We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description.
We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description.
Bernard, Jeffrey and Adam look forward to meeting old friends and customers and meeting new ones too.
Look forward to welcoming you to Stand 238!
Friday, February 9, 2024 • 5pm to 8pm
Saturday, February 10, 2024 • noon to 7pm
Sunday, February 11, 2024 • noon to 5pm
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Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in London, specialising in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper, with particular expertise in fine illustrated books from the 15th to the 20th century, travel & voyages, natural history, modern firsts, rare children’s books, guidebooks, Hebraica & Judaica, Eastern European, and Islamica.
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A masterpiece of cinematic sequencing and design. Ballet established an influential template and remains a touchstone of twentieth-century photogr...
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Beatles association – inscribed to Hilary Gerrard by George Harrison. A lovely Beatles association, with Harrison's signed presentation inscription...
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One of the most important books on the Eastern Mediterranean. The first volume contains a description of Egypt, with volume two describing Palestin...
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Inscribed by Mark Twain. inscribed by Mark Twain above the portrait: 'Good friends, good books, & a sleepy conscience: / this is the ideal life...
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Very rare first issue with fine double provenance. The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue with the additional title dated...
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The Bikeriders is a seminal work of American photography. It is the first series in which Lyon immersed himself fully and subjectively into the li...
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Two extremely rare works bound in a single volume: the first work illustrating the costume of the Ottoman court and the Ottoman empire, almost cer...
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Robert Frank's scarcest book. Robert Frank's scarcest book, published between Les Americains (1958) and The Americans (1959). Frank supported himse...
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In 1961, Shomei Tomatsu began a series of close-up photographs of objects found at the explosion site at Nagasaki. These include a watch, stopped ...
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Presentation copy inscribed to Hilary Gerrard. presentation copy inscribed to Hilary Gerrard, Ringo Starr's manager for over thirty years and a dir...
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Presentation copy inscribed to Hilary Gerrard. presentation copy inscribed to Hilary Gerrard, Ringo Starr's manager for over thirty years and a dir...
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Inscribed to Hilary Gerrard. Presentation copy inscribed to Hilary Gerrard, Ringo Starr's manager for over thirty years and a director of the Beatl...
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Inscribed to James Baldwin. Presentation copy of Cor Jaring's book of photographs showing the various subcultures, protests, and happenings in Amst...
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With the scarce dust-jacket. Alvin Langdon Coburn began gathering these portraits in 1904 when, shortly before sailing to London, he asked Perrirto...
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In 1968, Bill Owens started working as a photographer for the Livermore Independent, a local newspaper for the Livermore Amador Valley, a suburb o...
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A Way of Seeing is a key 'New York' photography book. Helen Levitt first became aware of photography's potential when she visited the exhibition '...
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Stamped by 'The Estate of Andy Warhol' and 'The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.'Andy Warhol's mother, Julia Warhola was an artist...
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Join us as we journey through time to discover some of the rarest books in the world. The following texts have shown an extraordinary ability to survive, with some books having survived the ravages of flood and fire, and others counting only a single surviving copy.
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling, imperial posturing, trade and warfare became the subjects of a significant artistic movement, aimed at depicting and dissecting the Company’s involvement in the political and social life of the period.
The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor. Join us this Easter as we travel through the imaginary places and winding roads of children’s literature.
Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht: the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has an illustrious history, welcoming collectors and art loves alike for more than three decades.
