Fairs & Events
Art Exhibition: The Book of Neil Gaiman by Lorna May Wadsworth
Lorna May Wadsworth installs striking portraits of Neil Gaiman at Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern.
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UpdatesAn update from our CEO Bernard Shapero
I am delighted to be able to announce that following changes in the UK Government's guidelines we are able to reopen our Mayfair Bookshop and Gallery on Monday, 15th June 2020. If you are planning to visit in the coming weeks...
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UpdatesAn Update from 32 Saint George Street
As measures to slow the pace of COVID-19 within the United Kingdom are brought into place, please be assured that Shapero Rare Books are prioritising the health and safety of both our staff and our customers. From Tuesday 17th March,...
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UpdatesThe booksellers of Mayfair - Mayfair Curated
'This shop is a collector’s paradise. Dealing in antiquarian books and works on paper, the store specialises in a range of works including travel & voyages, natural history, children’s books, and first editions' -
UpdatesThe London Magazine: Anthology of Readers
Best known for his illustrations of Roald Dahl’s books — including Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory amongst others — Quentin Blake’s exhibition, Anthology of Readers, turned his eye to book-lovers. -
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UpdatesMr Porter: Ghost Stories That Will Scare Your Pants Off
A number of our books were featured in the Mr Porter Journal for Halloween in 2019. Ghost Stories That Will Scare Your Pants Off included the first editions of Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary by MR James; The Shining by...
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UpdatesQuentin Blake: 'Even in the age of the iPad and the smart phone, books offer things that they cannot'
Our Quentin Blake exhibition was featured in the November issue of Country Life, with the artist revealing the inspiration behind the show. Affectionately caricaturing the bookish among us, Anthology of Readers featured sixty original pen, ink & watercolour drawings. To read...
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Fairs & EventsAn Interview With Quentin Blake
Ahead of Quentin Blake’s exhibition of new works here at Shapero HQ, our Digital Content Manager, Oliver Bayliss was lucky enough to interview the legendary illustrator.
Discussing a life in art, the postures that readers get into and of course Roald Dahl, Sir Quentin's answers to Oli's questions are as wonderful and thoughtful as the drawings themselves.
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PressShapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature in Tatler and Forbes
The past month has seen Shapero Rare Books and our Gallery, Shapero Modern included in Tatler and Forbes magazines respectively. Tatler - The best rare book shops in London 'Shapero, with its blue-painted shelves heaving with leather-bound volumes, is a quiet...
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UpdatesShapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature in Tatler and Forbes
The past month has seen Shapero Rare Books and our Gallery, Shapero Modern included in Tatler and Forbes magazines respectively. Tatler - The best rare book shops in London 'Shapero, with its blue-painted shelves heaving with leather-bound volumes, is a quiet...
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Fairs & EventsBook Launch | Exceptional Women and their Stories
Shapero Rare Books are delighted to be hosting the European launch of Robin Weaver’s book Exceptional Women and their Stories. A collection of interviews with accomplished women, the interviewees include historians, writers, journalists, business-women, politicians and humanitarians, all of whom have excelled within their own fields. -
Fairs & EventsMerian: Bringing home a pioneering woman of science to TEFAF
To mark the 300th anniversary year of her death, Shapero Rare Books will showcase the work of Maria Sibylla Merian at this year’s TEFAF, held in Maastricht from March 10th-19th 2017.
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Fairs & EventsParallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on exploring Virgil's Aeneid with Seamus Heaney
26 January 2017. IRISH NEWS Before his death in 2013, Seamus Heaney had begun working with artist Jan Hendrix on a special version of his translation of The Aeneid: Book VI by Virgil. David Roy spoke to the Mexico City-based...
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UpdatesParallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on exploring Virgil's Aeneid with Seamus Heaney
Jan Hendrix's work will be exhibited in the gallery at Shapero Modern until 18 February 2017 -
PressThe Huffington Post
The World's Most Extraordinary Craze: Hummingbirds, Wanted Dead Or Alive.
