The Shapero Gift Guide

Whether you are marking a milestone, celebrating an occasion, or simply looking for a gift that endures, this guide brings together works from every department: fine bindings, illustrated plates, original photographs and landmark first editions.

Gifts for the reader, young readers, the traveller, the naturalist, the art lover and the map lover, or by price.

Signed, Inscribed & Limited

Gifts by Recipient

For the Reader

First editions in their original jackets, from Ian Fleming’s Bond novels to Sylvia Plath and Jack Kerouac.

Modern First Editions

For Young Readers

Paddington, Alice and Jemima Puddle-Duck, in first and early editions to be read and kept.

Children’s Literature

For the Traveller

Arabia, Africa and the poles in the words of those who went there, from Wilfred Thesiger to James Weddell.

Exploration & Travel

For the Naturalist

Hand-coloured plates of birds, insects and flowers, from Donovan’s insects of China to Buller’s birds of New Zealand.

Natural History

For the Art Lover

Antique prints and original artworks, from Seba’s butterflies to contemporary Persian painting.

Prints & Originals

For the Map Lover

Maps of cities, counties and continents, from Blaeu’s New England to Davies’s London.

Maps & Atlases