Search Results: Titles starting with O from Shapero Rare Books

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. . First edition; 4to (367 x 281 mm, 14½ x 11 in); 130 black-and-white and colour photographs by Bruce Weber, drawings by Richard Giglio, printed in offset, designed by Sam Shahid, Rïse Daniels, and Donald Sterzin; photo-illustrated adhesive-bound card covers, near-fine; [196]pp (incl. 4 folding). Bruce Weber's elegant paean to Rio interweaves portraits, still life, and landscape photographs with an extended study of Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu champion Rickson Gracie, whose father Helio was one of four brothers who opened the first Jiu-Jitsu academy in Brazil. Carlos, the eldest brother, had learnt the martial art from Esai Maeda, who had emigrated from Japan to Brazil in 1914. The Book of 101 Books pp254-5.

Moscow, Zerna, 1916. . Limited edition, one of 25 copies on Japon de 'Shidzouka', from a total edition of 685, signed by Lebedev; folio (39 x 28 cm); illustrated and engraved entirely by Lebedev, lettrines coloured by hand; stitched in the original self-wrappers, some age toning to margin of upper cover, otherwise a very good copy. One of only 25 copies on Japon. Signed by the illustrator. This impressive production was a collaboration between two Russian Ă©migrĂ©s based in Paris (specifically Montparnasse) at that time – the artist and illustrator Ivan Lebedev (1884 – 1972) and the writer Ilya Ehrenburg (1891 – 1967). This was one of Ehrenburg's earliest published works. The Three Knights and the Shirt was originally a fabliau written by Jacques de Baisieux, a French-language poet and troubadour of the late thirteenth century. Short narratives in verse between 300 and 400 lines long, fabliaux were written by jongleurs in Northeast France between 1150 and 1400 and went on to feature in and… Read More

A& C Black, London. 1892 . Ninth edition. 8vo (18 x 13 cms), cxiii, 562pp, 13 maps and plans including general folding map of Spain in rear pocket, Stanford list of maps tipped in at front before title-page, 4 ground plans, 6 railway charts, ink writing on endpapers; publisher's green cloth gilt, with wear to the edges, ink writing on bottom fore-edge; a very good copy. Henry George O'Shea, the author of the guide lived in Madrid for many years and a great knowledge of the area. A good copy of very detailed and comprehensive guide to Spain and Portugal.

Circa 1935. . Silver gelatin print, mounted, framed and glazed, captioned below image on mount. Image size: 211 x 287 mm; framed: 282 x 349 mm. pont Classic Ponting photograph from Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913), showing Capt. Oates with the Manchurian ponies, which had been purchased by Meares, a canine rather than an equine expert. Oates considered the ponies unfit for purpose, and insufficiently provisioned for and so he bought two extra tons of fodder with his own money to feed them, however two of the nineteen ponies were killed in a violent storm two days after the Terra Nova left New Zealand. Photograph taken March 28th, 1911.The Terra Nova expedition was supposed to be the high-water mark of the Golden Age of Antarctic exploration; led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition was to have been the first to reach the South Pole, marking the event with the planting of the Union Jack flag. However the more professionally equipped Norwegian expedition led by Roald… Read More

London, Alfred W. Bennett, 1866. . First edition. 4to, 28 original albumen prints, including frontispiece and title vignette, double-page map of the Oberland, tissue guards, modern dark blue half morocco gilt, marbled sides, original gilt pictorial upper cover bound-in at end, all edges gilt, a fine copy. A fine example of this extremely beautiful and important work on the Swiss Alps and its Glaciers. It is one of the earliest of its kind to be illustrated with original photographs. George, editor of the Alpine Journal and a noted historian, was one of the English pioneers of the Golden Age of mountaineering. He was a friend of Tyndall and made the first ascent of the Great Viescherhorn as well as the first ascent of the Jungfrau from the side of the Wengeralp. The photographer was Ernest Edwards, a noted portraitist of his day and 'considered to be the best of the early amateur Alpine photographers'. He added a seven-page report 'Notes by the Photographer' which contains information about the… Read More

Paris, Charpentier, 1840. . 12mo. Half-title with advertisements on verso. Contemporary green sheep by Khi of Moscow 1843 (signed & dated in gilt to binding margin), elaborate gilt ornaments to boards and spine, moire endpapers, green silk bookmark, gilt edges. Fine copy of new edition, revised and corrected, with a foreword by George Sand. Echoing much of the sentiment of Rousseau's Reveries of a Solitary Walker, Senancour's themes of disillusionment and hopelessness in the face of modern, changing Europe and increasing industrialisation were not initially appreciated, but went on to find considerable success in the 1830s once championed by the Romantic authors of that period. George Sand was a key supporter of the work, identifying in it the essential evolution of the romantic hero in fiction, and the work was compared favourably to Chateaubriand's René. Vicaire VII, 473.

Petrograd, Gramotnost, 1915. . First edition; small 8vo (17 x 13 cm); 63pp.; ink Cyrillic ownership inscription on title-page dated 'March 1916', monogram stamp to verso of front wrapper, slight wear to right lower corner of pages; original printed orange wrappers with minor repairs, otherwise in excellent condition. first edition of one of Mayakovsky's major works. Heavily modified, the poet's revolutionary sentiments were not accepted by the Imperial censor, who requested the original title The Thirteenth Apostle be changed. Despite not being the complete version, the text was incredibly popular and Mayakovsky wrote in his introduction to a later edition that the text is 'a catechism for contemporary art'. The work is dedicated to his muse Lilya Brik, wife of his publisher and life-long friend Osip Brik. Mayakovsky was not discrete with his admiration for Lilya and the two had a passionate affair lasting six years. Filipp Matveevich Vermel', a poet, translator and contemporary of Mayakovsky… Read More

London, T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. . First edition, 4to. (34 x 27 cm)., stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, 25 aquatint plates and 2 line-engraved plates, of which 12 are hand-coloured or tinted and 12 plates have overlays, 10 aquatint head and tail pieces and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, 2 of the vignettes with overlays, folding plate at page 208 with tears into image repaired, contemporary half calf, joints and extremities repaired, lightly worn. An important work which provides 'a guide to [Repton's] approach to landscape design, with explanations of his aims and his methods of achieving them in specific instances'. The book is a compilation of texts from a number of the Red Books he had composed since his last publication, many of them now lost - those for Balstrode, Corsham, Gayhurst, Shardeloes, and West Wycombe. Several others are now in American collections - those for Armley, Brandesbury, Culford, Ferney, the Royal Fort, Bristol, and Stonelands.Repton's Red Books,… Read More

London, Nicol, 1807. . First edition, 4to,, xiv, [ii], 164 pp., half-title, engraved map, 8 handcoloured aquatint plates (7 double-page or folding), light toning to text, occasional light foxing, later half calf, marbled boards, red morocco label, upper joint repaired, a very good copy. Scarce. 'An early eyewitness description of the territories of the western coast of Africa promoting greater European activity in the area' (Bianchi). 'Observations is an unusually finely illustrated account of travels to West Africa in the early years of the 19th century. Joseph Corry, in addition to advancing Britain's commercial prospects, was interested in ending the practice of slavery. To this end, the text includes the author's letter to Lord Howick on abolishing the slave trade.The author hoped that 'if in the most remote degree, I excite the interference of my countrymen in behalf of the African, extend our commerce, and enlarge the circle of civilized and Christian society, I shall think that I have… Read More

Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1892. . 8vo. (19 x 12.5 cm), pp. viii, 342, 24, frontispiece and various other illustrations, bookplate of W. MacDonald MacKay to front pastedown, black endpapers; original blue and brown cloth gilt, some rubbing to extremities but overall a good copy.

Volf, Moskva - Skt. Peterburg, [1906]. . Large 8vo. (26.5 x 20 cm). Portrait frontispiece protected by tissue guard, half-title, title, dedication, XI pp., [1], 520, IV pp., with 7 plates and many illustrations in text; some occasional marginal soiling. Publisher's blue cloth, blind-stamping to lower cover, upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt, red and yellow, flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt and red, all edges marbled; a bit soiled and spotted. A fine copy of this attractive illustrated work, rare in fresh condition. The author accompanies his illustrations of Crimea with descriptions of its steppes, mountains, history, and peoples, and focuses on particular places of interest such as Bakhchisaray, Sebastopol, Inkerman and the South coast, including, of course, Yalta.

2023 . Linocut printed in colours, on wove paper, 2023, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, from the edition of 25, printed by Artichoke Press, London, published by the artist and Shapero Modern Gallery, London, sheet 29.7 x 21.5 cm. (11¾ x 8½ in.) Set within ornate Italian-style borders, Rory's 'Months of the Year' series of flowers represent the 12 calendar months and draw inspiration from the sets of botanical prints popular in the 18th century and still prized by collectors today. Boldly printed, they have been given a modern update with a single, block colour.

2023 . Linocut printed in colours, on wove paper, 2023, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, from the edition of 25, printed by Artichoke Press, London, published by the artist and Shapero Modern Gallery, London, sheet 29.7 x 21.5 cm. (11¾ x 8½ in.) Set within ornate Italian-style borders, Rory's 'Months of the Year' series of flowers represent the 12 calendar months and draw inspiration from the sets of botanical prints popular in the 18th century and still prized by collectors today. Boldly printed, they have been given a modern update with a single, block colour.

Miller, London 1804 . First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 8vo. xii, [11], 171; [vi], 164 pp., complete with half-titles, vignettes to title-pages and 10 hand coloured plates, a little offsetting to text and occasional marginal soiling and staining, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, green morocco lettering piece, a very good example. Abbey Life 246.

[London], Strawberry-Hill, for R. and J. Dodsley [but Thomas Kirgate], 1757 [but 1797]. . First edition, pirated issue, 4to (26 x 20 cm); half-title, engraved vignette view of Strawberry Hill House to title-page, some light spotting, bookplates to front pastedown and verso of front free endpaper, clipped catalogue descriptions and previous owner's note tipped in to recto of front free endpaper; 19th century calf with simple gilt rule borders to covers, contrasting red morocco title-piece to spine, by Maclehose of Glasgow; 21, [1]pp. A famous [re]issue of the first work ever printed by the Strawberry Hill press, which has been the source of considerable bibliographical bafflement and bemusement over the years. This issue was for many years believed to be the first produced by Walpole due to the superior quality of the paper, the misspelling 'Illissus' (p.8, Ode II, 3, line 3), and the missing comma after 'Swarm' (Ode II, 2, line 7). However, the bibliographer Hazen has, it is now fairly widely… Read More

Rome, Zacharias Kallierges for Cornelio Benigno, 13 August 1515. . First separate edition, second edition overall; 4to (23 x 17 cm); woodcut devices on title of Benigno and Kallierges (caduceus and double-headed eagle respectively), Kallierges' device repeated on final verso, 1 and 3 (opening of 'Olympia' and 'Pythia' respectively) with headings, woodcut initials, and a few lines and letters of text printed in red, woodcut initials and ornaments, some light foxing, early ownership signature to title, early ink annotation to 2, slight toning and soiling to title, hinges cracked but holding; 18th-century half vellum over speckled boards, gilt titles on leather labels to upper spine, small tear to vellum at centre of rear joint, some light rubbing and marks to boards and extremities; collation: 4 - 8 6 - 8 - 6 - 8 10 - 8 8 (complete; with blanks 6 and 10). First separate edition, first edition with the scholia, and the first Greek book printed in Rome.The editio princeps of Pindar's… Read More

Karl Baedeker, Leipzig. . First edition, xl, 267pp, 16 maps, 11 plans, 8 coat of arms, 11 floor plans, publisher's red cloth gilt, good firm copy. This is the first and only edition of this title and shows Vienna and the Lower Danube as part of Greater Germany. Issued c.1943 Hinrichsen D199

Karl Baedeker, Leipzig. . First edition, xviii, 228pp, 8 maps, 8 plans, 13 floor plans, bookseller's label on front pastedown, ink inscription inside, publisher's red cloth gilt, a very good copy. First and only edition of this title. It describes the two capitals and their environs. Bratislava and parts of Hungary are also described. Issued c. 1930. Hinrichsen D198

Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1943 . Forty-first edition, pp lviii, 350, 36 maps, 6 plans, 8 panoramas, 6 coat of arms, previous owner's stamp on half title; publisher's variant coarse grained binding, gilt lettered; overall a near fine copy. The last and one of the most unusual editions of this title published during the War. Very few copies were distributed. It is therefore very rare.Issued c.1943. Hinrichsen D171.

Bazan, Paris, 1782. . Folio. Title-page, 154 original subjects, printed on 59 leaves consisting of 80 etchings (on 29 leaves) and 74 aquatints (on 30 leaves); occasional light spotting and waterstaining. Uncut in modern calf antique, spine with raised bands gilt in compartments. mba004 A fine example of these beautiful engravings, here in the rarer folio version, entirely uncut.The painter and engraver Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734-1781) was a pupil of Boucher and Vien. He is credited with being the first artist to work in aquatint (in 1768), and the present publication contains more than 70 plates in that manner. The subjects represented are almost exclusively Russian: Le Prince spent indeed five years in Russia (1759-64), where, among other projects, he contributed to Chappe d'Auteroche's 'Voyage en SibĂ©rie'.The suites contained in the collection are as follows:Divers habillements des prĂŞtres de Russie (10 plates) - Les Strelits (8 plates) - Divers ajustements et usages de Russie (10 plates) -… Read More