Fantascienza e fantasy

The White Princess of the Hidden City Being the Record of Leslie Rutherford&Apos;S Strange Adventures in Central America

David Lawson Johnstone · 1898 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce 'lost world' novel by David Lawson Johnstone, illustrated by W. Boucher. The first edition. Illustrated by W. Boucher with a monochrome frontispiece and five monochrome p...

The New Eden

C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · 1892 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce science fiction novel about a boy and a girl who become subjects in an evolutionary science experiment, written by Charles John Cutclliffe Hyne. The first edition. A very scarce ...

Isban-Israel

George Cossins · 1896 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Gay and Bird, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce 'lost civilisation' science fiction novel by George Cossins. The first edition. A very scarce work. With a publisher's advertisement for the work depicting critic's re...

Providence Island: An Archeological Tale

Jacquetta Hawkes · 1959 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Chatto & Windus , 1959. First edition. Cloth. An enthralling story of a lost race with psychic powers discovered on an unknown island, written by English archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes. The first UK edition of this work.In the original clipped dust wrapper and the pub...

The Day of Prosperity: A Vision of the Century to Come

Paul Devinne · 1902 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

New York, G. W. Dillingham Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A scarce utopian novel reminiscent of Bellamy's 'Looking Backward', written by Paul Devinne. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Ink inscription ...

La Guerre Sous L&Apos;Eau

G. Le Faure; E. Dentu [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Paris, Librairie Classique et d'Education; A. Pigoreau, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon late nineteenth century science fiction novel about an underwater war, illustrated throughout by Fernand Fau. In the original French.The first edition o...

Tears If Angels

Henry Curties · 1907 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Sisley's Ltd, [1907]. Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce science fiction novel by Henry Curties. The second edition.Scarce.In the publisher's original cloth.This science fiction novel was written by Henry Curties and follows the main character who ...

A Pixie&Apos;S Adventures in Humanland

Jean Delaire; [Pauline Touchemolin]; [Mrs. Muirson Blake] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, The Theosophical Publishing House LTD, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon fantasy novel following a pixie as he visits Humanland. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A fantastical adventure work, fo...

Our Stranger: A Kinemato-Romance

Edgar Meredith · 1936 · Rooke Books

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

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this very scarce science fiction novel by Edgar Meredith. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.Small ink inscription to the fr...

Day Eight

Elisabeth Ayrton · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Hutchinson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy, and a signed first edition copy, of Ayrton's scarce science fiction novel set in Africa. An uncorrected proof copy of this work in the publisher's original proof paper wraps, with the publishe...

The Angry Planet

John Keir Cross · 1945 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Peter Lunn, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel, following an expedition to Mars. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Angry Planet' is a young adult fantasy book, following an...

Nordenholt&Apos;S Million

J. J. Connington; [Alfred Walter Stewart] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this pioneering science fiction novel, an ecocatastrophe disaster novel by Alfred Walter Stewart. The very scarce first edition.Connington's first and easily most important novel. A p...

The Immortal Light

John Mastin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Charles Griffin & Company LTD, 1909. Cloth. John Mastin's Lost-World science fiction novel focusing on a civilisation living beneath the Antarctic, a scarce to see novel. An early reprint of this scarce work.'The Immortal Light' sees a Latin-speaking los...

Pyramids

Terry Pratchett · 1989 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of the seventh Discworld novel, the winner of the 1989 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dus...

Born in Captivity

Bryan Berry · 1952 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Hamilton & Co, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the debut sci-fi novel of Bryan Berry, a post-war tale set in 2018, this copy signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original unclipped dust ...

Looking Beyond

Ludwig A. Geissler · 1891 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, William Reeves, [1891]. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition copy of Ludwig Geissler's sequel to Bellamy's incredibly popular science fiction novel. The first edition of this scarce work.Ludwig A. Geissler's sequel to Edward Bellamy's in...

Armageddon: A Tale of Love, War, and Invention

Stanley Waterloo · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & Company, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Stanley Waterloo's novel set in the near future, where Anglo-American supremacy is achieved through use of armoured airships. Illustrated with a frontispiece.The work of Ameri...

An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel!: Entitled, the Social War of the Year 1900; or, the Conspirators and Lovers!

S. M. Landis [Simon Mohler Landis] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Philadelphia, Landis Publishing Society, 1872 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce American utopia novel, regarded by E. F. Bleiler as a work with 'lurid sensationalism and sexual elements with a nasty messianic urge&apos. The first edition of thi...

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

Richard Michaelis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, William Reeves, c1891. Hardback. Richard Michaelis' sequel to Edward Bellamy's popular science fiction utopia novel, a fourth edition of this work. The fourth edition.An intriguing sequel to Edward Bellamy's important 1888 science fiction novel 'Loo...

The Best of D.F. Lewis

D. F. Lewis · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Leesburg, Va, TAL Publications, 1992 . First edition. Paperback. A signed, limited edition collection of unnerving short stories by D. F. Lewis. A scarce work, illustrated throughout. Number 120 of 1000 copies of this work produced, signed by the author to the title page.A sca...