blackmun; and Bryon White

Warren E. Burger Supreme Court Signed Photograph.

[1972-1975].

Large photograph of the Burger Court, signed by nine justices below their portrait. Large black and white photograph depicting the Supreme Court in robes seated or standing. The justices are Potter Stewart, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William O. Douglas (“W O Douglas”), Thurgood Marshall, Warren E. Burger, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan (“WmJBrennanJr”), William H. Rehnquist,Continue reading "Warren E. Burger Supreme Court Signed Photograph."

$4,500.00

Item Number: RRB-147471

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Hendrix, Jimi

Jimi Hendrix Signed Experience Poster.

c. 1968.

Vintage c. 1968 ‘Electric Last Minute’ poster of Jimi Hendrix from Eye Magazine, boldly signed and inscribed, “Stay Groovy, Jimi Hendrix,” “Cheers, Noel Redding,” and “Mitch.” Matted and framed. The poster measure 18.5 inches by 23.5 inches. The entire piece measures 24 inches by 28.5 inches. In very good to fine condition, with folding andContinue reading "Jimi Hendrix Signed Experience Poster."

$15,000.00

Item Number: RRB-145803

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