Catalogues

Raptis Rare Books

Specialities : Literature , Modern first editions , Americana , Economics , Children's books , History , Philosophy , Sports and games , Art , Science and technology

With the holiday season approaching, we invite you to browse a fine selection of new acquisitions and meaningful gift suggestions. Highlights of the catalog include: an exquisite first edition set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas books finely bound by Zaehnsdorf, a fine first edition of Highlanders of Scotland inscribed by Queen Victoria to her son Prince Arthur, a complete first edition set of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia in the original dust jackets, J.R.R. Tolkien’s schoolboy copy of Mackail’s Latin Literature with Tolkien’s ownership signature, a rare first edition of Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece The Prophet, and a rare first edition of Roald Dahl’s The Gremlins inscribed by Walt Disney.

Raptis Rare Books

Specialities : Americana , History , Art , Economics , Music , Classics/Antiquity , Sports and games , Modern first editions , Literature

Browse an expertly curated selection of new acquisitions with the arrival of our new Fall 2019 catalog of fine rare books and historic documents. Highlights of the catalog include a rare first Latin edition of Galileo’s epoch-making Dialogo, The Bishop-Stockhausen copy of the extraordinarily rare first issue of Shakespeare’s Second Folio, a first edition of John Milton’s masterpiece Paradise Lost, the first and only printed pamphlet of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, an exceedingly rare first edition of The Diary of Anne Frank in the original Dutch, a rare signed first edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s third book Why We Can’t Wait, and an extraordinary two-page Jack Kerouac autograph manuscript.

Raptis Rare Books

Specialities : Americana , Art , Architecture , Photography , Literature , History , Philosophy , Autographs , Sports and games , Children's books

This holiday season, we invite you to browse a carefully curated selection of exceptional gifts with the arrival of our Holiday 2018 Catalog. Highlights of the catalog include a first edition of Pope Leo XIII’s first Papal encyclical inscribed by him to the Empress of Austria, a rare Military Commission signed by President Abraham Lincoln, a finely bound Manuscript edition of the Writings of John Muir, a signed first edition of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, a signed first edition of Leonard Cohen’s Let Us Compare Mythologies and a signed limited first edition of Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince.

Raptis Rare Books

Specialities : Natural history , Science and technology , Economics , Children's books , Religion , Modern first editions , History , Sports and games , Travel , Americana

We invite you to explore an exceptional selection of fine rare books and historic signed documents with the arrival of our new Fall 2018 catalog. Highlights of the catalog include a magnificent first edition of Saint Augustine’s monumental Of the Citie of God, an exceptionally rare Autograph Album Signed by Abraham Lincoln, one of the earliest obtainable examples of Homer’s landmark work The Odyssey, a scarce first edition of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers, a rare Autograph Note Signed by Charles Darwin to fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, a rare second edition of Theory of Games and Economic Behavior signed by John von Neumann, and a rare first edition of Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends lengthily inscribed by him with a poem to his editor.

Henry Sotheran Ltd.

Specialities : Sports and games , Hunting , Equestrian , Fishing , Travel

Raptis Rare Books

Specialities : Children's books , Modern first editions , Photography , Science and technology , Sports and games , Travel , Political Science

Browse our extensive Spring 2016 catalog of fine and rare books. We have curated for you a collection that includes an extremely rare presentation copy of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, inscribed first editions of the reclusive Thomas Pynchon, and a rare signed portrait of Charles Dickens. Other highlights include a first edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, an inscribed first edition of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, and a first edition of How to Trade in Stocks by Jesse Livermore in the rare original dust jacket. Within these pages, you will discover not only classics of adult and children’s literature, but also landmark books regarding scientific discoveries, politics, economics, sport, and exploration.

Specialities : History , Music , Prints and drawings , Sports and games , Topography , Maps , Botany

George Bayntun

Specialities : Bindings , Illustrated books , Old and rare books , Sports and games

Issued in January 2017.

Henry Sotheran Ltd.

Specialities : Sports and games , Transportation , Travel , Railroads , Posters

Librairie Lis Tes Ratures

Specialities : Literature , Modern illustrated books , Occult , Sports and games , General Stock