Fantascienza e fantasy

The Hitch Hiker&Apos;S Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams · 1979 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this incredibly popular science fiction novel, a smart copy in the original second state dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Uncommon to see the first U.K. edition. In the original ...

Autour de la Lune, le Docteur Ox

Jules Verne · 1863 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.51 | $482.22 | ¥77,004)

Paris, Bilbiotheque d'Education et de Recreation; J. Hetzel et Cie, c1880. Leather. Two popular works by Jules Verne together in one volume, early French illustrated editions. Two popular works by Jules Verne bound in one volume, both early French editions. In the origin...

The Argonauts of the Amazon

C. R. Kenyon [Charles Richard Kenyon] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this adventure story by C. R. Kenyon, illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham. The first edition of this work in the second state coral pink pictorial cloth binding with grey end papers (Ri...

Marigold: A Story

[Edith Allonby] · 1905 · Rooke Books

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

London, Greening & Co. Ltd, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce science fiction novel written by Edith Allonby. The first edition. Very scarce. This work was written anonymously by English writer and teacher, Edith Allonby. This work and her fir...

New Worlds and the Rose

J. G. Ballard; Charles L. Harness; Various · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Compact Books, Roberts & Vinter LTD, 1966. Paperback. Two vivid science fiction paperbacks, containing short stories by eminent authors such as J. G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock, and Charles L. Harness. Two smart 'Compact Sci-Fi' paperbacks.'New Worlds&apo...

Red Sap

John Easton · 1930 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.41 | $182.32 | ¥29,114)

London & New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce 'Lost Race' sci-fi novel by John Easton, a murder mystery science fiction novel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Signed by the auth...

Treaty Planet

Anne McCaffrey; Jody Lynn Nye · 1994 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Orbit, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work of science fiction, set on the planet of Doonarrala and centred around two civilisations that both seek to colonise it, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrappe...

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1920 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Methuen and Co, 1920. Cloth. A scarce example of this influential work of science fantasy, and the first novel in the Barsoom series. A scarce edition of this science fantasy novel. This novel was the first of Burroughs Barsoom series following its serialization in the...

Things to Come

H G Wells · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,850.00 (€4,614.84 | $5,086.39 | ¥812,230)

London, The Cresset Press , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of HG Wells' 'Things to Come' dedicated in Wells' hand to his son, Anthony. Wells has signed the half title to his son, Anthony West. Lacking dustwrapper, as is usu...

Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction

Various; Robert Silverberg [Ed.] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Abelard-Schuman , 1976. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Silverberg"s science fiction anthology examining mutation and human evolution, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the ...

Into Deepest Space

Fred Hoyle; Geoffrey Hoyle · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Heinemann, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first UK edition of Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle's thrilling science fiction novel about interplanetary conflict. The uncommon first UK edition, first impression. First published in the US the year prio...

Strata

Terry Pratchett · 1981 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this early novel by Terry Pratchett, a wonderfully witty sci-fi novel. The first U.S. editionIn the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Strata' is an early novel by the brilliant Terr...

The Diamondking of Sahara

Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa · 1935 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Helsinki, K. F. Puromies Limited, 1935. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce science fiction novel by the Finnish author Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Diamondking of Sahara' is a brilliant science fictio...

Marmaduke Emperor of Europe

X [Frank Attfield Fawkes] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Chelmsford; London, Edmund Durrant & Co; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. LD, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce future war sci-fi novel from British author Frank Attfield Fawkes. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece. &a...

I Love Galesburg in the Springtime: Fantasy and Time Stories

Jack Finney · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of science fiction and fantasy stories from American author Jack Finney. First UK edition. Uncommon as the UK first. A collection of ten short stories from Walter Braden "Jack"...

Heinlein in Dimension, and, in Search of Wonder

Alexei Panshin; Damon Knight · 1972 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Chicago, Advent: Publishers, 1972. Paperback. Two of Advent's important critical publications on science fiction, by Alexei Panshin and Damon Knight. A set of two of the critical sci-fi volumes published by Advent:Publishers, known for being the genre's first scholar...

Assignment in Tomorrow: An Anthology; a Touch of Strange

Frederik Pohl [ed.]; Theodore Sturgeon · 1954 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York , Hanover House; Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1954. Cloth. Two terrific book club edition anthologies filled with ingenious science fiction tales, including a selection of stories by Theodore Sturgeon. Book Club editions. With the publisher's original dust wrappe...

The Exploits of Jonathan Jow

William J. Makin · 1936 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, C Arthur Pearson, Ltd , 1936. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of stories concerning the investigation of city crimes by a beast expert, Jonathan Jow. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. In the publisher's original wraps. Undated...

The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins

Robert Paltock; A. H. Bullen [preface] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Reeves & Turner, 1884 . First edition. Leather. A fine first edition thus of Robert Paltock's 'Gulliver's Travels' inspired novel, in crushed half morocco Bayntun bindings. The first edition thus, being the first edition to feature the significant e...

Doctor Heidenhoff&Apos;S Process

Edward Bellamy · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Reeves, c1890. Cloth. A scarce science fiction novella by Edward Bellamy, in which the plot concerns erasing memories. A scarce sci-fi novel by American author Edward Bellamy.No. 2 in the 'Bellamy Series'In 'Doctor Heidenhoff's Process'...