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Guardians of Time

Poul Anderson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961 . Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of four science-fiction tales from American author Poul Anderson, in the bright Gollancz dust wrapper. The first UK edition. First published in the US in 1960. Collects four early Time Patrol st...

Resurgent Dust, the Immortals, and the Indestructible

Rolf Garner; [Bryan Berry] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, Panther Books, 1953-53. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set of this very scarce science fiction trilogy by Bryan Berry, following humans living on Venus/ The first editions.A very scarce trilogy.Each volume is in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. This tri...

The Man with Two Memories

J. B. S. Haldane · 1976 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Merlin Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction romance by J. B. S. Haldane. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Man With Two Memories' is an incomplete and posthumou...

Mr. Hawkins&Apos; Humorous Adventures

Edgar Franklin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

New York, Dodge Publishing Company, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A superb example of the uncommon first edition of Edgar Franklin Stearns's entertaining science fiction short stories. The uncommon first edition of this short story collection by Edgar Franklin, the pseudon...

Unlawful

Charles Turner · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Stanley Paul & Co, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of this very scarce science fiction thriller by Charles Turner. The first edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth. This science fiction thriller was written by Charle...

A New Messiah: A Novel

Robert Cromie · 1902 · Rooke Books

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

London, Digby, Long & Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce work by Robert Cromie, both a journalist and a writer of science fiction novels. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth b...

The Leopidopterist&Apos;S Guide Intended for the Young Collector, Containing Full Instructions for the Collecting, Management, Observation, Preservation, of Lepidoptera, in All Their Stages.

H. Guard Knaggs · 1869 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, John Van Voorst , 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce entomological work on butterflies and moths by H. Guard Knaggs. The very scarce first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth. This entomological work was writt...

Divide and Rule

L. Sprague de Camp · 1948 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of two thrilling science fiction novellas set in the Earth's future, a signed limited edition. The first edition of this work, a limited edition of five-hundred copies, of which ...

Next of Kin

Eric Frank Russell · 1959 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this military themed comical sci-fi novel by Eric Frank Russell. The scarce first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Next of Kin' is a comical sci-fi novel, ...

Sporting Wildfowl of the British Isles: Studies in Words and Pictures

Brian P. Martin · 1999 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.24 | $4,623.71 | ¥738,349)

Holt, Norfolk, Fine Sporting Interests Ltd, 1999 . First edition. Leather. A sumptuous study of the wildfowl of the British Isles, one of only twelve review copies, sent to sporting and countryside author John Humphreys. Signed by the author and illustrator. A very scarce limi...

Far As Human Eye Could See

Isaac Asimov · 1988 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Grafton Books, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of essays about science fiction, from iconic science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov. The first UK edition, first impression. First published in the US the year prior.In the publisher&apo...

Sub-Coelum a Sky-Built Human World

A. P. Russell · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon utopian novel by American author Addison Peale Russell, the first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work.'Sub-Coelum' is an early utopian novel by Addison Peale Russ...

The Slave of the Lamp

William North · 1855 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

New York, H. Long & Brothers, 1855. First edition. Cloth. A scarce novel by William North, a semi-autobiographical romantic Lost World tale, the first edition. The first edition of this scarce work, in the even more scarce variant red cloth.'The Slave of the Lamp' fo...

Forty Thousand in Gehenna

C. J. Cherryh · 1983 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Michigan, Phantasia Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of one of the popular Alliance-Union sci-fi novels by C. J. Cherryh, signed the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page, 'For Robert, Best Regards! ...

The City in the Clouds

C. Ranger Gull · 1921 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Hurst & Blackett, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of C. Ranger's Gulls's fantastical novel about a floating city over London. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work. In the publisher's original unc...

The Difference Engine

William Gibson; Bruce Sterling · 1990 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this alternative history set in a steampunk Victorian Britain. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A brilliant novel of alternative history, 'The...

The Love of Wild Life

Mary Maughan · 1977 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.82 | ¥123,410)

None, None, 1977-79. Leather. A very unique hand-produced journal, recounting ornithological and zoological tours undertaken by a Mary Maughan, compiled with original photographs and drawings. A beautiful and unique hand-produced ornithological and zoological journal. With on...

Nineteen Hundred? a Forecast and a Story

Marianne Farningham · 1892 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, James Clarke & Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this religious utopian work, written by Mary Anne Hearn, under her pseudonym Marianne Farningham. The first edition of the work. Scarce, bound in the original publisher's binding. With eigh...

The Smashed World

Henry J. Slater · 1952 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Jarrolds, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Henry J. Slater's science fiction novel set in the year 3000. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped brightly illustrated dust wrapper.Set ...

The Plight of the Miners a National Danger

John Galsworthy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , The Coalfields Distress Committee, 1928. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart pamphlet detailing the plight of the miners. A pamphlet on mining. Reprinted from the Manchester Guardian from October 5th 1928, this article which details the hardships of the miners in the North of...