Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books
Bernard J Shapero Rare Books is an internationally recognised dealer in antiquarian and rare books, based in the UK. Our specialities are Travel Books, Cartography, Colour Plate Books, Modern Literature, Early English, Natural History, and Baedeker travel guides. We look forward to helping you build and improve your own collection. Please browse through our departmental pages and view our many titles, or contact us directly. We currently display over 4000 rare books online, many of which include images to allow you to view the condition of our stock.
As well as an online web presence, we can also be visited in person at our Mayfair shop where we retail on four floors. We also exhibit at major book fairs in London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Milan, Paris, and Amsterdam; as well as at antique fairs in Maastricht and Moscow.
The Shapero Gallery, which is located in our shop, has a large collection of rare maps and atlases; rare and historic photographs and rare prints. We invite you to view these collections at our Gallery website.
Bernard J Shapero is an member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, the British Antique Dealer's Association, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the International Map Collector's Society, the Verbande Deutscher Antiquare and the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association.
As well as an online web presence, we can also be visited in person at our Mayfair shop where we retail on four floors. We also exhibit at major book fairs in London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Milan, Paris, and Amsterdam; as well as at antique fairs in Maastricht and Moscow.
The Shapero Gallery, which is located in our shop, has a large collection of rare maps and atlases; rare and historic photographs and rare prints. We invite you to view these collections at our Gallery website.
Bernard J Shapero is an member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, the British Antique Dealer's Association, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the International Map Collector's Society, the Verbande Deutscher Antiquare and the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association.
Most Popular Titles
SCOTT, Robert Falcon. The voyage of the 'Discovery'.
Smith Elder, London 1905. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo. With 260 full-page and smaller illustrations by Dr. E.A. Wilson and other members of the...
Smith Elder, London 1905. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo. With 260 full-page and smaller illustrations by Dr. E.A. Wilson and other members of the...
Recent Additions
LEBEDEV, V[ladimir Vasilievich] (illustrator) and S[amuil] MARSHAK. Avtobus nomer 26. Veselaya azbuka [Autobus num. 26. Joyful Alphabet Book].
Khudozhnik RSFSR, Leningrad, 1968. Landscape folio (30 x 40 cm). Title and 11 plates printed in colour and numbered; occasional creasing. Loose in...
Khudozhnik RSFSR, Leningrad, 1968. Landscape folio (30 x 40 cm). Title and 11 plates printed in colour and numbered; occasional creasing. Loose in...
BALL, JOHN, [Editor] Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A Series of Excursions by Members of The Alpine Club.
Longman, London 1859. Fourth edition. 8vo, (20 x 14 cms), 8 chromolithograph plates, including frontispiece, 24 woodcut illustrations, 9 maps...
Longman, London 1859. Fourth edition. 8vo, (20 x 14 cms), 8 chromolithograph plates, including frontispiece, 24 woodcut illustrations, 9 maps...
BAEDEKER, Karl. Great Britain.
Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1906. Sixth edition. lxvi, 606pp, 22 maps, 57 (of 58) plans, one map torn, ink signature on title-page, a panorama, original...
Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1906. Sixth edition. lxvi, 606pp, 22 maps, 57 (of 58) plans, one map torn, ink signature on title-page, a panorama, original...
SCHNEIDER, L. Illustrirte stamm-rang- und quartier-liste der Königlich Preussischen armee.
Alexander Duncker, Berlin 1854. First edition. Landscape folio. Lithographed title-page, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by L. Bürger, F...
Alexander Duncker, Berlin 1854. First edition. Landscape folio. Lithographed title-page, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates by L. Bürger, F...
VASILI, Count Paul [pseudonym]. La Sainte Russie.
Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1890. Large 4to (29 x 21.5 cm). Half title, woodengraved portrait frontispiece, title, preface, 550, [1] pp., one folding map and...
Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1890. Large 4to (29 x 21.5 cm). Half title, woodengraved portrait frontispiece, title, preface, 550, [1] pp., one folding map and...