Fantascienza e fantasy

Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak. First thus. A collection of ten of the best short stories from Simak, as a testament to one of ...

Deus Irae

Philip K. Dick; Roger Zelazny · 1978 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Newton Abbott, Readers Union, 1978. Cloth. A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel started by Philip K. Dick and finished by Roger Zelazny, with the original dust wrapper. A book club edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original uncli...

A Mirror for Observers

Edgar Pangborn · 1954 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant sci-fi novel about two Martians in Massachusetts by Edgar Pangborn. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'A Mirror For Observers' ...

The Wanderer

Fritz Leiber · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first U.K. edition of Fritz Leiber's brilliant sci-fi novel following a wandering planet. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped first issue dust wrapper.First published as ...

Sinister Barrier

Eric Frank Russell · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Reading, Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Eric Frank Russell's debut novel, an influential science-fiction novel work illustrated throughout by Edd Cartier. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth ...

The Heptameron

Marguerite de Navarre; Queen of Navarre · 1886 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.09 | $898.38 | ¥143,459)

London, Privately Printed, 1886. First edition. Leather. An impressive edition of Marguerite of Navarre's collection of short stories, this being an extra-illustrated copy bound in two volumes by Ritter. An extra illustrated copy, bound in two volumes.The first edition of...

The Centenarian; or, the Two Beringhelds

Horace de Saint-Aubin [Honoré de Balzac]; George Edgar Slusser [trans.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

New York, Arno Press, 1976. Cloth. A fine English translation of Balzac's seminal contribution to early science fiction. The first thus edition of the English translation of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Part of the Arno Press collection of sup...

Kiteworld

Keith Roberts · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Gollancz, 1985. Paperback. A proof copy of this sci-fi tale about men who fly in kites to fight demons. The proof copy, in an unclipped proof dust wrapper.A sequence of science fiction tales, in which men in the 'Kite Corps' fly in kites to defeat demonic for...

The Tombs of Atuan

Ursula K. le Guin · 1973 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1973. Cloth. The second impression of Ursula K. Le Guin's second volume in her influential 'Earthsea' fantasy series. The second impression, published the year after the first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'T...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969. Paperback. A very scarce proof of this early work by Keith Roberts, a volume of three interconnected tales. A very scarce proof copy of this work. The first edition was published in 1970.'The Inner Wheel' contains three interlinked sh...

Rocannon&Apos;S World

Ursula K. le Guin · 1979 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first U.K. hardback edition of the debut novel of noted sci-fi author Ursula K. le Guin. The first U.K. hardback edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Rocannon's World' i...

The Sense of the Past

Henry James · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd , [1927]. Cloth. Henry James' unfinished comedy of manners featuring time travel, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. A later edition, first published in 1917. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very...

The Man Who Was Seven Times God

John George Shaw · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Rich & Cowan LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel, following a man who declares himself a god in seven places, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Man Who Was Seven Times God' is a curious sci-fi ...

The Moon Gods

Edgar Jepson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An exciting Lost Race novel by Edgar Jepson, the first edition of this very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Moon Gods' is a science fiction novel, in which a Lost race is discov...

The Quickening of Caliban

J. Compton Rickett · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel by Joseph Compton Rickett, following the discovery of a lost race in Africa. The first edition of this scarce work.A Lost World sci-fi novel, in which a "more mode...

Peace Under Earth

Paul Beaujon; [Beatrice Warde] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Megaw, 1938. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novella set in the near future, the first edition of this work by Beatrice Warde. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original glassine wrap.A short science fiction novella, comprising of dialogues...

Zero to Eighty

Akkad Pseudoman; [Edwin Fitch Northrup] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New Jersey, Scientific Publishing Company, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated science fiction novel by American inventor Edwin Fitch Northrup, the first edition. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An intriguing sci-fi novel, comp...

War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction

Richard Toronto; Earl Kemp · 2013 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Jefferson and London, McFarland & Company, 2013 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Toronto's fascinating guide to the 1940s 'Shaver Mystery', with a loosely inserted typed review from American science fiction editor Earl Kemp. The first edition of ...

Brigands of the Moon

Ray Cummings · 1931 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting space opera by Ray Cummings, a nice association copy with the bookplate of Donald Allen Wollheim. The first edition of this work.'Brigands of the Moon' follows the adventurous...

Ten Times One Is Ten: The Possible Reformation

Frederic Ingham; [Edward Everett Hale] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1871. First edition. Cloth. Edward Everett Hale's haunting sci-fi novel, the first edition of this curious tale. The first edition of this work.'Ten Times One Is Ten' is the first novel in a sequence by Edward Everett Hale, writing unde...