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Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books
by Laura Massey
Science Specialist Laura Massey introduces and gives an overview of eight new Science Categories Available to browse on our website.
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The Pelster Collection
A masterpiece of bird illustration
We are delighted to announce our new catalogue, 'The Pelster Collection'.
Featuring an exquisite collection of rare books by luminaries from John Gould and Edward Lear to Elizabeth Butterworth, this is one of the finest collections of parrot books we have ever seen.
A masterpiece of bird illustration.
About Us
Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in London, specialising in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper, 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, Eastern European, and Islamica.
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[Original Artwork].
KNIGHT, Frank (illustrator).Original price £37,500.00 - Original price £37,500.00Original price £0.00£37,500.00£37,500.00 - £37,500.00Current price £37,500.00A fine set of 37 original watercolours by Frank Knight for Joseph Forshaw's 2011 work, Vanished and Vanishing Parrots. The plates depict: Carolina...
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Favourite Foreign Birds for Cages and Aviaries.
GREENE, William Thomas.Original price £75.00 - Original price £75.00Original price £0.00£75.00£75.00 - £75.00Current price £75.00An interesting introductory guide to keeping foreign bird species from the turn of the nineteenth century.New and revised edition; 8vo (19 x 13 cm...
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The Speaking Parrots:
RUSS, Karl; SCHULTZE, Leonora.Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00Original price £0.00£350.00£350.00 - £350.00Current price £350.00The first edition in English of Karl Russ' (1833-1899) introductory guide to 'Speaking Parrots', describing over 100 species of bird, with 8 chrom...
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Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds
CAMPBELL, Archibald James.Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00The scarce variant issue in two volumes of Archibald Campbell's comprehensive survey of the Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, richly illustrated...
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Parrakeets.
SETH-SMITH, David.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Hand-coloured lithographs. 'A description of the habits, in life and captivity, of about 131 of the smaller species of the parrot groups... the col...
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Parrakeets.
SETH-SMITH, David.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00Hand-coloured lithographs. 'A description of the habits, in life and captivity, of about 131 of the smaller species of the parrot groups... the col...
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Vogelbilder aus Fernen Zonen:
REICHENOW, Dr. Anton.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00An excellent survey of the parrots of the world, including notes and illustrations on more than 250 different species.'A series of coloured plates...
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A Monograph of Endangered Parrots.
SILVA, Tony; BENNISH, Gracia (illustrator).Original price £500.00 - Original price £500.00Original price £0.00£500.00£500.00 - £500.00Current price £500.00A signed limited edition copy of Tony Silva's Monograph of Endangered Parrots. Before he was outed as the world's most prolific parrot smuggler, S...
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GuidesA Guide to Guidebooks
by Lucinda BoyleKarl Baedeker was head of a successful publishing business, when in 1832 he acquired the publishing house of Franz Röhling which four years earlier had published a travel guide Rheinreise von Mainz bis Cöln: Ein Handbuch für Schnellreisende by Professor...
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LiteratureUkrainian Modernism
A visit to the Royal Academy in London by Eleanor MooreThe Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s, is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of bold artistic experimentation. Despite profound upheaval, there was a true flourishing...
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TravelProvenance
Julian MacKenzie chooses books from the collections of 3 great bibliophiles, currently on our shelves.The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy. To distinguish between copies the most desirable factors are condition and provenance and for me the greatest...
