Fantascienza e fantasy

A Romance of Two Centuries

Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie · 1919 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Alpine, New Jersey, Platonist Press, [1919]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce Near Future science fiction novel set in 2025, by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie. The first edition of this very scarce work.Review copy, with a stamp to the title page.'A Rom...

The Supreme Mystery

J. H. Symons · 1917 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce time travel science fiction novel by J. H. Symons. The first edition of this very scarce work.A thrilling science fiction novel in which a scientist sends the spirit of a medium into va...

The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard · 1922 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thrilling adventure novel set in South America by the popular author H. Rider Haggard. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original tan cloth binding, with brow...

The Wanderer&Apos;S Necklace

H. Rider Haggard · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel concerning Norseman Olaf in the eighth century. The first UK edition of this work in the scarce variant brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to th...

Yet in My Flesh

M. E. Mitchell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction novel pondering eugenics, by M. E. Mitchell. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This intriguing science fiction novel follows a...

Stardance

Spider Robinson; Jeanne Robinson · 1979 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, The Dial Press/James Wade, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this dance based science fiction novel by husband and wife Spider and Jeanne Robinson. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, by Larry Kresek and Holly ...

The Santaroga Barrier

Frank Herbert · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Rapp + Whiting, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this alternative society science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An alternative society / culture novel by Frank Herber...

Consider Her Ways & Others

John Wyndham · 1961 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Michael Joseph, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this work comprised of six short stories by John Wyndham. A first edition of these works published together in this manner. Consider Her Ways was published originally in 1956. It has been rep...

A Plunge Into Space

Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the f...

Clone

Richard Cowper · 1972 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of Cowper's science fiction novel, which centres around four human clones in the year 2072. Uncorrected proof copy. In the publisher's paper wraps, with a price-clipped dust wrapper.Â...

The Shadow of Heaven

Bob Shaw · 1991 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Victor Gollancz , 1991. Cloth. The uncommon first Gollancz edition of this science fiction by Bob Shaw, an excellent copy. The first edition thus by Gollancz featuring the author's revisions. a fast-moving science fiction thriller by Bob Shaw following the disappe...

The Annals of the Heechee

Frederik Pohl · 1987 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Victor Gollancz , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the uncommon first UK edition of this Heechee novel by Frederik Pohl, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this science fiction by Frederick Pohl, preceded by the true ...

The Road to Corlay

Richard Cowper · 1978 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Richard Cowper's exciting science fiction novel, the first novel in a series, in the iconic original yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Set a thousand years into the future, Britain has become seven ...

Five Science Fiction Novels

Martin Greenberg · 1952 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Gnome Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction novels, with works by van Vogt, Leiber and Norman L. Knight. Contains 'The Chronicler' by A. E. van Vogt, 'Destiny Times Three' by Fritz Leibe...

Swords of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1948 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

California, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc, 1948. Cloth. A lovely 1948 reprint of the eighth Barsoom novel, an exciting science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A 1948 reprint of this work, though 1936 is stated to the edition page; this is the 1948 reprint as the cloth is a t...

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess · 1962 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)

London, Heinemann , 1962. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange&apos. A first edition, first issue of this canonical novel. A novel known for its use of 'Nadsat&apo...

2010: Odyssey Two

Arthur C. Clarke · 1982 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Granada, 1982. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of this popular science fiction novel, by the renowned sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. An uncorrected proof copy of this work. '2010: Odyssey Two' is the sequel to the author's popular novel '2001: A S...

Perchance to Dream; Knave of Dreams

Various [ed. by Damon Knight]; Andre Norton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London; Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Victor Gollancz Ltd.; Kestrel, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Two intriguing works that focus on the concept of dreams by two science fiction authorities, excellent examples of science fiction New Wave. These two compelling works, published in 19...

Genesis Two

L.P. Davies [Leslie Purnell Davies] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a curious science fiction merging mystery and suspense, written by prolific British novelist of the genre L.P. Davies. The first edition of Genesis Two, an intriguing science fiction mystery, written by ...

Weird Tales Magazine March 1939, Volume 33 Number 3

Farnsworth Wright (Editor) · 1939 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Indianapolis, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1939. Paperback. An early 20th century issue of this interesting American magazine. Contains the second printing of the Quest of Iranon by HP Lovecraft. The first was in the Galleon in 1935. Both printings are extremely scarce....