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London Map Fair 2024

15th-16th June 2024

Kitty Wong

London Map Fair 2024

Bernard Shapero and his team look forward to greeting you at the historic London venue of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) for the 2024 edition of London Map Fair, the largest Antique Map Fair in Europe.

London Map Fair 2024

LONDON MAP FAIR 2024

Saturday 15th June 2024; 12.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Sunday 16th June 2025; 10.00 am to 6.00 pm

Royal Geographical Society
1 Kensington Gore
London SW7 (Entrance Exhibition Road)

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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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Floral at Firsts | Join us at STAND C18

It’s all go here at Shapero as Firsts, the London rare book fair, fast approaches. Yet, amidst the storm of clattering trunks the fair’s theme of Books in Bloom (how...

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Floral at Firsts | Join us at STAND C18

curated by Oliver Yarwood

It’s all go here at Shapero as Firsts, the London rare book fair, fast approaches. Yet, amidst the storm of clattering trunks the fair’s theme of Books in Bloom (how...
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Scott's 'Discovery' Expedition to the Antarctic

The Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), Britain’s first major Antarctic venture, achieved remarkable scientific and geographic milestones despite limited funding and inexperience. Led by Robert Falcon Scott, it reached a new furthest...

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Scott's 'Discovery' Expedition to the Antarctic

The Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration

The Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), Britain’s first major Antarctic venture, achieved remarkable scientific and geographic milestones despite limited funding and inexperience. Led by Robert Falcon Scott, it reached a new furthest...
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Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books

Science Specialist Laura Massey introduces and gives an overview of eight new Science Categories Available to browse on our website.

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Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books

by Laura Massey

Science Specialist Laura Massey introduces and gives an overview of eight new Science Categories Available to browse on our website.
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