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
BILIBIN, Ivan Ya[kovlevich](artist). Skazki [Tales: a group of four works].
Ekspeditsiya zagotovleniya gosudarstvennykh bumag, [St. Petersburg], 1901-02. 4 volumes folio (32.5 x 25.7 cm). Illustrated throughout with...
Ekspeditsiya zagotovleniya gosudarstvennykh bumag, [St. Petersburg], 1901-02. 4 volumes folio (32.5 x 25.7 cm). Illustrated throughout with...
CASTAING, John. The course of the exchange, and other things.
London, By John Castaing, Jun., at his office at Garraway's Coffee-house [bi-weekly, January-December] 1708. Single sheets, printed on one side as...
London, By John Castaing, Jun., at his office at Garraway's Coffee-house [bi-weekly, January-December] 1708. Single sheets, printed on one side as...
[BUTLER, John, Major]. A sketch of the services of the Madras European Regiment during the Burmese War. By an officer of the Corps.
London : Smith, Elder, 1839. First edition. 8vo., vii, 104 pp., original plum cloth, pictorial gilt vignette to upper cover, spine faded, a fine copy...
London : Smith, Elder, 1839. First edition. 8vo., vii, 104 pp., original plum cloth, pictorial gilt vignette to upper cover, spine faded, a fine copy...
WAKEFIELD, William. The Happy Valley: Sketches of Kashmir and the Kashmiris.
Sampson Low, London 1878. First edition. 8vo., xii, 300pp., folding map, 8 tinted lithographs, original blue cloth gilt, the secondary binding...
Sampson Low, London 1878. First edition. 8vo., xii, 300pp., folding map, 8 tinted lithographs, original blue cloth gilt, the secondary binding...
KAFKA, Franz. Das Urteil.
Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1916. First edition. Tall 8vo, 29pp. and advertisement leaf. Publisher's pale grey wrappers with tan-coloured...
Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1916. First edition. Tall 8vo, 29pp. and advertisement leaf. Publisher's pale grey wrappers with tan-coloured...
Recent Additions
[Geographical Handbook Series] Geographical Handbook Series. Netherlands East Indies.
Naval Intelligence Division, 1944. 2 volumes, 8vo, (22 x 15 cms) xiii, 525; xiv, 514pp., numerous maps and plans, some coloured, including 3 large...
Naval Intelligence Division, 1944. 2 volumes, 8vo, (22 x 15 cms) xiii, 525; xiv, 514pp., numerous maps and plans, some coloured, including 3 large...
[Geographical Handbook Series] Geographical Handbook Series. Indo-China.
Naval Intelligence Division, December 1943. 8vo, (22 x 15 cms) xiii, 535pp., numerous maps and plans, some coloured, including one large map in rear...
Naval Intelligence Division, December 1943. 8vo, (22 x 15 cms) xiii, 535pp., numerous maps and plans, some coloured, including one large map in rear...
MAVROGORDATO, J[ohn]. A chronological arrangement of the coins of Chios.
Oxford : Printed by F. Hall, Printer to the University, 1918. First edition in book form, 8vo., PRESENTATION copy from the author, viii, 331pp., 9...
Oxford : Printed by F. Hall, Printer to the University, 1918. First edition in book form, 8vo., PRESENTATION copy from the author, viii, 331pp., 9...
HENSMAN, Howard. The Afghan War of 1879-80; being a complete narrative of the capture of Cabul, the siege of Sherpur, the battle of Ahmed Khel, the brilliant march to Candahar, and the defeat of Ayub Khan, with the operations of the Helmund, and the settlement with Abdur Rahman Khan.
W. H. Allen and Company, London 1882. Second edition. 8vo., xv, 567pp., 10 folding maps, original maroon cloth gilt, joints lightly rubbed, a few...
W. H. Allen and Company, London 1882. Second edition. 8vo., xv, 567pp., 10 folding maps, original maroon cloth gilt, joints lightly rubbed, a few...
STRANGFORD, Percy, Viscount. A selection from the writings of Viscount Strangford on political, geographical, and social subjects edited by the Viscountess Strangford.
Richard Bentley, London 1869. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., x, 349; vi, 341pp, 2 pages ads at end, mounted albumen print photograph frontispiece...
Richard Bentley, London 1869. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., x, 349; vi, 341pp, 2 pages ads at end, mounted albumen print photograph frontispiece...