Fantascienza e fantasy

Best Sf Three: Science Fiction Stories

Edmund Crispin [ed.] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, Faber and Faber , 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of science fiction stories edited by Edmund Crispin, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Comprising a selection of science fiction ...

Sidney&Apos;S Comet

Brian Herbert · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, W. H. Allen, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first novel by Brian Herbert, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. Earth has spent centuries discarding their litter across the galaxy; but now, a comet of garbage is hurtling towards the Earth. ...

The Savage Mountains: A Hoserclans Novel

Robert Adams · 1985 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Macdonald , 1985. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this exciting sci-fi novel by American author Robert Adams. A scarce first UK edition of 1985, only found in one library institutionally. The first true American edition was published in 1979. The ...

Moon Rocket

Arthur Wilcox · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work, looking into the science behind sci-fi, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A unique work, looking at the scientific...

Barefoot in the Head: A European Fantasia

Brian W. Aldiss · 1970 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

New York, Doubleday and Company, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first US edition of this exciting and scarce science fiction novel by Brian W Aldiss. The first edition of this work. A scarce title. A science fiction novel by Brian W. Aldiss, one of the Grand ...

Dreadful Sanctuary

Eric Frank Russell · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Reading, Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Russell's science fiction work, with a pictorial dust wrapper. This is a thrilling science fiction work, following John J. Armstrong as he attempts to discover why seventeen rockets...

The Green Hills of Earth

Robert A. Heinlein · 1951 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

Chicago, Shasta Publisherss, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important selection of Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction short stories. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A collection of ten sci-fi short stories, con...

Selected Works of James Blish

James Blish · 1972 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Faber and Faber, 1972-1975. First edition. Hardback. An eight volume set of science fiction works of James Blish, including four UK first editions. This set of thrilling science fiction works by celebrated author James Blish collects eight volumes, of which four are UK...

The Merry Multifleet and the Mounting Multicorps

Richard Johnson; Thomas O'Cluny · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, J M Dent, 1904. Cloth. A charming copy of these works of science fiction writing created by Richard Johnson, and written by Thomas O'Cluny. A lovely copy of this piece of science-fiction, featuring two short stories, 'The Merry Multifleet and the Mounting Mul...

Far Boundaries: Twenty Science-Fiction Short Stories

August Derleth [ed.]; Nelson Bond; Ray Bradbury; Carl Jacobi et al · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of the ninth Fantasy and Science Fiction annual, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper, featuring twenty works selected by American writer and anthologist August Derleth. In the publ...

The Titan and Other Stories

P. Schuyler Martin · 1954 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. In the charmingly illustrated original dust wrapper, this is the first UK edition of P. Schuyler Miller's thrilling collection of science fiction short stories. The first UK edition, first impression of this work...

Tomorrow, Inc. Sf Stories About Big Business

Various; Martin Harry Greenberg [ed.]; Joseph D. Olander [ed.] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Robson Books, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition science fiction anthology, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition science fiction anthology, including works by award-winning science fiction authors Frederik Pohl and Philip...

Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories

Lucius Shepard · 1997 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,015)

London, Orion, 1997. First edition. Cloth. The first collected edition of these science fiction stories by Lucius Shepard. Including stories such as 'Human History', 'The Sun Spider', 'Beast of the Heartland' and many others. In a blue cloth bindi...

Kemlo and the Masters of Space

E. C. Eliott · 1963 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated fifteenth and final book in E. C. Eliott's science fiction space series Kemlo, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth with the original bright, price-clipped d...

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime: Fantasy and Time Stories

Jack Finney · 1965 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this collection of science fiction and fantasy stories from American author Jack Finney. The uncommon first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust w...

The Day the Sun Stood Still: Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction

Poul Anderson; Gordon R. Dickson; Robert Silverberg; Lester del Rey · 1972 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Nashville, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of three original science fiction novellas, with an introduction from American author Lester del Rey. First edition. Three original science fiction novellas, including: A Chap...

Where Men Have Walked

H. Henry Rhodes · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Boston, The C. M. Clark Publishing Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this Lost Race sci-fi novel by H. Henry Rhodes, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work, in a variant grey cloth binding.'Where Men...

The War Inevitable

Alan H. Burgoyne · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, C. H. White, 1909. Paperback. A very scarce Future War novel, a brilliant sci-fi tale by Alan Burgoyne. A very scarce work, this is a reprint published the year after the true first.'The War Inevitable' is a Future War novel, following a German attack on Brit...

The Centenarians, a Fable

Gilbert Phelps · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Melbourne, Toronto, Heinemann, 1958. Paperback. The very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this speculative fiction work by the British writer and broadcaster Gilbert Phelps. The uncorrected proof copy of Gilbert Phelps' The Centenarians (1958).  Very scarce. ...

Helliconia Spring, and, Helliconia Summer

Brian Aldiss · 1982 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982-83. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition set of the first two volumes in Aldiss' brilliant 'Helliconia' trilogy, a fantastic sci-fi epic. Each volume is a first edition, first impression, in the original unclipped dust wrapper...