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Please join us for a discussion with Dr. Alvin Felzenberg: “Hamilton and Madison: A Most Significant Partnership.” Dr. Alvin Felzenberg is a recognized expert on American politics, the American presidency, Congress, and political movements. Dr. Felzenberg served in two presidential administrations, was senior adviser to the Departments of State and Defense, and was principal…
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Raptis Rare Books is pleased to host Daniel Mulhall, Irish Ambassador the United States for a book discussion on James Joyce’s Ulysses, the 20th Century’s Most Famous Novel. Daniel Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, pursued his graduate and post-graduate studies at University College Cork where he specialized in modern Irish history and…
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Raptis Rare Books is pleased to partner with the Florida Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art for a discussion and book-signing with architects Ken and Duke Tate featuring their new book: The Alchemy of Architecture: Memories and Insights from Ken Tate. Acclaimed architect Ken Tate finds truth, beauty and soul in architecture.…
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As we approach the year 2020, its hard to believe that iconic era of the 1920s is now a century ago. We look back on this decade as an age of striking social and political change. Due to changes in technology and the economy, Americans were connected to one another and the rest of the…
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This past Sunday, we hosted a Veuve Cliquot Champagne breakfast for the Palm Beach Concours. The Concours was a rare car show hosted by the Worth Avenue Association and the town of Palm Beach. It was a wonderful event, and here are a few photos from the day. We have a number of rare books…
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This upcoming Saturday, November 30th marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of one of the most significant figures of the 20th century, Sir Winston S. Churchill. Born in Oxfordshire to a wealthy, aristocratic family, Churchill joined the British Army in 1895 at the age of twenty-one and saw action in British India, the Anglo–Sudan War, and the Second Boer…
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Join us Sunday, December 8th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a V.I.P. event with Palm Beach Concours, the premier automobile event of the season showcasing high end, luxury automobiles from classics to exotics. Learn more about the event and purchase V.I.P. tickets on PalmBeachConcours.com.
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Raptis Rare Books is pleased to partner with the Florida Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art for the first event in our 2019-2020 Lecture Series with a book-signing featuring the new work: The Drawings and Paintings of Coral Gables and Rome: Thomas A. Spain. Edited by Steven Fett and Edgar Sarli, The Drawings…
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the Father of the Nation of India, Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. A national holiday in India, the day is celebrated worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence. Born on October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, and called to…
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One of the most influential economic treatises of the twentieth century and Austrian-American economist Ludwig von Mises’ single most important work, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, first appeared 70 years ago, in September of 1949. Human Action was first published by the Yale University Press in 1949 and later that same year in London…
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