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An Update from 32 Saint George Street Shapero Rare Books

An 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...

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An 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...

The booksellers of Mayfair - Mayfair Curated Shapero Rare Books

The 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,...

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The 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,...

The London Magazine: Anthology of Readers Shapero Rare Books

The 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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The 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....

Mr Porter: Ghost Stories That Will Scare Your Pants Off Shapero Rare Books

Mr Porter: Ghost Stories That Will Scare Your P...

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...

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Mr Porter: Ghost Stories That Will Scare Your P...

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...

Quentin Blake: 'Even in the age of the iPad and the smart phone, books offer things that they cannot' Shapero Rare Books

Quentin Blake: 'Even in the age of the iPad and...

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...

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Quentin Blake: 'Even in the age of the iPad and...

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...

An Interview With Quentin Blake Shapero Rare Books

An 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...

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An 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...

Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature in Tatler and Forbes Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature i...

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...

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Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature i...

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...

Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature in Tatler and Forbes Shapero Rare Books

Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature i...

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...

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Shapero Rare Books and Shapero Modern feature i...

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...

Book Launch | Exceptional Women and their Stories Shapero Rare Books

Book 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...

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Book 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...

Merian: Bringing home a pioneering woman of science to TEFAF Shapero Rare Books

Merian: Bringing home a pioneering woman of sci...

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...

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Merian: Bringing home a pioneering woman of sci...

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...

Parallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on exploring Virgil's Aeneid with Seamus Heaney Shapero Rare Books

Parallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on explorin...

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...

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Parallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on explorin...

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...

Parallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on exploring Virgil's Aeneid with Seamus Heaney Shapero Rare Books

Parallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on explorin...

Jan Hendrix's work will be exhibited in the gallery at Shapero Modern until 18 February 2017

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Parallel worlds: Artist Jan Hendrix on explorin...

Jan Hendrix's work will be exhibited in the gallery at Shapero Modern until 18 February 2017

The Huffington Post Shapero Rare Books

The Huffington Post

The World's Most Extraordinary Craze: Hummingbirds, Wanted Dead Or Alive.

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The Huffington Post

The World's Most Extraordinary Craze: Hummingbirds, Wanted Dead Or Alive.

Money Week Shapero Rare Books

Money Week

Books are the perfect gift. There is a book on absolutely everything: want to give a nice gift to someone interested in tiger shooting? Sailing? Growing geraniums? Your Mayfair book...

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Money Week

Books are the perfect gift. There is a book on absolutely everything: want to give a nice gift to someone interested in tiger shooting? Sailing? Growing geraniums? Your Mayfair book...

Stellar International Art Foundation’s first London exhibition Shapero Rare Books

Stellar International Art Foundation’s first Lo...

This is Stellar International Art Foundation’s first London exhibition and will feature heretofore-unseen Paintings and Drawings from within the Stellar’s own collection over the three floors of this longstanding Mayfair...

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Stellar International Art Foundation’s first Lo...

This is Stellar International Art Foundation’s first London exhibition and will feature heretofore-unseen Paintings and Drawings from within the Stellar’s own collection over the three floors of this longstanding Mayfair...