Matematica e fisica

The White King of Manoa

Joseph Hatton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon historical sci-fi novel, featuring Sir Walter Raleigh, a smart author's presentation copy. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the fro...

The End of It All

Jack Danvers [Camille Auguste Marie Caseleyr] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, William Heinamann, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of Jack Danvers's very scarce thriller, set in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. An uncorrected proof of this very scarce work, with the publication date and intended price handwritten t...

Doctor Therne

H. Rider Haggard; Andrew Lang · 1898 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting science fiction novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Following a smallpox epidemic that sweeps across England. Written as an attack on the anti-v...

A Demigod

[Edward Payson Jackson] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel which looks into eugenics, an uncommon work written by Edward Payson Jackson. The first edition of this uncommon work.'A Demigod' follows aa Eugenics programmes f...

Les Robinsons Lunaires

G. Le Faure · 1893 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Paris, E. Dentu, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling late nineteenth century science fiction novel about a lunar voyage, illustrated throughout by Fernand Fau. In the original French.The first edition of this science fiction novel, in which a famil...

The Prince of Atlantis

Lillian Elizabeth Roy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

New York, The Educational Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition science fiction novel by Lillian Elizabeth Roy, concerning the flight of Atlanteans from a destroyed Atlantis. The first edition of this uncommon work.'The Prince of Atlantis' is a...

The Great Prince Shan

E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of E. Phillips Oppenheim's thrilling science fiction novel, set in the near future. The first US edition, first printing, published in March 1922. The first edition in book form; this work ...

The Birds of Scotland Their History, Distribution, and Migration

Evelyn V. Baxter; Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul · 1953 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Baxter and Rintoul's extensive study on Scottish ornithology, a unique copy with two signed letters from the authors, addressed to fellow ornithologist Dr. Ian Pennie. The first edition.C...

Newaera; a Socialist Romance, with a Chapter on Vaccination

Edward G. Herbert · 1910 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, P.S. King & Son, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edward Geisler Herbert's science fiction novel about a socialist utopia in decline. The first edition of this early twentieth century work of speculative fiction.Herbert's novel - which he use...

A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist

T. Baron Russell · 1905 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.61 | ¥121,300)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed first edition of this vanishingly scarce work in which the author makes predictions about society one hundred years in the future. The first edition of this very scarce work. A US edition, also very sca...

Awakenings

Oliver Sacks · 1973 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Duckworth, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Oliver Sacks's Hawthornden Prize winning account of his treatment of the survivors of the sleeping-sickness epidemic of 1918. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's ori...

Einfuhrung in Die Metaphysik

Martin Heidegger · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Tubingen, Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1957 . Cloth. The second edition of this brief introduction to metaphysics from German philosopher Martin Heidegger. In the original German.The second edition of this introductory work, first published in 1953 from a lecture course given by Heide...

Wasp-Waisted Arabella

John Bagley · 1936 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this comical science fiction novel about immortality and the fountain of youth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.A comical novel, following the young Adolphus, w...

Galactic Effectuator

Jack Vance · 1980 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science-fiction anthology by Jack Vance, consisting of his novella 'The Dogtown Tourist Agency', and his short story 'Freitzke's Turn&apos. The first edition, first impr...

Science Fiction Novels

Henry Kuttner; Richard C Meredith; David Drake; Walter Jon Williams; Ian McDonald · 1979 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London , Hamlyn; Grafton; Vista, 1979-1997. Paperback. A collection of nine science fiction paperbacks by various science fiction writers. A collection of nine science fiction novels from the authors Henry Kuttner, Richard C Meredith, David Drake, Walter Jon Williams and Ian M...

Departures

E. L. Grant Watson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Pleiades Books Limited, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by biologist E. L. Watson in the original publisher's dust wrapper with illustrations. The first edition of Departures by E. L. Grant Watson in the original publis...

Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume XXVIII 1902

A. T. Moore; Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Chatham, Royal Engineers Institute, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this collection of professional papers from the Corps of Royal Engineers from the year 1902. The first edition, first impression of Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal...

Killer Planet

Bob Shaw · 1989 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1989. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy for Bob Shaw's science fiction novel, with a signature from the author to the front wraps. Uncorrected Proof Copy, uncommon. Signed by the author to the front cover of wraps. This is an...

Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World

R. T. Pritchett · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Arnold, 1899. First edition. Vellum. A delightful collection of sketches by R. T. Pritchett relating to ships around the world. Detailing all manner of beautiful boats, including the 'Britannia', 'Sunbeam' and 'Victoria and Albert',...

The Power and the Fire Worm

Ian Watson · 1987 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

London, Headline; Victor Gollancz , 1987-1988. First edition. Cloth. A collection of two first edition novels by the sci-fi author Ian Watson. An assorted collection of two novels by Ian Watson. Including: The Power, first edition of 1987, following the wake of the Power aft...