Science Fiction
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1993 OvertimeLondon: 1993An excellent first edition time travelling novel based on the legend of Blondel de Nesle.
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1906 A Woman of the Ice AgeNew York: 1906A scarce science fiction novel set in the Ice Age by Louis Pope Gratacap, the first edition of this thought provoking work.
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1884 The Life and Adventures of Peter WilkinsLondon: 1884A fine first edition thus of Robert Paltock's 'Gulliver's Travels' inspired novel, in crushed half morocco Bayntun bindings.
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1894 The Artificial MotherNew York; London: 1894The first edition of this curious sci-fi novel revolving around robots, an illustrated and scarce work.
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1929 The Woman Who Couldn't DieIndianapolis: 1929The first edition of Canadian author Arthur Stringer's science-fiction novel about the revival of a Viking woman who has been frozen in Arctic ice for 900 years.
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1975-59 Charisma, and, The Stars in ShroudLondon: 1975-79Two fine first edition science fiction novels by Michael Coney and Gregory Benford.
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Signed1926 The Connoisseur and Other StoriesLondon: 1926A very smart limited edition signed copy of this short story collection from reputable author Walter de la Mare.
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1970-1976 The Devil's Children; The Green Gene; The Blue HawkLondon: 1970-1976Uncorrected proof copies of the first editions of three novels by English author and poet Peter Dickinson: The Devil's Children, The Green Gene, and The Blue Hawk.
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1933 The Great God WasteEggington, Beds.: 1933The scarce first edition of John Hodgson's fictionalised discussion of capitalism, technocrats, and robotics.
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1942 An Unknown LandLondon: 1942The very scarce first edition of Viscount Samuel's philosophical lost race science fiction novel.
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2000 88 Gray's Inn Road: A Living Space Odyssey; And Other StoriesWembley: 2000The scarce first edition of these never before published tales by William F. Temple, inscribed 'presentation copy' to the colophon.
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Signed1935 In the Sealed CaveLondon: 1935The first edition of Louis Herrman's lost race science fiction novel, with a signed presentation inscription from the illustrator, H. V. Meyerowitz.
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1976 Mirrikh, or, A Woman From MarsNew York: 1976Francis Worcester Doughty's intriguing science fiction novel, following a striking woman from Mars, a very smart facsimile.
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c1890 Doctor Heidenhoff's ProcessLondon: c1890A scarce science fiction novella by Edward Bellamy, in which the plot concerns erasing memories.
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1937 Zero to EightyNew Jersey: 1937An illustrated science fiction novel by American inventor Edwin Fitch Northrup, the first edition.
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Signed1973 The Crystal ManNew York: 1973An anthology of the brilliant short stories of Edward Page Mitchell, the first edition, signed by the editor, Sam Moskowitz.
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1978 The Xipehuz and The Death of the EarthNew York: 1978A fine example of this English language edition of two science fiction tales by Belgian writer J.-H. Rosny aîné.
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1932 The Hidden KingdomMelbourne: 1932The first edition of this intriguing Lost Race Utopia novel set in remote Australia by M. Lynn Hamilton.
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1940 The Man Who Went BackLondon: 1940The first edition of Warwick Deeping's time travel novel in which a man from 1940s England finds himself in the years prior to the Roman invasion of Britain.
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1980 The Web of TimeStanmore, NSW: 1980A fine example of the first edition of Lee Harding's science fiction novel about time travel and an 'almost human' city.
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2013 War Over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science FictionJefferson and London: 2013The 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.
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1929 The Greatest AdventureNew York: 1929The first edition of this curious lost world sci-fi novel by John Taine.
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Signed1937 SkyraftLondon: 1937An uncommon science fiction novel on time travel, the first edition, signed by the author.
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1925 Adrift in the UnknownNew York: 1925A scarce sci-fi novel by the popular American author WIlliam Wallace Cook.
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1938 Not Since GenesisLondon: 1938A very scarce first edition sci-fi novel about the end of the world by J. Storer Clouston.
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1924 A Man of PartsLondon: 1924The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel surrounding the curious life of Professor Freyling, inspired by true events, written by J. J. Nelson.
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1926 The MagnetLondon: 1926The first edition of this vanishingly scarce sci-fi novel about metempsychosis, by David McLean.
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Signed1924 Stampede!Kensington : 1924An exceptionally scarce, signed first edition of Lance de Sieveking's debut novel, surrounding ideas of telepathy and mind-control, with charming illustrations from the authors godfather, G. K. Chesterton.
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1931 Brigands of the MoonChicago: 1931The first edition of this exciting space opera by Ray Cummings, a nice association copy with the bookplate of Donald Allen Wollheim.
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1938 General ManpowerNew York: 1938An uncommon, first edition of this futuristic novel surrounding an army of 250,000 'supermen', intent on invading California, written by John S. Martin.
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1871 Ten Times One Is Ten: The Possible ReformationBoston: 1871Edward Everett Hale's haunting sci-fi novel, the first edition of this curious tale.
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1910 The Man Who Dreamed RightLondon: 1910The first edition of this scarce, science-fiction novel surrounding an unassuming British clerk who can see into the future, written by William Holt-White.
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1953 The Abyss of WondersReading, PA.: 1953A limited edition of Perley Poore Sheehan's thrilling science fiction novel about a lost race in the Gobi desert.
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1922 The Girl in the Golden AtomLondon: 1922The very scarce first edition of Ray Cummings's science fiction novel about an atomic world hidden within a wedding ring.
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1912 The Uncreated ManLondon: 1912The vanishingly scarce first edition of Austin Fryers's science fiction novel about a scientist's creation of a Frankenstein's Monster.
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1913 The Kingdom of GoldBoston: 1913The very scarce first edition of Benjamin Fowler Carpenter's utopian science fiction novel about an impending financial disaster.