Literature & History

More than 100 years after their invention, this Rare Book Review article finds true Cosway Bindings are just as desirable but even harder to track down…

Rare Book Review reveals that the whole universe of science fiction lies in the original pulp magazines, and consider the market for science fiction…

As the publishing & art world finally become more gender inclusive, we celebrate some of the famous women writers and artists who have enriched both.

Books have been banned for a variety of reasons over the centuries, ranging from racism, anti-religious sentiment, immorality, indecency, perceived drug advocacy or simply the ‘portrayal of exclusively middle class rabbits’…

Author Dame Iris Murdoch was born on this day in 1919, we delved back into the Rare Book Review archives and retrieved this article, originally published in July 2003…

Splendidly rendered in bronze, Millicent Fawcett now stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Winston Churchill & Mahatma Gandhi outside the Palace of Westminster…

One of the most internationally celebrated fictional characters of all time, James Bond first editions are as enduring & alluring to collectors as the character himself…

In honour of the famous creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, born on this day in 1923, we republish in full for the first time the interview with Sir John Mortimer, CBE, QC, from the Rare Book Review magazine. 

The following text has been written by Dr Bob Miller, and represents the research he kindly undertook on behalf of Shapero Rare Books in exploring the history of the Album Amicorum