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Strange Gateways

E. Hoffmann Price · 1967 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

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 | ¥18,986)

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...

The Study of Man

Alfred C. Haddon · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated anthropological study from Alfred Cort Haddon. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates and forty in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed anthropological study of man, with chapters...

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...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A pleasing two-volume study of the environment, history and vegetation of the British Islands, richly illustrated throughout. A new edition, with corrections. Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original green clot...

A Collection of Papers of Phrenology

Various · 1850 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

Various, Various, 1850-1978. Paperback. An interesting set of six papers on phrenology, dating from over a century, all very scarce. A selection of six very scarce papers on phrenology. Phrenology is a pseudoscience, involving the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict m...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and record of the addre...

The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York, Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this essay on the Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh from American journalist Theodore Dreiser. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies. With decorations. A detailed essay, full o...

His Monkey Wife: Or, Married to a Chimp

John Collier · 1930 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

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 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

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 | ¥13,712)

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 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

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 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

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 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

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...

Colossus: The First Draft

Donald Wandrei; George Locke [ed.] · 2002 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Not Stated, Ferret Fantasy, 2002 . Paperback. The very scarce limited edition of the 'first draft' of the 1930s short story 'Colossus' by American science fiction writer Donald Wandrei. One of two-hundred unnumbered copies of this first draft printed.In his...

The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

John R. Wise · 1863 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the New Forest, England, written by John Richard de Capel Wise. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-three images and two maps, one of which is folding. Collated compl...

The Birds of Wiltshire

Rev. Alfred Charles Smith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Printed for the author by R. H. Porter, 1887 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Rev. Alfred C. Smith's ornithological study of the birds of Wiltshire, on a lovely signed half morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, which prov...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White · 1813 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, White, Cochrane, and Co, 1813. Leather. An early edition of Gilbert White's seminal topographical work on Selborne, illustrated, including with a folding plate, and a hand-coloured plate. An important Mitford edition, with the text corrected and expanded from the ...

City of Liverpool Handbook Compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health

E. W. Hope [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Liverpool, Lee & Nightingale, 1903. Cloth. A very scarce handbook for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health in Liverpool, with illustrations. Very scarce. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighty-two plates, and two folding colour maps. Collated complete. A handboo...

The Pirates of the Sky a Tale of Modern Adventure

Stephen Gaillard · 1916 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce smart first U.K. edition of this sci-fi adventure novel by Stephen Gaillard, a nice copy with illustrations by Leon D'Emo. The very scarce first U.K. edition, the scarce U.S. edition was publish...