Matematik og fysik

Peace Under Earth

Paul Beaujon; [Beatrice Warde] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Megaw, 1938. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novella set in the near future, the first edition of this work by Beatrice Warde. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original glassine wrap.A short science fiction novella, comprising of dialogues...

Zero to Eighty

Akkad Pseudoman; [Edwin Fitch Northrup] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New Jersey, Scientific Publishing Company, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated science fiction novel by American inventor Edwin Fitch Northrup, the first edition. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An intriguing sci-fi novel, comp...

War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction

Richard Toronto; Earl Kemp · 2013 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Jefferson and London, McFarland & Company, 2013 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Toronto's fascinating guide to the 1940s 'Shaver Mystery', with a loosely inserted typed review from American science fiction editor Earl Kemp. The first edition of ...

Brigands of the Moon

Ray Cummings · 1931 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting space opera by Ray Cummings, a nice association copy with the bookplate of Donald Allen Wollheim. The first edition of this work.'Brigands of the Moon' follows the adventurous...

Ten Times One Is Ten: The Possible Reformation

Frederic Ingham; [Edward Everett Hale] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1871. First edition. Cloth. Edward Everett Hale's haunting sci-fi novel, the first edition of this curious tale. The first edition of this work.'Ten Times One Is Ten' is the first novel in a sequence by Edward Everett Hale, writing unde...

Science Fantasy No. 67, 68 and 69

Burnett Swann; Rudyard Kipling et al. · 1964 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Roberts & Vinter Ltd, 1964-5. First edition. Paperback. Three volumes of the 'Science Fantasy' periodical, filled with science fiction and fantasy short stories by a host of noted authors such as Rudyard Kipling. Three volumes of the 'Science Fantasy&apo...

If All Else Fails

Craig Strete · 1980 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of science-fiction short stories from Craig Strete, with notes and ownership stamps of noted science-fiction literary agent, Leslie Flood. The first US edition. First publishe...

Hector Servadac: Anomalous Phenomena, and, Homeward Bound

Jules Verne; I. O. Evans · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Arco Publications, 1965. Cloth. A smart set of the exciting sci-fi novel following a comet which picks up a group of people, originally written in French by Jules Verne. Jules Vernes' brilliant science fiction novel 'Hector Servadac', published as two pa...

After Doomsday

Poul Anderson · 1963 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this exciting science fiction novel by Poul Anderson, set after the Earth has been destroyed. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'After Doomsday...

Astra and Flondrix

Seamus Cullen · 1976 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Allen Lane, 1976. Paperback. A proof copy of this erotic high-fantasy novel set in a post-atomic world, a unique novel by Seamus Cullen. The proof copy of this work.'Astra and Flondrix' is a unique and curious erotic post-atomic fantasy novel, following the s...

The Land of the Lost

Roy Norton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction Lost World novel by Roy Norton, the first edition in book form in the original dust wrapper. The first edition in book form of this very scarce work, first serialized from March to August 1...

The Mouse on the Moon

Leonard Wibberley · 1962 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Leonard Wibberley's entertaining and satirical science fiction novel. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The third of the author's Mouse&ap...

The Annotated Lost World

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Roy Pilot; Alvin Rodin · 1996 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Indianapolis, Wessex Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A first thus edition of this annotated and illustrated edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel concerning a discovery of living dinosaurs in South America. The first thus edition of this annotated work in the publi...

The Birds of Somersetshire

Cecil Smith · 1869 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, John Van Voorst , 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition ornithological work into the birds of Somerset. The first edition of this work.Contemporary ink inscription dated 1870 to the front endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A comprehensive s...

The Justification of Andrew Lebrun

Frank Barrett; [Frank Davis] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, William Heinemann, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition novel, a science fiction novel based around suspended animation. The first edition of this scarce work.'The Justification of Andrew Lebrun' follows the eponymous character, a clockmaker and...

The Scarlet Empire

David M. Parry · 1906 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this satirical and dystopian novel by David M. Parry, illustrated by Hermann C. Wall. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by Hermann C. Wall with a co...

The Sack of London by the Highland Host: A Romance of the Period

Jingo James · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce and unusual science fiction novel, following a Scottish clan who march on London in response to an unflattering cartoon. The first edition. In the publisher's ori...

The Great Stone of Sardis: A Novel

Frank R. Stockton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Harper & Brothers, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this science fiction novel from American writer Frank Richard Stockton, with illustrations. First UK edition, published the same year as the US edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty...

Arsareth: A Tale of the Luray Caverns

B. C. Warren · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, A. Lovell & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling lost race novel from American author Benjamin Clark Warren. First edition. Scarce work. 'Set in antebellum Virginia, where a treasure trove unpacks the story of one the Ten Lost ...

The Raid of the "Detrimental": Being the True History of the Great Disappearance of 1862; Related by Several of Those Implicated and Others; and Now First Set Forth

The Earl of Desart · 1897 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this utopian novel from the Earl of Desart. First edition. A fantasy utopian novel set abord the good ship the Detrimental, featuring the discovery of a lost race. Written by William Ulick ...