Authors
Authors in Literature
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Jane Austen
Browse our selection of Jane Austen's works at Shapero Rare Books. Austen's...
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet and writer who is widely regarded...
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Agatha Christie
Discover the captivating world of Agatha Christie's rare first editions at Shapero...
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Charles Dickens
Shop rare books by Charles Dickens (1812–1870) with our selection of his...
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George Eliot
George Eliot, George (pen name of Mary Ann, or Marian, Evans, 1819-1880)....
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Ian Fleming
Shop rare books and first editions by Ian Fleming (1908–64), a distinguished...
Explorers and Travellers
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Samuel Baker
After various exploits in Ceylon and the area around the Black Sea,...
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Captain Cook
Shop rare books from Captain James Cook, the pioneering navigator who revolutionised...
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Sven Hedin
Sven Anders Hedin, (1865-1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel...
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David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish-born missionary and Victorian explorer, whose ventures into...
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Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton was an explorer who led several expeditions to the Antarctic...
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Henry Morton Stanley
Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial...
Artists and Illustrators
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Henry Alken
Henry Alken (1785-1851) was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator...
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George Barbier
Regarded as one of the finest French illustrators of the early twentieth...
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Aubrey Beardsley
Here you will find a selection of Aubrey Beardsley illustrated books and other...
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Basilius Besler
Basilius Besler (1561-1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known...
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John Gould
Shop rare books and prints by John Gould, not only one of...
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Giovanni Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78), born in Venice and raised in Rome, is...
