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Firsts London 2026

Shapero Rare Books is exhibiting at Firsts London (stand E33) from the 14th to 17th May, held at the Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea. 

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Join us at the UK’s premier rare book fair held in the heart of Chelsea. A must-visit event for collectors, bibliophiles, and rare book lovers. Explore exceptional antiquarian books, literary treasures, historic manuscripts, maps and prints.

SHAPERO RARE BOOKS | Stand E33

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  • Iam Fleming's sixth James Bond novel, Dr No was the first to be made into a film; he start of Bond-mania, first state binding
    Iam Fleming's sixth James Bond novel, Dr No was the first to be made into a film; he start of Bond-mania, first state binding

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Dr. No. 1958.
    £3,500.00

  • First edition, in a fine Asprey binding, of Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of travel ever published.
    First edition, in a fine Asprey binding, of Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of travel ever published.

    BURTON, Sir Richard Francis.
    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 1855-1856.
    £10,000.00

  • The Tunnel under the Channel.
    The Tunnel under the Channel.

    WHITESIDE, Thomas.
    The Tunnel under the Channel. 1962.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of England Made Me by Graham Greene, in the first issue dust-jacket.
    First edition of England Made Me by Graham Greene, in the first issue dust-jacket.

    GREENE, Graham.
    England Made Me. 1935.
    £25,000.00

  • Inscribed first edition of Woman Pilot, the autobiography of RAF pilot Jackie Moggridge, the first woman to captain a commercial airline, published in 1957.
    Inscribed first edition of Woman Pilot, the autobiography of RAF pilot Jackie Moggridge, the first woman to captain a commercial airline, published in 1957.

    MOGGRIDGE, Jackie.
    Woman Pilot. [1957].
    £950.00

  • Single illustration from the Rasikapriya by Kishav Das from Malwa 1630

    [INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING]. [KESHAV DAS].
    [Rasikapriya], circa 1630 AD.
    £12,500.00

  • Includes an introduction to the Black Panther Party by Elizabeth Barnes, a speech by John Hulett, a report from Lowndes County by John Benson, and Benson's interview with Stokeley Carmichael.
    Includes an introduction to the Black Panther Party by Elizabeth Barnes, a speech by John Hulett, a report from Lowndes County by John Benson, and Benson's interview with Stokeley Carmichael.

    [CIVIL RIGHTS & BLACK IDENTITY.] [BLACK PANTHER PARTY.]
    The Black Panther Party. June 1966.
    £750.00

  • A lovely eighteenth-century French edition of Roman philosopher Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, De Rerum Natura Libri Sex, in red morocco.
    A lovely eighteenth-century French edition of Roman philosopher Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, De Rerum Natura Libri Sex, in red morocco.

    [CLASSICS] LUCRETIUS, Titus Carus.
    De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. 1744.
    £950.00

  • This Artists' multiple was produced as an ephemeral item for use during Barbara Kruger's 1990 exhibition at Kölnischer Kunstverein.

    KRUGER, Barbara.
    I Shop Therefore I Am. [1990].
    £900.00

  • First edition one of the earliest detailed accounts of vaccination, On Vaccine Inoculation by Robert Willan, the founder of dermatology.
    First edition one of the earliest detailed accounts of vaccination, On Vaccine Inoculation by Robert Willan, the founder of dermatology.

    WILLAN, Robert.
    On Vaccine Inoculation. 1806.
    £2,000.00

  • 8½ Women.
    8½ Women.

    SCHORR, Collier.
    8½ Women. [2014].
    £2,500.00

  • An attractively illuminated manuscript of the Miraj Nameh by Mir Haydar from Kashmir in 1805.
    An attractively illuminated manuscript of the Miraj Nameh by Mir Haydar from Kashmir in 1805.

    [MIR HAYDAR].
    A composite text containing excerpts from the Miraj Nameh, early 19th century.
    £27,500.00

  • First edition of William Bateson's Materials for the Study of Variation, his most important book published before he became a founder of genetics.
    First edition of William Bateson's Materials for the Study of Variation, his most important book published before he became a founder of genetics.

    BATESON, William.
    Materials for the Study of Variation Treated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species. 1894.
    £2,500.00

  • An outstanding rare colonial first edition of Christie's ninth Poirot novel, Lord Edgware Dies, one of the scarcest of the author's titles from this period.
    An outstanding rare colonial first edition of Christie's ninth Poirot novel, Lord Edgware Dies, one of the scarcest of the author's titles from this period.

    CHRISTIE, Agatha.
    Lord Edgware Dies. 1933.
    £37,500.00

  • A scarce complete set of La Revolution Surrealiste, the first and most famous surrealist journal, whose first issue marks the official birth of the movement.<br />
    A scarce complete set of La Revolution Surrealiste, the first and most famous surrealist journal, whose first issue marks the official birth of the movement.<br />

    (SURREALISM) NAVILLE, Pierre; PÉRET, Benjamin; BRETON, André (editors).
    La Révolution Surréaliste. Nos. 1-12 (all published). 1924-1929.
    £3,750.00

  • Rare insight into the early days of Soviet cinema.
    Rare insight into the early days of Soviet cinema.

    BURSAK, I. N. (editor).
    Kino [Cinema]. 1925.
    £2,000.00

  • The message of this magazine is that your culture (whoever you are) is as important as our culture (whoever we are).

    KALMAN, Tibor (editor) & TOSCANI, Oliviero (founder).
    Colors Magazine. Nos. 1-13 (all issues edited by Tibor Kalman). 1991-1995.
    £3,250.00

  • First edition of Man on His Nature by Charles Sherrington, neurologist Oliver Sacks's copy, with his notes and bookplate.
    First edition of Man on His Nature by Charles Sherrington, neurologist Oliver Sacks's copy, with his notes and bookplate.

    SHERRINGTON, Charles.
    Man on His Nature. The Gifford Lectures, Edinburgh 1937-8. 1940.
    £2,750.00

  • Issued as Aperture 10:4, this is one of a small number of copies that Minor White had bound for Frederick Sommer to distribute privately
    Issued as Aperture 10:4, this is one of a small number of copies that Minor White had bound for Frederick Sommer to distribute privately

    SOMMER, Frederick.
    1939-1962 Photographs. 1963.
    £750.00

  • Alec Soth produced Allowing Flowers as part of a fundraising effort by CommonBond Communities, the largest nonprofit housing developer in the Upper Midwest.
    Alec Soth produced Allowing Flowers as part of a fundraising effort by CommonBond Communities, the largest nonprofit housing developer in the Upper Midwest.

    SOTH, Alec.
    Allowing Flowers. 2008.
    £1,750.00

  • First English language edition of the most famous book of its type, Nicolas Bion's Construction & Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, published in 1723.
    First English language edition of the most famous book of its type, Nicolas Bion's Construction & Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, published in 1723.

    BION, Nicolas & STONE, Edmund.
    The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. 1723.
    £2,000.00

  • First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
    First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

    McCARTHY, Cormac.
    Blood Meridian 1985.
    £5,750.00

  • A fine first edition copy of Raymond Chandler's second book, Farewell, My Lovely, one of only 7500 copies printed.
    A fine first edition copy of Raymond Chandler's second book, Farewell, My Lovely, one of only 7500 copies printed.

    CHANDLER, Raymond.
    Farewell, my Lovely. 1940.
    £7,500.00

  • Ray Johnson collaborated with a range of artists on the fringes of the avant-garde. He was at the centre of a far-reaching mail art network – The New York Correspondence School, which he founded in the early 1960s.

    JOHNSON, Ray.
    Untitled (The Ultimate Protest). [c. 1964].
    £3,750.00

  • ABCD is a facsimile of four of Araki's early 1970s notebooks containing enlarged contact prints from 94 rolls of film. The negatives were processed using an overheated developer solution, which caused the film's emulsion to fracture unpredictably.
    ABCD is a facsimile of four of Araki's early 1970s notebooks containing enlarged contact prints from 94 rolls of film. The negatives were processed using an overheated developer solution, which caused the film's emulsion to fracture unpredictably.

    ARAKI, Nobuyoshi.
    ABCD. [2003].
    £10,000.00

  • First editions, a rare complete set of both series of Robert Sweet's monumental work The British Flower Garden, with over 7,000 hand-coloured illustrations
    First editions, a rare complete set of both series of Robert Sweet's monumental work The British Flower Garden, with over 7,000 hand-coloured illustrations

    SWEET, Robert.
    The British Flower Garden; 1823-1825 & 1831-1838.
    £9,750.00

  • First edition of James Weddell's A Voyage towards the South Pole, one of the first attempts at Antarctica post Cook and the start of modern Antarctic exploration.
    First edition of James Weddell's A Voyage towards the South Pole, one of the first attempts at Antarctica post Cook and the start of modern Antarctic exploration.

    WEDDELL, James.
    A Voyage Towards the South Pole, 1825.
    £5,000.00

  • JohnGossage took these photographs in Berlin using a telephoto lens and surveillance film. The series title relates to Gossage's memory of a graffiti warning he often saw whilst growing up in New York City in the 1950s and '60s.
    JohnGossage took these photographs in Berlin using a telephoto lens and surveillance film. The series title relates to Gossage's memory of a graffiti warning he often saw whilst growing up in New York City in the 1950s and '60s.

    GOSSAGE, John.
    LAMF 1987].
    £3,750.00

  • John Gossage made these photographs in Staten Island and around Syracuse over a month in 1984, choosing to photograph in locations included in the 103c list of hazardous waste sites issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.
    John Gossage made these photographs in Staten Island and around Syracuse over a month in 1984, choosing to photograph in locations included in the 103c list of hazardous waste sites issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.

    GOSSAGE, John.
    Hey Fuckface. 2000.
    £2,000.00

  • Limited edition of Parler Seul Poeme by Tristan Tzara with an additional lithograph by Joan Miro heightened and signed by the artist.
    Limited edition of Parler Seul Poeme by Tristan Tzara with an additional lithograph by Joan Miro heightened and signed by the artist.

    MIRÓ, Joan; TZARA, Tristan.
    Parler Seul. Poème. 1950.
    £47,500.00

  • Postcard from Diane Arbus to Art Director John Gerbino.
    Postcard from Diane Arbus to Art Director John Gerbino.

    ARBUS, Diane.
    Postcard from Diane Arbus to Art Director John Gerbino. 1971.
    £7,500.00

  • This publication, the quintessential exhibition catalogue-as-artists' book, was issued to accompany Andy Warhol's first major European retrospective, held at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in February and March 1968.
    This publication, the quintessential exhibition catalogue-as-artists' book, was issued to accompany Andy Warhol's first major European retrospective, held at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, in February and March 1968.

    [WARHOL, Andy]. KÖNIG, Kasper et al. (editors).
    Andy Warhol. 1968.
    £3,500.00

  • First edition of John Marra's Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, the first published account of Cook's second voyage and the first printed account of the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle, with the rare extra map.
    First edition of John Marra's Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, the first published account of Cook's second voyage and the first printed account of the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle, with the rare extra map.

    [MARRA, John].
    Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. 1775.
    £9,500.00

  • The rare offprint of John Enders' 'Cultivation of the Lansing Strain of Poliomyelitis', the 1949 paper announcing the cultivation of polio virus, the breakthrough that made modern vaccines possible.
    The rare offprint of John Enders' 'Cultivation of the Lansing Strain of Poliomyelitis', the 1949 paper announcing the cultivation of polio virus, the breakthrough that made modern vaccines possible.

    ENDERS, John C.; WELLER, Thomas H.; ROBBINS, Frederick C.
    Cultivation of the Lansing Strain of Poliomyelitis Virus in Cultures of Various Human Embryonic Tissues. January 28, 1949.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of Lectures to Women, the first book by the early woman doctor and suffragette Alice Ker (1853-1943).

    KER, Alice.
    Lectures to Women. 1884.
    £3,750.00

  • First editions of Cornelis Meijer's L'Arte Di Rendere I Fiumi Navigabili and Nuovi ritrovamenti (part 1 only), with 120 total engrave plates.
    First editions of Cornelis Meijer's L'Arte Di Rendere I Fiumi Navigabili and Nuovi ritrovamenti (part 1 only), with 120 total engrave plates.

    MEIJER, Cornelis Jansz.
    L'Arte Di Rendere I Fiumi Navigabili, 1696.
    £10,000.00

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