Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1953.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s 6d.
The first of Asimov's influential science fiction series, a cornerstone of modern speculative fiction and of course the basis for a relatively popular recent streaming series. The UK edition came out two years after the US.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
An enquiry into the limits of the possible
London, Gollancz, 1962.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 21/-.
Non-fiction essays where Clarke speculates on scientific and technological advances, from space flight and telecommunications to bioengineering, and coins the celebrated 'Clarke's Third Law' ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic").
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.Issue with 'A' on copyright page but no seal. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, clipped.Vonnegut’s first novel, set in a near-future America where automation has replaced human labour, leaving a technocratic elite and a disaffected majority. This is potentially a book club issue, as there is no publisher’s seal on the copyright page the jacket has been clipped, possibly where such a declaration would have been printed.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1962.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15/-.
Twelve stories exploring classic Clarke themes of technology, alien contact, space exploration and human destiny.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910.
First edition. 8vo. Title printed in red & black. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt with inset colour illustration to upper cover.
"Helen of All Time (1910) rather remarkably compresses into one volume an advanced Airship and a Reincarnated Helen of Troy." (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Faber & Faber, 1971.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £1.75.
A very good first UK edition of this classic sci-fi title, first published in Galaxy Magazine, October 1967.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Methuen, 1928.
Third UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
Edgar Rice Burroughs's The Chessmen of Mars, originally published in the US in 1922, continues the adventures of John Carter on the dying planet of Barsoom.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1970.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
direct in 97 hours 2 minutes: and a trip round it
London, Sampson, Low, Martson, Low, Searle, 1874.
Third UK edition. 8vo. Original pictorial pebbled cloth over bevelled boards, blocked in black & gilt.
This early science-fiction novel opens after the American Civil War when the Baltimore Gun Club, led by Impey Barbicane, proposes to fire a projectile to the moon.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
[London], The London Book Co. for Collins, n.d..
'The Novel Library' edition (#150). Small 8vo. Original gilt decorated cloth. Dust-jacket.
A dystopian science-fiction novel first serialised in 1899 (When the Sleeper Wakes) and revised in 1910.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A science-fantasy adventure, the first in Burroughs' Venus series, following Carson Napier's arrival on Venus (Amtor) and his rescue of Princess Duare, leading to swashbuckling escapades, strange creatures and aerial piracy.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey.
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1898.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth over bevelled boards.
Verne's adventurous sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, recounting the schooner Halbrane's voyage from the Kerguelen Islands in search of the missing Pym and his captain brother, Len Guy.
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring, third impression; The Two Towers, second impression; The Return of the King, second impression.
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1955.
3 vol., first editions. Large 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jackets.
Tolkien's epic following the Fellowship as they seek to destroy the One Ring to defeat Sauron and save Middle-earth. Thematically, it deepens the moral and mythic foundations laid in The Hobbit, embedding linguistic invention, heroic prophecy and even environmental concerns as central features of high fantasy's modern canon.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A Tale of the White Race of Mexico
London, Longmans, Green, 1899.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original orange pictorial cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt.
A fictionalised account of a white civilization in ancient Mexico, blending elements of fantasy and speculative history.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
An Occult Novel
London, Rider & Co., [1946].
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
Reginald-listed occult novel, by the author of The Ritual of Higher Magic (1947).
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Vol.3. No.1
Leeds, Futurian War Digest, October 1942.
Small 4to. Original pictorial stapled wrappers.
An interesting and uncommon war-time fanzine, featuring articles, stories and commentary on science fiction & fandom. This issue includes a response from Olaf Stapledon, indicating that he was too busy at the time to read the vast quantities of material sent to him, but thanking the Futurians nevertheless for thinking of him.
The editor J. Michael Rosenblum was a prominent figure in British science fiction fandom, known for his dedication to the genre despite challenging times. Accompanying the fanzine is a printed calling card from the editor, indicating this was a specimen copy, possibly for review.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Michael Joseph, 1955.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story follows David Strorm and his telepathic friends in a society that persecutes mutations. They seek a safe haven where they can live freely.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Beynon (John, pseud. John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, aka John Wyndham) The Secret People
London, Newnes, [1935].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A science fiction adventure that imagines a hidden civilization beneath the Sahara Desert. The novel, set in the "future" year of 1964 (as projected from 1935), begins with British playboy Mark Sunnet and his companion Margaret Lawn taking a private rocket-powered pleasure craft on a tour over North Africa. Disaster strikes when their rocket plane malfunctions and crash-lands in a newly formed body of water – the "Sahara Sea." (In this speculative future, engineers have flooded a portion of the Sahara to create an inland sea.) Mark and Margaret survive the crash only to be sucked into a cavern through a whirlpool. Regaining consciousness, they find themselves in a vast underground world, captive to a mysterious race of pygmies who dwell in a network of cavern.
The Secret People was published under the name "John Beynon," an early pseudonym used by John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris – better known later simply as John Wyndham. This was Wyndham's first (or potentially second) novel, written in his twenties.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Printed dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
The early Science Fiction novel, inspired by the tales of the 18th century child prodigy Christian Friedrich Heinecken and with various autobiographical elements. Extremely scarce in a dust-jacket, particularly in such condition.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, George G. Harrap, 1930.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original purple boards. Dust-jacket.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1988.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced £10.95.
The sequel to Equal Rites, this Discworld novel parodies Shakespearean themes, following our three witches - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick - as they navigate political intrigue and destiny.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.
Second edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, edges gilt.
The uncommon cloth-bound second edition, the work having been published the previous year, but here furnished with new and revised illustrations. A collection of fantasy stories set in a magical land called the Land Under the Sunset, which is located beyond the horizon.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Jonathan Cape, 1958.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.
A gripping World War III novel set in Quebec, following an exiled civil servant and a scientist torn between duty and morality amidst love, music, and encounters with nationalism.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Methuen, 1934.
Second edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
A philosophical and speculative science fiction novel, exploring the interconnectedness of human lives across vast timelines.
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1956-59.3 vol., first editions, fifth/sixth/fifth impression respectively. Large 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jackets.A solid set of early impressions of Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Michael Joseph, 1956.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
The Seeds of Time is a collection of ten science fiction short stories by British author John Wyndham, known for The Day of the Triffids. The anthology explores themes such as time travel, space exploration, and human nature, showcasing Wyndham's versatility and insightful social commentary.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1929].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
"Pseudonym of UK author Mavis Elizabeth Hocking Nisot (1893-1973) which she used for two of her novels, the second, The Man Who Could Stop War (1929), being a Near Future Scientific Romance in which the invention of an immobilising gas helps thwart a Russian Invasion. She is better known for her detective tales as E H Nisot." (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Jonathan Cape, 1982.
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author, 'J.G. Ballard: "El Supremo"', to title-page. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, publisher's price-sticker of £7.95 to inside flap.
Signed first edition of this collection of ten short stories originally written for magazines in the late '70s and early '80s.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original grey boards lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
The first UK edition of Bradbury's famous 'Martian Chronicles', with slightly different content to the US edition and its coeval Argentinian counterpart.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Harrap, 1935.
Third Harrap printing. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
"rich in detail, ingenious and well plotted, but weak in characterization at times." (Bleiler)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Hutchinson, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in green. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Africa-based novel with lost race elements.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, [1966].
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 30s.
The first UK edition of Frank Herbert's classic space opera, originally published serially in three parts as 'Dune World' in John W. Campbell's magazine Analog (December 1963).
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Elkin Mathews & Marot, 1934.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The search for a lost race in the Brazilian jungle.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Robert Hale, 1955.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
The first UK edition of Clement's third, and best-known, novel, originally serialised in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in April–July 1953. "[...]noteworthy not only as an impressive piece of planet-building, but as the first SF novel built on actual observational data involving another possible solar system." ('The Closely Reasoned Technological Story', Gary Westfahl).
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
A collectable copy of this classic collection of short stories by Martian chronicler Bradbury, in attractive jacket by his long-time collaborator Mugnaini.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Kéraban the Inflexible (Part II.)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885.
First UK edition. 8vo. Publisher's advertisements dated 'October, 1884'. Original pictorial brown cloth.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Grayson & Grayson, 1951.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
Themed collection of 12 science fiction stories dealing with space travel taken from the early modern genre pulp magazines. Contributors include Isaac Asimov, A.E. Van Vogt, Hal Clement, Lewis Padgett (husband-wife team pen name of Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore), L. Ron Hubbard, Manly Wade Wellman and Murray Leinster.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A Story Between Jest and Earnest
London, Methuen, 1935.
First edition, softcover issue. 8vo. Original salmon wrappers with front cover from the hardback dust-jacket mounted to upper wrapper (Currey binding C with price "2/-").
One of Stapledon's best novels, exploring the idea of a Nietzschean superman existing beyond the conventional ideas of morality… These softcover issues were issued a few years after the hardback edition, made up from the surplus sheets of the first printing. This is the scarce first issue of this softcover 'remainder'.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1960.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
One of Biggles creator Johns' successful dalliances with science fiction.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Faber, 1968.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 21s.
An interesting, quasi Sci-Fi take on Buddhism and the Hindu pantheon.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Michael Joseph, 1960.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original dark grey boards. Dust-jacket.
A great example of Wyndham's flair for speculative fiction that delves into the complexities of human nature, scientific ethics and societal change.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Translated by Winifred Ray
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1933.
First UK edition, first issue. 8vo. Original light blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
The scarce first English edition of this compelling blend of science fiction, horror and utopian fantasy, revolving around a hunchbacked scientist's attempts to become master of the world by removing all memory. Listed in Bleiler and Locke.