Search Results: Titles starting with N from Shapero Rare Books

Edward Orme 1805. . Aquatint by Harraden, with original hand-colour. Dimensions: 305 by 370mm. (12 by 14.50 inches).

London Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios 1991 . Screenprint in colours, 1991, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77 cm. (40.4 x 30.3 in.)

[Prague], Fr. Borovy, 1945. . First edition; 8vo (212 x 150 mm, 8¼ x 6 in); black-and-white photographs printed in gravure by Neubert a synové, design by Karel Teige, minor offsetting to facing pages; photo-illustrated wrappers printed in black and red, light wear to extremities, starting at head, a very good copy in the probably original, almost certainly contemporary, lightly worn tissue dust-jacket; 64, [4]pp. First edition thus of this meditation on resistance, after the scarce original clandestine version with gelatin silver photographs produced by the artists in a small number of copies during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. During the war, Heisler, who was Jewish, was sheltered by Styrsky and his partner Toyen and then by Toyen alone after Styrsky died in 1942. Fr. Borovy issued this posthumous edition with gravure reproductions as soon as the war ended. Devoid of people, Styrsky's photographs are drawn from three series he made in Paris and Prague between 1934 and 1935; his… Read More

1868. . Albumen print. Two-part panorama, good tonal range and in good condition. Nablous is a town in Palestine, of great religious importance to Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Known as the 'Ancient Shechem' it is the place in which Abram "built an Altar to the Lord who had appeared to himÂ… and had given that land to his descendants." (Gen 12: 6- 7)

[Tokyo], [self-published], 1972. . First edition; oblong 4to (203 x 227 mm, 8 x 9 in); black-and-white photographs printed in relief halftone by Otake Bijutsu, Tokyo; light yellow endpapers, black cloth-covered boards, titles stamped in gold on spine, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, white, printed in black, light wear to extremities, nick to head of spine, short tear to top and to bottom edge of lower panel, fine in a near-fine dust-jacket; [92]pp. Soul and Soul is Suzuki Kiyoshi's first book; it is a homage to his childhood home, which was close to the Joban coal mine in Fukushima Prefecture, one of the major coal mines in Japan, and a meditation on time. With energy use shifting towards oil, Suzuki witnessed the Japanese coal industry's gradual decline after World War II.Suzuki later befriended Robert Frank through Motomura Kazuhiko, and the two exchanged correspondence and photographs over many years. Like Frank, Suzuki developed a distinctly personal and somewhat cinematic aesthetic. His books… Read More

[c.1880]. . Ten hand-coloured albumen prints. In good condition, pasted on original card, title in manuscript. Views include Temple, Road leading to Mogi, Birds-eye view, Takaboko, New drydock, Port, Tea house, Dejima and Baboo gardens.

[c.1870]. . Albumen print 25.5 by 30.5 cm. (10 x 12 inches), pasted on archival paper. Good tonal range and in good condition.

1855. . Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition, titled on pencil on verso.

[c.1858-62]. . Albumen print. Slightly faded tones and in good condition.

Paris, The Olympia Press, 1959. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; one or two small marks to text block, else unmarked internally; publisher's green wrappers printed in black, slight creasing to spine, with the Gysin-designed dust jacket, slightly tanned and marked, some rubbing to head and foot of spine, light edge-wear, else very good. First edition of Burroughs masterpiece, one of the triumphs of the Beat movement.

Paris, The Olympia Press, 1959. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's green wrappers printed in black; with the Gysin-designed dust jacket, a lovely copy in the very lightly rubbed and minutely tanned dust jacket with minor production crease to the rear panel. An exceptional copy of Burroughs masterpiece, one of the triumphs of the Beat movement. Not common in this condition.

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. . First edition, 8vo, scattered foxing heaviest at terminal ff., a couple of leaves with small tear to fore-edge, ink name on verso of preliminary blank, lacking front free endpaper, publisher's cloth, rubbed and creased with some minor bowing. greene Greene's scarce second book; the author was dissatisfied with the work and, as with Rumour at Nightfall, disowned it and prevented it from being reprinted.

Qajar Persia, probably Tabriz, circa 1800. . Single volume, illuminated manuscript on polished paper, in Arabic, containing the holy names of Allah, 8 leaves with two front free endpapers at each end, complete, 205 x 125 mm; single and double columns, usually 5 lines elegant scribal naskh script in blue, text in panels often forming geometric shapes, illuminated unwan opening the text, marbled endpapers, a few early ownership seals to preliminary and penultimate leaves, a few small stains overall clean internal condition; contemporary lacquered boards with a red leather spine. Ahmed Karahisari was one of the great Ottoman calligraphers of the sixteenth century, whose naskh style was reminiscent of the Abbasid master scribe Yaqut al-Musta'simi. He worked by royal appointment under the patronage of Sultan Suleyman I in his lifetime and his surviving manuscripts are housed in important Ottoman collections such as the Topkapi Palace and the Topkapi Museum. The legacy of master calligraphers extends… Read More

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. . First edition, 8vo, xvi, 310 pp., numerous photographic illustrations throughout, drawings in text by Bip Pares, decorated endpapers, publisher's black cloth, black lettered; superb publisher's pictorial dust-wrapper, corners slightly worn; a very good copy. 'Shipton was a natural choice for the Mount Everest expedition of 1933 on which he reached 27,900 feet, but the experience of those two lavishly organised undertakings convinced him that this was the wrong way to travel in the Himalayas and his next venture was in stark contrast. In company with [Harold] Tilman and three Sherpas he spent three months in Garhwal Himalaya living largely off the country and at a total cost of £286. Instead of travelling as sahibs and retainers they went as companions, sharing the same food and privations. In this remarkable journey they forced an entry, for the first time, up the formidable Rishi gorge and into the Nanda Devi sanctuary which, with its satellite peaks, they… Read More

[c.1889]. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition. Russian title in ink underneath on mount. Photographer's number and title in negative.

[[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Very rich tones and good contrast. Some cockling to upper edge, otherwise in good condition.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Very good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount.

Augsburg, [c.1815] . Engraving with aquatint, finished with fine hand-colour, tear to left portion of sky skilfully repaired. A fine view of Napoleon being shown ships departing from St Helena. The other French figures depicted in the print are most probably General Henri-Gratien Bertrand, Grand Marshal of the palace, and his wife, who went into voluntary exile with Napoleon.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount, photographers title and number in negative.

[c.1950]. . Silver gelatin print. Stamped, numbered and titled on verso, excellent tonal range and condition. Rodger (1908-1995) co-founded Magnum Photos with his colleagues Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and David ("Chim") Seymour in 1947. In 1947 and the 50s he organized more than forty expeditions to Africa, the Middle East, Haiti and Bali and became the best chronicler of the lives of African tribal people. He also organizing several expeditions in the Sahara desert that lead to publications in the National Geographic.