Current Exhibition: Jurassic Park at 30 and the Dust Jacket Designs of Chip Kidd.

Current Exhibition: Jurassic Park at 30 and the Dust Jacket Designs of Chip Kidd.

By Susan Christiansen | November 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Current Exhibition: Jurassic Park at 30 and the Dust Jacket Designs of Chip Kidd.

Published by Alfred A. Knopf on November 20, 1990, Michael Crichton’s best-selling science fiction novel Jurassic Park definitively established its author as “the most commercially successful science fiction writer of all time” (Robinson, 208).     Designed by American artist and graphic designer Chip Kidd, the novel’s striking dust jacket design remains one of the…

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In the News: Rare Harper Lee Collectibles Featured at Raptis Rare Books.

In the News: Rare Harper Lee Collectibles Featured at Raptis Rare Books.

By Susan Christiansen | July 8, 2020 | Comments Off on In the News: Rare Harper Lee Collectibles Featured at Raptis Rare Books.

The following article was posted on The Palm Beach Daily News website: Posted Jul 7, 2020 at 5:30 PM Raptis Rare Books in Palm Beach marks 60th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird with an array of Harper Lee collectibles.     Raptis Rare Books is marking the 60th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s To…

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In the News: Palm Beach Bookstore Exhibits Rare Churchill Memorabilia

In the News: Palm Beach Bookstore Exhibits Rare Churchill Memorabilia

By Susan Christiansen | May 14, 2020 | Comments Off on In the News: Palm Beach Bookstore Exhibits Rare Churchill Memorabilia

Now on display at Raptis Rare Books: “A Leader For All Times: Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Churchill’s Charge” opening on May 13, 2020 and running through May 22, 2020 in our Worth Avenue gallery. The following article was published by the Palm Beach Daily News on May 14, 2020 at 2:10 p.m. By Carla…

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Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: Ten Best Books About Winston Churchill with Lee Pollock.

Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: Ten Best Books About Winston Churchill with Lee Pollock.

By Susan Christiansen | February 26, 2020 | Comments Off on Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: Ten Best Books About Winston Churchill with Lee Pollock.

Raptis Rare Books is pleased to welcome back acclaimed Churchill writer and speaker Lee Pollock as he discusses the best, longest, and worst of the estimated more than one thousand biographies written on the “Great Man” over the past century. RSVP to [email protected] | Space is Limited

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Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: A Tour of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the 20th Century’s Most Famous Novel with Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall

Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: A Tour of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the 20th Century’s Most Famous Novel with Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall

By Susan Christiansen | January 8, 2020 | Comments Off on Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: A Tour of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the 20th Century’s Most Famous Novel with Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall

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 Lecture Series: The Drawings and Painting of Coral Gables and Rome: Thomas A. Spain.

Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: The Drawings and Painting of Coral Gables and Rome: Thomas A. Spain.

By Susan Christiansen | October 11, 2019 | Comments Off on Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: The Drawings and Painting of Coral Gables and Rome: Thomas A. Spain.

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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Celebrating the Enduring Influence and 50th Anniversary of Woodstock.

By Susan Christiansen | August 15, 2019 | Comments Off on Celebrating the Enduring Influence and 50th Anniversary of Woodstock.

Billed as “an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”, the Woodstock music festival was held August 15-18 1969 and attracted an audience of over 400,000 to Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York. One of the biggest rock festivals of all time and a cultural touchstone for the late 1960s, the…

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Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: Mary Lily Flagler’s Washington Birthday Ball with Ed Lamont.

Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: Mary Lily Flagler’s Washington Birthday Ball with Ed Lamont.

By Adrienne Raptis | February 22, 2019 | Comments Off on Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: Mary Lily Flagler’s Washington Birthday Ball with Ed Lamont.

Raptis Rare Books is pleased to welcome back acclaimed speaker and historian Ed Lamont as he presents: Mary Lily Flagler’s Washington Birthday Ball. At the turn of the 20th Century, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler emerged as Palm Beach’s first “grande dame.” Her Washington Birthday Ball peaked the Palm Beach social seasons for many years. Also…

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Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: At Churchill’s Table: Dining and Diplomacy with History’s Greatest Leaders.

Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: At Churchill’s Table: Dining and Diplomacy with History’s Greatest Leaders.

By Susan Christiansen | February 7, 2019 | Comments Off on Raptis Rare Books Lecture Series: At Churchill’s Table: Dining and Diplomacy with History’s Greatest Leaders.

Raptis Rare Books is pleased to welcome back acclaimed speaker and historian Lee Pollock of The International Churchill Society as he presents: At Churchill’s Table: Dining and Diplomacy with History’s Greatest Leaders. Beyond his stature as a world statesman, Churchill is almost as well known for his love for—and consumption of—food and wine and for…

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In the News: Matthew Raptis and Antiquarian Books.

In the News: Matthew Raptis and Antiquarian Books.

By Adrienne Raptis | December 13, 2018 | Comments Off on In the News: Matthew Raptis and Antiquarian Books.

The following article was recently published in the Local Business Feature of the December 2018 issue of Boca Magazine. To read the full article follow the link and navigate to page 82 in the flipbook.

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