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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description.
We are delighted to announce our new catalogue, 'The Pelster Collection'.
Featuring an exquisite collection of rare books by luminaries from John Gould and Edward Lear to Elizabeth Butterworth, this is one of the finest collections of parrot books we have ever seen.
A masterpiece of bird illustration.
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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An interesting introductory guide to keeping foreign bird species from the turn of the nineteenth century.New and revised edition; 8vo (19 x 13 cm...
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The first edition in English of Karl Russ' (1833-1899) introductory guide to 'Speaking Parrots', describing over 100 species of bird, with 8 chrom...
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The scarce variant issue in two volumes of Archibald Campbell's comprehensive survey of the Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, richly illustrated...
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Hand-coloured lithographs. 'A description of the habits, in life and captivity, of about 131 of the smaller species of the parrot groups... the col...
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Hand-coloured lithographs. 'A description of the habits, in life and captivity, of about 131 of the smaller species of the parrot groups... the col...
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An excellent survey of the parrots of the world, including notes and illustrations on more than 250 different species.'A series of coloured plates...
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A signed limited edition copy of Tony Silva's Monograph of Endangered Parrots. Before he was outed as the world's most prolific parrot smuggler, S...
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In the original wrappers. The preferred, much enlarged second edition of Australian ornithologist Alfred North's comprehensive report, containing d...
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The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy. To distinguish between copies the most desirable factors are condition and provenance and for me the greatest...
In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their collectability.
Join us as we journey through time to discover some of the rarest books in the world. The following texts have shown an extraordinary ability to survive, with some books having survived the ravages of flood and fire, and others counting only a single surviving copy.
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling, imperial posturing, trade and warfare became the subjects of a significant artistic movement, aimed at depicting and dissecting the Company’s involvement in the political and social life of the period.
