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Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper. Our specialists have over 250 years of experience between them, 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, works of Russian interest, and Islamica.

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NEW ARRIVALS

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  • The Library of A. Chester Beatty,

    ARNOLD, Thomas W. and J. V. S. Wilkinsons (eds)
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    A finely illustrated publication detailing the collection of Indian miniatures of Alfred Beatty (1875-1968), a copper mining tycoon who built up o...

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  • Pride and Prejudice

    AUSTEN, Jane; BROCK, C.E. (illustrator).
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    This delightfully illustrated and much sought-after edition of Jane Austen's most popular novel, is further enhanced with a beautiful binding by t...

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  • A New Topographical Map of the Country in the Vicinity of London,

    FADEN, William.
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    An interesting snapshot of London and its environs in the pre-industrial age, extending from Edmonton in the north to Beckenham in the south, and ...

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  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French.

    [SCOTT, Walter].
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    The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's (1771-1832) Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, a handsome set in nine volumes bound by Zaehnsdorf in half red mo...

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  • Nobel Lecture.

    GOLDING, William
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    Edition limited to 500 copies.The Sixth Chamber Press, Leamington Spa 1984. First edition. 8vo. Original limp wrapper. A very good copy.

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  • Poems. 1928.

    AUDEN, W.H.
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    The very nicely produced facsimile edition of Auden's notoriously rare for book. Very uncommon signed.Facsimlile edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Co...

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  • Cocktails How to Mix Them.

    [VERMEIRE, Robert].
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    An attractive copy of this popular cocktail guide compiled by the legendary bartender Robert Vermeire (1891-1976) of the Embassy Club, London. The...

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EXPLORATION & TRAVEL

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  • Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh.

    BIDDULPH, Major J[ohn].
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    Inscribed on the title page: 'J. Hope from the Author'. Biddulph's book is the standard work on the tribes of the North West frontier at the end ...

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  • The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,

    NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).
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    A fine copy of Clarke's translation of the first part of Nizami's history of Alexander the Great containing Alexander's life and accomplishments. ...

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  • Femme Juive.

    GEISER, Jean.
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    Jean Geiser (1848 - 1923) inherited his mother's photographic studio in 1875, which she opened in Algeria in 1853. He later became best known for ...

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  • Thames with Tower of London in background.

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  • [Dolma Palace].

    BERGGRER, G
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    Turkey. Albumen print. Good tonal range with some staining around margins.

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  • How I Found Livingstone.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
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    Inscribed copy. Inscribed copy of 'One of the most famous books in the broad spectrum of African exploration, this title acquainted many a ninetee...

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MODERN FIRST EDITIONS

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  • Tender is the Night.

    FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
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    Fitzgerald worked for six years on his most accomplished and ambitious novel. Its complex structure and delayed publication met with little critic...

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  • A Single Man.

    ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
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    A near-fine, limited edition of which, purportedly, only about half the limitation was actually printed. The novel was more recently adapted for ...

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  • War with the Newts.

    ČAPEK, Karel.
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    Rare first edition in English of Čapek's classic science fiction novel, which extensively satirises contemporary European politics, including colo...

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  • The Games Were Coming.

    ANTHONY, Michael.
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    Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in blue ink to the front free endpaper: 'To John La Rose / with gratitude and admiration / Michael Anth...

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  • The London Aphrodite.

    LINDSAY, Jack & STEPHENSEN P.R. (editors).
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    'A deliberately outrageous and iconoclastic "little magazine," whose title was intended to challenge The London Mercury. Like most little magazine...

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  • Midnight's Children.

    RUSHDIE, Salman.
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    'An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.' (Robert Towers, The New York Tim...

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  • Songs from the Classics.

    GRINDROD, Charles F.; SPARE, Austin Osman (illustrator).
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    The second series of Grindrod's Songs from the Classics, including 'The Riddle of Oedipus' and 'Arachne'. With superb illustrations by Austin Osma...

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  • Oriental Album.

    PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant Théodore Emile; ST. JOHN, James Augustus.
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    A deluxe copy of the first edition with the plates fully coloured and mounted on card. Probably no more than 100 copies printed with few surviving...

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  • Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople,

    DUPRE, Louis.
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    The finest colour plate book on Greece & Turkey. First edition of the finest colour plate book ever produced on Greece and Turkey.Born in Versa...

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  • The History of Java.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
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    'In terms of the pictorial depiction of Javanese costume and topography, the importance of The History of Java can hardly be exaggerated. By a hap...

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  • Porte-feuille geographique et ethnographique

    ENGELMANN, Godefroy (1788-1839); G. Berger.
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    Engelmann's superbly illustrated world geography is undoubtedly one of the most elegant of the early nineteenth century.. The text contained in the...

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  • A monograph of the cranes.

    BLAAUW, Frans Ernst.
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    A fine example of the first edition, limited to 170 copies only.This beautiful monograph on Cranes was originally the project of the director of t...

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THE BOND STREET BULLETIN

Are you thinking about delving into the world of rare book collecting? We have created a beginner’s guide to give you an overview of what you should know before you embark on your journey of becoming a rare book collector.

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Keep your eyes peeled for a collectable publication for you. Shapero Rare Books, at 106 New Bond Street, is a great starting point.

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