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The Throne of Saturn

S. Fowler Wright · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, William Heinemann, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this imaginative collection of science fiction stories from S. Fowler Wright, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition. Unusually published earlier in the United States in 1949...

The Voice of the Murderer

Goodwin Walsh · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

New York; London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition mystery time travel novel, in the original decorative dust wrapper. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A sci-fi crime novel, in wh...

The New Gulliver and Other Stories

Barry Pain · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, c1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from English writer Barry Pain. First edition. A collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories, including: In a London Garden, Zero, When I Was King,...

Metropolis

Thea von Harbour; Maurits J. Vles · 1928 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.91 | $1,056.85 | ¥168,765)

Amsterdam, Uitgevers-Maatschaap, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first Dutch edition of this monumental science fiction novel by Thea von Harbou, illustrated with stills from the 1926 film. The very scarce to see first Dutch edition of this work, translated by Maur...

River Gardens; Being an Account of the Best Methods of Cultivating Fresh-Water Plants in Aquaria, in Such a Manner As to Afford Suitable Abodes to Ornamental Fish, and Many Interesting Kinds of Aquatic Animals.

H. Noel Humphreys · 1857 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

London, Sampson Low, Son, & Co. 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce work on river gardens by H. Noel Humphreys, with beautiful colour plates. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original gilt cloth, re-backed. Illustrated w...

My Friend Toto: The Adventures of a Chimpanzee and the Story of His Journey from the Congo to London

Cherry Kearton; Sir Gilbert Parker · 1925 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Arrowsmith, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first of this illustrated story of a chimpanzee who travelled from the Congo to London. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-two photographs across sixteen plates. Collated complete. The story of Toto the chimpanzee, wh...

Where Flies the Flag

Henry Harbour · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1904. Cloth. The second edition of this adventure novel, with an early example of Arthur Rackham's beautiful illustrations. The second edition of this work in the blue pictorial cloth variant binding. Ink inscription to the verso of...

After the Rain

John Bowen · 1958 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction novel in which an inventor starts the second Flood. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, and the scarce promotional wrap around band.&...

The Long Earth and the Long War

Terry Pratchett; Stephen Baxter · 2012 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Doubleday, 2012-2013. First edition. Cloth. Bright first impressions of the exclusive Waterstones editions of these works from the science fiction series by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. The first edition, first impressions of these works in the publisher's ...

Sybaris and Other Homes

Edward E. Hale · 1869 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Boston, Fields, Osgood & Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this book of utopian literature by the author, historian and Unitarian minister Edward Everett Hale. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. An engaging piec...

Doctor Therne

H. Rider Haggard · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

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...

Les Aventures D&Apos;Un Aeronaute Parisien Dans Les Mondes Inconnus

Alfred Driou · 1856 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

Limoges, Barbou Freres, [1856]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon French science fiction novel, about the adventures of a French astronaut. In the original French.The first edition of this uncommon work.The work of French priest Alfred Driou.Illustrated ...

Modern Arms and a Feudal Throne

T. Milner Harrison · 1904 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York , R. F. Fenno & Company , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce illustrated adventure novel by T. Miler Harrison. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and three monochr...

The World&Apos;S Desire

H. Rider Haggard; Andrew Lang · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang's interesting fantasy novel reworking the myth of Odysseus. The first edition, the issue bound without adverts, as stated in 'A Bibliography of the Work...

Sansato

William F. Temple · 1998 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

California, Unicorn & Son, 1998. Paperback. A smart reprint of the final novel of William F. Temple, inscribed by his wife. Signed by the author's wife to the half-title, 'To George, For old times sake, All best wishes, Joan Temple. Dec 8th 1999&apos. A reprint of W...

After Bath (or, If You Prefer,) the Remarkable Case of the Flying Hat

Vaughan Wilkins · 1945 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1945. Magazine. A scarce to see proof copy of this brilliant children's fantasy novel by Vaughan Wilkins. A scarce proof copy, 'duplicate proof for retention, does not contain proof reader's marks&apos.'After Bath' is an entertai...

Panic O&Apos;Clock

Christopher Hodder-Williams · 1973 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Cornwall, United Writers, 1973. Paperback. A scarce proof copy of this gripping science fiction thriller by Christopher Hodder-Williams. The scarce proof copy.'Panic O'Clock' is a science fiction mystery, a compelling and complex novel in which victims of a new ...

Chaos

Shaw Desmond · 1938 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see first edition copy of this dystopian Future War novel by Shaw Desmond. The first edition, first impression, of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A Future War novel by Shaw Desmond, &apos...

The North Sea Mystery

Harry Edmonds · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition science fiction novel, in which the fate of the Royal Navy is at stake, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Inscribed by the author to the title page, 'To W. ...

Pharaoh&Apos;S Treasure. An Egyptian Romance.

Luman Allen · 1891 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Chicago, Donohue, Henneberry & Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A scarce historical fiction novel set in Ancient Egypt, a romance novel by Luman Allen, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this scarce work.A romance set in Egypt in 1345 BC, being discovered in ...