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23-26 September 2021This year’s Salon International du Livre Rare will be hosted at the magnificent Grand Palais Ephémère in the Champ de Mars, under the patronage of M. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic.
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New York Antiquarian Book Fair
9-12 September 2021We’re returning to the Big Apple for the New York Antiquarian Book Fair in September and couldn’t be more excited at the prospect.
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Press
'A Beautiful Book is a Beautiful Object, beyond Utilitarian Usage' - Introspective Magazine
Books should be viewed not only as reading material - a more beautiful alternative to the Kindle or iPad perhaps - but as art. -
Masterspiece 2021
24-27 June 2021The 2021 edition of Masterpiece London, the unmissable art fair, has gone Online. -
Fairs & Events
Aubrey Beardsley Exhibition
'I have one aim - the grotesque. If I am not grotesque - I am nothing'
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Firsts Online 2021
20-25 May 2021SHAPERO RARE BOOKS are delighted to be participating in the latest edition of Firsts Online. Taking place digitally from 20-25 May 2021, we’ll see you in the virtual champagne bar!
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Aubrey Beardsley - Inking the 1890s
13 May - 10 June 2021Shapero Rare Books is proud to unveil an exhibition of printed works by the renowned draughtsman and illustrator Aubrey Beardsley who shocked and thrilled audiences with his decadent monochrome drawings.
Opening on Thursday 13th May, the exhibition features Beardsley’s most important works, alongside earlier works, books from the artist’s own library, rare books about the Decadent and Aesthetic movements, unexpurgated proofs and other collectable works. The collection is nearly one hundred years old and remains in exceptional condition.
The collection, which is being offered for sale en bloc, comprises all the major works in the artist’s canon and is the most comprehensive collection of Beardsley’s printed works ever assembled. Exploring the outlandish, the comical, the stylish and the erotic, Beardsley’s distinctive style is instantly recognisable.
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London Original Print Week
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California Virtual Book Fair
4-6 March 2021Join us from 4th to 6th March, 2021, for the ABAA California Virtual Book Fair! Sign up here for free tickets.
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Firsts Online Winter
18-23 February 2021We're proud to be exhibiting at Firsts Online: Winter Edition.
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Firsts Canada
5-7 February 2021Shapero Rare Books are delighted to be exhibiting at Firsts Canada, the first Firsts online fair to be held with the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of Canada, which will take place now that the Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair has had to...
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Updates
Islamic & Near East: A New Department: A New Department
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Islamic department, headed by specialist Roxana Kashani. -
Good Icons
28 January 2021 - 31 December 2022Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern are proud to unveil an online exhibition of works by the renowned contemporary portrait artist Lorna May Wadsworth, the artist in residence for the Amazon Prime series Good Omens. -
Press
Arterritory - 'I am sort of 100 percent a book person'
Arterritory recently interviewed our CEO & Founder, Bernard Shapero.
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Mail Online - A hidden fortune on your bookshelf?
Our book expert Roddy Newlands had an interview with MailOnline about children's books handed down through generations have gained in value over the decades.