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Great works of literature, often in their first edition. Classic and familiar stories as well as tales you have never heard before. We go back through four hundred years of storytelling.
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1913 The Man Who Would Not Be KingLondon: 1913The very scarce first edition of this dystopian work, by English journalist and author, Sidney Dark.
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1893 The Paradise of The NorthLondon: [1893]A superior copy of the first illustrated edition of this dramatic lost race novel, in the publisher's original decorative cloth.
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Signed1894 Toddle IslandLondon: 1894A very scarce signed first edition of this Utopian novel, by British clergyman and Socialist, Dennis Hird.
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1927 UnlawfulLondon: 1927A superior first edition of this very scarce science fiction thriller by Charles Turner.
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1926 The City of DesireLondon: 1926The first edition of this scarce Lost Race sci-fi novel, by Juanita Savage.
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1898 The White Princess of the Hidden CityLondon: 1898The first edition of this scarce 'lost world' novel by David Lawson Johnstone, illustrated by W. Boucher.
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1906 The Scarlet EmpireIndianapolis: 1906The first edition of this satirical and dystopian novel by David M. Parry, illustrated by Hermann C. Wall.
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1920 The Flying LegionChicago: 1920The first edition of this exciting adventure sci-fi novel by George Allan England, in the original scarce dust wrapper.
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1889 The Last AmericanNew York : 1889A fascinating satirical work comprised of fictional journal entries, depicting a dystopian America in the year 2951.
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1896 The Tyrants of Kool-SimLondon: 1896The first edition of this very scarce illustrated 'lost race' science fiction novel by J. Maclaren Cobban.
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1909 Submarine GirlLondon: 1909The first edition of this very scarce science fiction novel about a submarine screw who encounter the Flying Dutchman.
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1899 An African TreasureLondon: 1899An early edition of this 'lost world' science fiction novel by J. Maclaren Cobban.
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1908 Lentala of the South SeasNew York: 1908An exciting and romantic science fiction novel by W. C. Morrow, complete with colourful plates.
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Signed1948 The Call of Peter GaskellKingswood, Surrey: 1948The first edition of George C. Wallis's 'master thriller science fiction novel', with a three leaf handwritten autobiography by the author.
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Signed1937 Sugar in the Air: A RomanceLondon: 1937A signed first edition of E. C. Large's unusual science fiction novel about the attempt of a scientist to extract food from oxygen.
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1963 Science Fantasy No. 60 Volume 20London: 1963Volume twenty of the 'Science Fantasy' magazine, noted for containing Terry Pratchett's first commercially published story, 'The Hades Business'.
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1969 The Inner LandscapeLondon: 1969The first edition of this collection of science fiction stories by Mervyn Peake, J. G. Ballard and Brian Aldiss.
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1921 The Wolves of God and Other Fey StoriesLondon: 1921An uncommon anthology of supernatural tales, a collaboration of writing between Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson.
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1987-88 Titus Groan a Radio PlayLondon: 1987-88A scarce first edition of the radio play of Mervyn Peake's first Gormenghast novel, with Peake's illustrations throughout.
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1951 The Throne of SaturnLondon: 1951A smart first UK edition of this imaginative collection of science fiction stories from S. Fowler Wright, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1926 The Voice of the MurdererNew York; London: 1926A very scarce first edition mystery time travel novel, in the original decorative dust wrapper.
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1915 The Bride of the SunNew York: 1915A scarce, first edition in English of this lost race adventure novel set in Peru, written by Gaston Leroux.
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Signed1934 LandslideLondon: 1934A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Monica Curtis's very scarce utopian novel.
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1887 The Twin Soul or, The Strange Experiences of Mr. RamesesLondon: 1887An extremely scarce, first edition of this science-fiction novel described as 'A Psychological and Realistic Romance', written by Charles Mackay.
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1944 The Man They Couldn't KillLondon: [1944]A very scarce sci-fi novel following a superhuman who is falsely accused of murder, the first edition of this exciting novel.
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1931 The Coming of the AmazonsLondon: 1931A 'Confidential Advance Proof' of Owen Johnson's science fiction novel about a role reversal between the sexes.
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Signed1949 Four-Sided Triangle: A RomanceLondon: 1949A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of William F. Temple's popular science-fiction novel.
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1916 The Golden BlightNew York: 1916A very scarce, first edition of this science-fiction novel by American author and explorer, George Allan England.
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1908 The Iron Detective of Germany: A Comedy of the Near FutureLondon: 1908The vanishingly scarce fifth thousand of the first edition of anthropologist H. P. Fitzgerald Marriott's science fiction novel about a robot detective.
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1919 A Romance of Two CenturiesAlpine, New Jersey: [1919]The first edition of this very scarce Near Future science fiction novel set in 2025, by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie.
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1949 The Terrible AwakeningLondon: 1949A smart first edition of this science fiction novel from English novelist Hugh Desmond, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper.
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1917 The Supreme MysteryLondon: 1917The first edition of this very scarce time travel science fiction novel by J. H. Symons.
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1926 Other Eyes Than OursLondon: 1926The first edition of this scarce novel, following a spiritualism hoax, by Ronald Knox.
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1899 The Fortress of YadasaraLondon: 1899A scarce Lost World science fiction novel by Percy Brebner, a fantastical tale illustrated by Lancelot Speed.
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1921 The Great ImageLondon: 1921A very scarce first edition copy of this Near Future science fiction novel by 'Pan'.
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1950 This Creeping EvilLondon : 1950An extremely scarce, first edition of this thrilling science-fiction novel written by Captain Geoffrey Martin Bennett, under the pseudonym of "Sea Lion".