Fantascienza e fantasy

An African Treasure

J. Maclaren Cobban · 1899 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, John Long, 1899. Cloth. An early edition of this 'lost world' science fiction novel by J. Maclaren Cobban. An early edition. First published in the same year by the same publisher. In the publisher's original cloth. An uncommon work. Previously owned by ...

The Sin of Atlantis

Roy Horniman · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, John MacQueen, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce science fiction work on the lost city of Atlantis. First edition. Horniman's first novel. Scarce work. An exciting fantasy science fiction novel concerning the lost city of Atlantis, w...

The Dawn of All

Robert Hugh Benson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of this science fiction work by the priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson. The first edition, first impression of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Rob...

King Dragon

Andrew J. Offutt · 1980 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York, Ace Books, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition copy of this Lost World science fiction adventure novel by Andrew J. Offutt. The first edition, first printing.Signed by the author to the half-title, 'For Frank S. Across the waters, Andrew J. Of...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; the Golden Halcombes; the Old Gateway; Tinted Vapours

John Shaw; Emma Marshall; Robert Louis Stevenson; J. Maclaren Cobban · 1885 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

London; Belfast, Charles W. Olley; Seeley and Co; Longmans, Green and Co; Frederick Warne and Co, 1885-1890. First edition. Cloth. Four late nineteenth century novels bound together, including the fifth edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a...

Three Go Back

J. Leslie Mitchell · 1932 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Jarrolds Publishers, [1932]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce true first edition of this science fiction, time travel novel by J. Leslie Mitchell. The very scarce first UK edition. The true first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was writt...

Selestor&Apos;S Men of Atlantis

Clara Iza von Ravn · 1937 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Boston, The Christopher Publishing House, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A scarce science fiction novel recounting the history of Atlantis, the first edition of this work by Clara Iza von Ravn. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A brillia...

The Princess of the Roses

Luigi Motta; William Collinge · 1919 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Stanley Paul & Co, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce to see first edition in English of this science fiction novel with predicts World War One. The very scarce first edition in English of this work.Originally published in Italian in 1911 as 'La Principes...

The Talking Image of Urur

Franz Hartmann · 1890 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

New York, John W. Lovell Company, [1890]. First edition. Paperback. A scarce science fiction novel by Franz Hartmann, a paperback issue of the first edition. A paperback issue of the first edition.A scarce work.'The Talking Image or Urur' is set in a Utopian city in ...

Children of Dune

Frank Herbert · 1976 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.51 | $1,453.26 | ¥231,993)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1976. First edition. Cloth. Frank Herbert's third novel in his bestselling 'Dune' series, a fine copy of the first U.K. edition. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The third of Frank Herbe...

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

Richard Michaelis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, William Reeves, c1891. Hardback. One of the many unofficial sequels to Bellamy's important sci-fi novel 'Looking Backward', this being the fourth edition of Richard Michaelis' contribution. The fourth edition.An intriguing sequel to Edward Bellamy&a...

A Cityless and Countryless World

Henry Olerich · 1893 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

Iowa, Gilmore & Olerich, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition utopian novel by Henry Olerich, a brilliant science fiction foray in which a Martian comes to Earth, a superior copy of this novel. The first edition of this uncommon work.Illustrated with a foldi...

Chekhov&Apos;S Journey

Ian Watson · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. First edition. Cloth. An imaginative piece of science fiction in which a modern actor uses hypnosis to simulate Chekhov's journey through Siberia in 1890. A compelling and mysterious work, exploring the mysteries of the mind, Chekhov&apo...

A Man of Double Deed

Leonard Daventry · 1965 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1965. Cloth. A first edition of Leonard Daventry's science fiction novel set at the end of the twenty-first century, complete with a yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. This novel follows the concepts of telepathy and having a composite mind. Set in...

Beyond Tomorrow

Damon Knight [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.49 | $103.05 | ¥16,450)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968. First edition. Cloth. An exciting collection of science fiction tales, featuring authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. Contains ten short stories, with works by Alan E. Nourse, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, ...

The Skylark of Space

Edward E. Smith; Lee Hawkins Garby · 1947 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

Rhode Island, Hadley Publishing Company, 1947. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated space opera, one of the first science fiction featuring interstellar travel. The second edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Skylark of Space' is o...

Orphans of the Sky

Robert Heinlein · 1963 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, Gollancz, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition example of Robert Heinlein's noted science fiction work first issued in 'Astounding Science Fiction&apos. A superior copy. Issued as a part of Heinlein's 'future history' series, which...

Beyond the Fall of Night

Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction work, signed by Gregory Benford. First edition, first impression, with complete number line. Signed by Benford to the title page. Beyond the Fall of Night begins with the ...

The Man Who Vanished Into Space: Another Adventure of the Spacecraft Tavons in the Great Unknown

W.E. Johns · 1963 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. Cloth. The Children's Book Club edition of W.E. John's final science fiction novel, following the adventures of the Tavona Spacecraft after finding a mysterious body. The Children's Book Club edition of The Man Who Vanished In...

The Altrurian Romances

W. D. Howells; Clara Kirk; Rudolf Kirk; Scott Bennett · 1968 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Bloomington; London, Indiana University Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. An omnibus edition of William Dean Howells' Altruria Utopia sequence. The first paperback edition of this omnibus, containing the 'Altruria' trilogy by William Dean Howells.Illustrate...