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.
We will be open for business as usual online whilst the doors to our Bookshop and Gallery at 106 New Bond Street and Shapero Modern’s Gallery at 41-43 Maddox Street are temporarily closed due to the lockdown in England which begins...
We will be open for business as usual online whilst the doors to our Bookshop and Gallery at 106 New Bond Street and Shapero Modern’s Gallery at 41-43 Maddox Street are temporarily closed due to the lockdown in England which begins on Thursday 5th November.
You can shop at shapero.com as normal, or contact a bookseller or Shapero Modern's Gallery Director.
In the meantime, our seasonal gift catalogues will be published in the very near future and we will continue to ship worldwide, with click-and-collect available by appointment.
Follow our Instagram account for uplifting illustrations, beautiful bindings, gift ideas and more in the run up to Christmas.
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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In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their collectability.
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.
