Fantascienza e fantasy

The New Gulliver and Other Stories

Barry Pain · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, c1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from English writer Barry Pain. First edition. A collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories, including: In a London Garden, Zero, When I Was King,...

Metropolis

Thea von Harbour; Maurits J. Vles · 1928 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Amsterdam, Uitgevers-Maatschaap, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first Dutch edition of this monumental science fiction novel by Thea von Harbou, illustrated with stills from the 1926 film. The very scarce to see first Dutch edition of this work, translated by Maur...

Where Flies the Flag

Henry Harbour · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1904. Cloth. The second edition of this adventure novel, with an early example of Arthur Rackham's beautiful illustrations. The second edition of this work in the blue pictorial cloth variant binding. Ink inscription to the verso of...

After the Rain

John Bowen · 1958 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction novel in which an inventor starts the second Flood. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, and the scarce promotional wrap around band.&...

The Long Earth and the Long War

Terry Pratchett; Stephen Baxter · 2012 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Doubleday, 2012-2013. First edition. Cloth. Bright first impressions of the exclusive Waterstones editions of these works from the science fiction series by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. The first edition, first impressions of these works in the publisher's ...

Sybaris and Other Homes

Edward E. Hale · 1869 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Boston, Fields, Osgood & Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this book of utopian literature by the author, historian and Unitarian minister Edward Everett Hale. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. An engaging piec...

Doctor Therne

H. Rider Haggard · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting science fiction novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Following a smallpox epidemic that sweeps across England. Written as an attack on the anti-v...

Les Aventures D&Apos;Un Aeronaute Parisien Dans Les Mondes Inconnus

Alfred Driou · 1856 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Limoges, Barbou Freres, [1856]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon French science fiction novel, about the adventures of a French astronaut. In the original French.The first edition of this uncommon work.The work of French priest Alfred Driou.Illustrated ...

Modern Arms and a Feudal Throne

T. Milner Harrison · 1904 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York , R. F. Fenno & Company , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce illustrated adventure novel by T. Miler Harrison. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and three monochr...

The World&Apos;S Desire

H. Rider Haggard; Andrew Lang · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang's interesting fantasy novel reworking the myth of Odysseus. The first edition, the issue bound without adverts, as stated in 'A Bibliography of the Work...

Sansato

William F. Temple · 1998 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

California, Unicorn & Son, 1998. Paperback. A smart reprint of the final novel of William F. Temple, inscribed by his wife. Signed by the author's wife to the half-title, 'To George, For old times sake, All best wishes, Joan Temple. Dec 8th 1999&apos. A reprint of W...

After Bath (or, If You Prefer,) the Remarkable Case of the Flying Hat

Vaughan Wilkins · 1945 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1945. Magazine. A scarce to see proof copy of this brilliant children's fantasy novel by Vaughan Wilkins. A scarce proof copy, 'duplicate proof for retention, does not contain proof reader's marks&apos.'After Bath' is an entertai...

Panic O&Apos;Clock

Christopher Hodder-Williams · 1973 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Cornwall, United Writers, 1973. Paperback. A scarce proof copy of this gripping science fiction thriller by Christopher Hodder-Williams. The scarce proof copy.'Panic O'Clock' is a science fiction mystery, a compelling and complex novel in which victims of a new ...

Chaos

Shaw Desmond · 1938 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see first edition copy of this dystopian Future War novel by Shaw Desmond. The first edition, first impression, of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A Future War novel by Shaw Desmond, &apos...

The North Sea Mystery

Harry Edmonds · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition science fiction novel, in which the fate of the Royal Navy is at stake, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Inscribed by the author to the title page, 'To W. ...

Pharaoh&Apos;S Treasure. An Egyptian Romance.

Luman Allen · 1891 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Chicago, Donohue, Henneberry & Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A scarce historical fiction novel set in Ancient Egypt, a romance novel by Luman Allen, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this scarce work.A romance set in Egypt in 1345 BC, being discovered in ...

England Day by Day: A Guide to Efficiency and Prophetic Calendar for 1904

Edward Verrall Lucas · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Methuen & Co, 1903 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this unusual and very scarce set of predictions for the upcoming year, 1904. The very scarce first edition of this work by Edward Verrall Lucas, a British editor and publisher who was chairman of Methu...

President Randolph: As I Knew Him

John Francis Goldsmith · 1935 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce science fiction novel, a 'fictitious biography', by John Francis Goldsmith. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origi...

A Sequel to Looking Backward, or, "Looking Further Forward

Richard Michaelis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Reeves, c1891. Hardback. A fourth edition copy of this uncommon science fiction by Richard Michaelis, an unofficial sequel to Edward Bellamy's popular sci-fi novel. The fourth edition.An intriguing sequel to Edward Bellamy's important 1888 science fic...

Better Days: Or, a Millionaire of to-Morrow

Thomas Fitch; Anna M. Fitch · 1891 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

San Francisco, Better Days Publishing Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this curious science fiction near future novel set between 1892 and 1896, written by Thomas and Anna Fitch. The first edition of this uncommon work.A novel written by Republ...