Learn more about some of the rare books we have available at Raptis Rare Books. Owner Matthew Raptis explains some of the history behind these classic works and some of the first edition issue points.
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Rare First English Edition of Saint Augustine’s Citie of God.
Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Fourth Folio.
PK John Von Neumann, Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, First Edition
First Edition Frank Herbert’s classic novel, Dune, inscribed by him.
First Edition of Where the Wild things Are signed by Maurice Sendak with a drawing of Mickey Mouse
Inscribed First Edition of Albert Einstein’s the Evolution of Physics
Signed First Edition of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride
Highly desirable Inscribed First Edition of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow.
Rare First Edition of J.D. Salinger’s first novel, Catcher in the Rye in the original dust jacket.
Unique Signed First Edition of Bobby Jones’ Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.
Rare First Edition of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick; or, The Whale.
First Edition of The Talented Mr. Ripley; Signed by Patricia Highsmith.
Rare first edition of John Steinbeck’s first book Cup of Gold; in the original publisher’s glassine.
Rare First English Edition of The Works of Aristotle, Translated by Thomas Taylor
Rare Second English Edition of the First Part of Cervantes’ Don Quixote de la Mancha
Rare First Edition of Mary Poppins, signed by P.L. Travers
Rare First English Edition of Dumas’ The Count of Monte-Cristo, in the rare original cloth
First Edition of Andreas Vesalius’ Magnum Opus, De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septum; On the Fabric of the Human Body in seven books
1493 First Edition of the monumental piece “Nuremberg Chronicles” Liber Chronicarum
First Edition of Human Action: A Treaties on Economics; Inscribed by Ludwig Von Mises
First Edition of Goldfinger; Warmly inscribed by Ian Fleming
Signed Limited Edition of Saint-Exupery’s Le Petite Prince; one of 260 Numbered Copies
First Edition of a children’s classic Cat and the Hat; Inscribed by Dr. Seuss
First Edition of Ayn Rand’s Magnum Opus The Fountainhead; Inscribed and dated
Signed First Edition of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Signed First Edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
First Edition of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick
Signed First Edition of The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Lord of the Flies First Edition by William Golding
First edition of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Signed First Edition of Pierre Boulle’s Planet Of The Apes
The Godfather Inscribed First Edition by Mario Puzo
First Edition of The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek
The Great Gatsby Inscribed Modern Library First Edition
In the News: Harcourt Book Bindery in Charlestown Preserving Craft for 125 Years.
The Guns of August: Barbara Tuchman’s Masterpiece That Changed How We See War
The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla: A Rare Window into Genius.
Where Modern Fantasy Began: Tolkien’s Signed 1937 Hobbit.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: Collecting a Mythical Masterpiece.
Miracle on 34th Street: A Holiday Classic in Context.
A Book Sent in a Time of Crisis: George Washington’s Copy of Tour in Holland in MDCCLXXXIV.
The Book That Built the Digital Age: Claude Shannon’s The Mathematical Theory of Communication.
The Novel That Saved a Cathedral: Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris.
The Book That Invented Modern Democracy: John Locke's Two Treatises of Government.
A Book and Its Legend: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in a Jewelled Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Inside the Ancient Art of Bookbinding: How Harcourt Bindery Gives Rare Books New Life.
PBS Feature – Made With Love in America 250 – The Harcourt Bindery in Boston, Massachusetts: The Oldest Hand Book Bindery in America.
The Novel Twenty-One Publishers Rejected… and the First Edition Collectors Now Chase.
Why Ulysses Was Banned — And Why It Changed Literature Forever (1922 First Edition).
