In a recent article by Palm Beach Culture, Raptis Rare Books was featured among some other great spots for book lovers. Here is what they had to say:
Picture this: you, relaxing on the beach with a favorite book. Or maybe you’re sitting on a beloved porch swing or hotel balcony, reading as the sun sets with a drink in your hand. Whatever the setting, nothing can compare to the immersive escapism of a great book-and Florida’s Cultural Capital has just what you need to satisfy your passion for reading.
The Palm Beaches are home to a host of exceptional spots that bibliophiles won’t find anywhere else in the world. We’ve hand-selected five of the top local destinations for book lovers below. Visit soon and savor every book you can!
Nestled along the posh shops of Palm Beach Island’s stylish Worth Avenue is a dazzling gem for seasoned book collectors and history lovers. Specializing in antiquarian books in exceptional condition, treats visitors to a dizzying array of carefully selected, hard-to-find texts. Here, visitors will find a rare first edition in English of Aristotle’s 1598 masterpiece Politiques, or Discourses of Government and an inscribed first edition of Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Musical aficionados will delight in a signed first edition of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s 1989 classic work Into The Woods while poetry lovers will fall in love with a unique original miniature manuscript of Shel Silverstein’s zany 1964 children’s tale A Giraffe and a Half. The shop also carries a collection of original signed letters from world leaders, vintage photographs, inscribed records and vinyl LPs. Literature fans looking for an extraordinary journey through stories will find it at this top destination for uncommon finds.
