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Literature & History
The Rare Book Review, published by Bernard Shapero, CEO of Shapero Rare Books, was Britain’s leading rare book magazine in the late 20th and early 21st Century. Scroll down to find a diverse collection of articles published by the magazine between 2003 and 2009, from an interview with Sir John Mortimer to a piece on collecting rare Encyclopaedia.
Iris Murdoch - House of leaves
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Author Dame Iris Murdoch was born on this day in 1919, we delved back into the Rare Book Review...
Golfing Books - 'Here come the Bogeymen'
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With the 2022 PGA Championship looming large on the fairway it seemed like a good time...
Ralph Steadman - a brush with surrealism
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Ralph Steadman was born this month in 1936; here we republish in full for the first ti...
Cosway Bindings - Search for a Star
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More than 100 years after their invention, this Rare Book Review article finds true Cosway Bind...
Stargazers Saviours - Science Fiction Rare Boo...
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Rare Book Review reveals that the whole universe of science fiction lies in the original pulp m...
Shiver me Timbers! Rare Pirate & Corsair Books
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Rare Book Review article slicing through the cut-throat stories from the earliest pirate books ...