Fantascienza e fantasy

The Best of Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert; Angus Wells [ed.] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An excellent anthology of shorter pieces by 'Dune' author, Frank Herbert. Edited by Angus Wells. The first edition of this Frank Herbert anthology, edited by British writer Angus Wells.With the publisher'...

The Green Hills of Earth: Rhysling and the Adventure of the Entire Solar System!

Robert Heinlein · 1954 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1954. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of these science short fiction stories from leading writer of the genre, Robert A. Heinlein. First UK edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.Comprising short stories ori...

The Alien Heart

Catherine Hutter · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Catherine Hutter's best known work of science fiction, 'The Alien Heart&apos. The scarce first edition of this dramatic and thought-provoking novel from Catherine Hutter. 'This is the story of Robbie, who live...

All Flesh Is Grass

Clifford D Simak · 1965 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel by Clifford D Simak. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Clifford D Simak was a very famous science fiction writer. During his lifetime he was honoured with all three...

Moon of Mutiny

Lester Del Rey · 1961 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular science fiction novel by Lester del Rey Scarce in original first printing dustwrapper with 34 titles to the rear wrap. Lester del Rey wrote many books in the juvenile Winston Scien...

The Master of the World a Tale of Mystery and Marvel

Jules Verne · 1914 · Rooke Books

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

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of Jules Verne's dark science fiction novel. In good order, and a particularly clean copy -this work is notorious for heavy foxing due to the paper used. This is one of the las...

Four Millions a Year

Colin Collins · 1911 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Greening and Co Limited , 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce science fiction title centring around the fortunes of John D. Rockefeller. The first edition. A scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This is the third out of ...

The Hocus Root

L. B. Foster · 1944 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Sydney, Hogbin, Poole (Printers) PTY. LTD. 1944. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel revolving around invisibility, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work, a war economy edition.In the original unclipped dust wra...

Shambleau and Others

C. L. Moore [Catherine Lucille Moore] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Gnome Press Inc, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction stories from Catherine Lucille Moore's, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this collection, first printing. Originally published in &ap...

The Marathon Photograph and Other Stories

Clifford D. Simak; Francis Lyall [editor] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Severn House, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of short stories from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak. First UK edition. A collection of short stories being fine examples of the craftsmanship of Clifford Donal...

Four Futures: Four Original Novellas of Science Fiction Based on Themes Suggested by Isaac Asimov

R. A. Lafferty; Harry Harrison; Alexei Panshin; Robert Silverberg; Isaac Asimov [foreword] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc. 1971. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this collection of four science fiction novellas by notable authors, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this uncommon work in the publish...

Strange Gateways

E. Hoffmann Price · 1967 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A superb, first collected edition of twelve fantasy tales written by E. Hoffmann Price, in a lovely example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. ...

The Best of L. Sprague de Camp; the Best of C.M. Kornbluth; the Best of Fredric Brown

L. Sprague De Camp; C. M. Kornbluth; Fredric Brown; Robert Bloch [ed.]; Frederik Pohl [ed.]; Poul Anderson [ed.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York, Nelson Doubleday, 1976-1978 . First edition. Cloth. Three exceptionally bright first Book Club Edition anthologies of the science fiction tales of L. Sprague De Camp, C. M. Kornbluth and Fredric Brown. A fantastic collection of three science fiction anthologies, in t...

Dudley and Gilderoy: A Nonsense

Algernon Blackwood · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Algernon Blackwood's whimsical novel that sees a cat and parrot set out to see the world. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. 'Dudley and Gilderoy', tho...

His Monkey Wife: Or, Married to a Chimp

John Collier · 1930 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Peter Davies, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A proof copy of John Collier's highly unusual 1930 novel about the marriage of a lonely man in the Upper Congo and a female chimpanzee. A proof copy of the first edition of this work.In paper wraps, with a pencil inscript...

The Vengeance of Science

James Dalmaine · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, LTD, [1927]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel following an inventor bent on revenge, the first edition of this novel by James Dalmaine. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Vengeance of Science' begins ...

The Kingdom of Gold

Benjamin Fowler Carpenter · 1913 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Boston, The Christopher Press, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Benjamin Fowler Carpenter's utopian science fiction novel about an impending financial disaster. The first edition of this very scarce work.A 'prophetic novel', Carpente...

The Fortress of Yadasara

Christian Lys; [Percy Brebner] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce Lost World science fiction novel by Percy Brebner, a fantastical tale illustrated by Lancelot Speed. The scarce first edition of this work.'The Fortress of Yadasara', also published in the U.S. as &...

White Python

Mark Channing; Leopold Aloysius M. Jones · 1934 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1934. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to see science fiction novel by Mark Channing, a presentation copy to his friend J. H. H. Gaute. The first U.K. edition of this uncommon work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front e...

Chanur&Apos;S Venture

C. J. Cherryh · 1984 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Michigan, Phantasia Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of a 'Chanur' space opera by C. J. Cherryh, an author's presentation copy to fellow sci-fi author Robert Adams. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipper dust wrapper, by Vic...