Fantascienza e fantasy

The Day That Changed the World

The Man Who Was Warned [Harold Begbie] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this compelling religious fantasy novel written by Harold Begbie as "The Man Who Was Warned". The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, vanishingly scarce...

The Polaris Trilogy

Charles B. Stilson · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company Inc, 1966-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this intriguing science fiction trilogy following a Tarzan-like man, by Charles B. Stilson. The first edition, first printings, in book form. Each volume is in ...

Shara-LI

Clyde Andre Castilla · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Hollywood, Clear Thoughts, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Clyde Andre Castilla's science fiction tale about the discovery of a lost Atlantis. The first edition of this very scarce work, from American author Clyde Andre Castilla.A thrilling 1...

The Aztec Treasure-House: A Romance of Contemporaneous Antiquity

Thomas A. Janvier · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1890. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition, first impression of this 'lost race' novel, based on the authors travels in Mexico. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding,...

The Submarine City

Joseph Delmont [Karl Pyck] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of the scarce first English translation of Joseph Delmont's thrilling novel about an undersea community built by German U-boat crews. The scarce first UK edition of this work, in th...

The Iron Detective of Germany: A Comedy of the Near Future

H. P. FitzGerald Marriott · 1908 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Ballantyne and Co, 1908 . First edition. Paperback. The vanishingly scarce fifth thousand of the first edition of anthropologist H. P. Fitzgerald Marriott's science fiction novel about a robot detective. The fifth thousand of the first edition of this very scarce ...

Sub Sole or Under the Sun Missionary Adventures in the Great Sahara

Reverend Artegall Smith [Philip Norton] · 0 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, James Nisbet & Co. c1890. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this early science fiction novel from Reverend Philip Norton, with illustrations. First edition, first issue. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. Foll...

Round the Moon, a Sequel to "from the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Richard Butterwoth, c1905 . Cloth. An early twentieth century edition of Jules Verne's thrilling work of science fiction. This work is the sequel to Jules Verne's 'From the Earth to the Moon', an exciting science fiction novel which continues the tr...

The Disk: A Tale of Two Passions

Edward A. Robinson; George A. Wall · 1884 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Boston, Cupples, Upham and Company, 1884 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of this fantastical science-fiction novel, inscribed by co-author George A. Wall. The scarce first edition of this work, in the red cloth variant of the publisher's ...

The Gods Give My Donkey Wings

Angus Evan Abbott [James Barr] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Methuen & Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon Lost Race tale by the author James Barr, under his pseudonym Angus Evan Abbott. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. James Barr (1862-1923) was a Canadian...

Elenchus Brown the Story of an Experimental Utopia Compiled by a Student of Battersea Polytechnic

Bertha Louisa Bowhay · 1929 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, H. R. Allenson, Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this very scarce satirical novel, with illustrations by Harvey Langdon. The first edition. Very scarce.Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the illustrator: ...

Ozar the Aztec

Walker A. Tompkins · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Gramol Publications LTD, 1935. Paperback. A scarce Lost Race novel, set in the mountains of Mexico, where a scientists discovers a hidden race of Aztecs. A scarce work.First serialised in 'Top-Notch Magazine' in 1933, 'Ozar the Aztec' is an exciting...

The Dosadi Experiment

Frank Herbert · 1978 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The sought after and scarce first U.K. impression of the second ConSentiency universe novel by Frank Herbert. The first U.K. edition, scarce to see first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second full-...

One Hundred Years Hence

Walter Emanuel · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Eveleigh Nash, [1911]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce spoof newspaper by Walter Emanuel, the first edition of this sci-fi satire looking one hundred years ahead to the year 2011. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting work of science fiction...

After the Revolution and Other Holiday Fantasies

William Wallace · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Glasgow, William Hodge, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of stories and sketches by William Wallace, assembling works he had previously published in the 'Glasgow Herald&apos. The first edition of this scarce work.Collecting a number...

John Harvey a Tale of the Twentieth Century

Anon Moore [James M. Galloway] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Chicago, Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this late nineteenth century science fiction novel, depicting a socialist utopia in the mid twentieth century. The first edition of this scarce novel, published under the pseudonym of J...

The Ape Man

Henry T. Johnson · 0 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, The Modern Publishing Company, c1930. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce 'Apes and Human' novel by Henry T. Johnson, in the vivid original dust wrapper. A vanishingly scarce work, with only two records of this novel being help institutionally, at the University of C...

Yet in My Flesh

M.E. Mitchell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of M.E. Mitchell's science fiction novel about scientific research into immortality drugs. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped du...

Darker Than You Think; the Fury; the Penetrators; Star King; the Ice People; the Jesus Factor; the Mote in Time&Apos;S Eye; the Humanoid Touch; Wildeblood&Apos;S Empire; the City of the Sun; Balance of Power

Jack Williamson; Henry Kuttner; Anthony Gray; Jack Vance; Rene Barjavel; Edwin Corley; Gerard Klein; Brian M. Stableford · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York; London; Toronto, Lancer; Mayflower-Dell; Mayflower; Granada; Bantam; Dell; DAW, 1963-1981. Paperback. A collection of eleven science-fiction paperbacks by American, British and French authors. Includes a signed copy of Brian Stableford's The City of Sun A collec...

Works by Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Cards · 1980 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London and New York, Century; Arrow; Legend; Futura; Pan Books; Unwin Paperbacks , 1980-1994. Paperback. An extensive set of paperback editions of works by Orson Scott Card. Twenty two paperbacks by Orson Scott Card. Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his s...