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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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1968 2001 A Space OdysseyLondon: 1968A sought after smart copy of the first edition of Arthur C. Clarke's most important sci-fi novel.
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1955 The ChrysalidsLondon: 1955A very smart example of the first edition of John Wyndham's post-apocalyptic science fiction novel.
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1956 The Seeds of TimeLondon: 1956The first edition of this anthology of ten science-fiction short stories by John Wyndham.
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1953 The Kraken WakesLondon: 1953An exceptionally lovely first edition of John Wyndham's science fiction novel, in which humanity is attacked by aliens that emerge from the depths of the sea.
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1951 The Day of the TriffidsLondon: 1951The first edition of John Wyndham's enormously influential work of science fiction, a work praised by Arthur C. Clarke as an 'immortal story'.
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1938 The Cave of a Thousand ColumnsLondon: 1938A bright first edition of this thrilling adventure novel about giant monsters who live in caves beneath Australia, in a vibrantly illustrated dust wrapper.
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1889 Thoth: A RomanceEdinburgh and London: 1889The third edition of J.S. Nicholson's lost world novel about an advanced African race living at the time of the Ancient Greeks.
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1933 The Last of the Japs and the JewsNew York: 1933The first edition of Solomon Cruso's uncommon science fiction novel, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper.
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1924 Ten Years Hence?London: 1924A review copy of the scarce first edition of this work of utopian fiction by Hannah Coron.
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1903 Up-to-To-morrow, or Mr Chumson's ExperimentsLondon: 1903The first edition of this very scarce collection of short stories about failed futuristic inventions.
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1936 The Empty WorldLondon: 1936The very scarce first edition of this science fiction novel by best-selling Scottish writer D.E. Stevenson.
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1948 Death of a WorldLondon: 1948A signed first edition of J. Jefferson Farjeon's science fiction novel, in which aliens land on a long dead Earth. -
1910 Newaera; A Socialist Romance, with A Chapter on VaccinationLondon: 1910A wonderful copy of the first edition of Edward Geisler Herbert's science fiction novel, about a socialist utopia in a state of decline.
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1955 The Future of the WorldTunbridge Wells: 1955A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition science fiction play. -
1893 James Ingleton: The History of A Social State A.D. 2,000London: 1893The first edition of this scarce science fiction novel set in the year 2,000, where England has become a socialist dystopia.
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1934 Winter's YouthLondon: 1934The first edition of this very scarce satirical science fiction novel, in the publisher's original dust wrapper.
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1911 The Affairs of John BolsoverLondon: 1911The very scarce first edition of this work of science fiction from Una L. Silberrad, set in the 1960s.
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1903 Isola; or, the Disinherited. A Revolt for Woman and all the Disinherited.London: 1903The first edition in book form of this vanishingly scarce feminist drama by Lady Florence Dixie, depicting a coming Utopia for woman.
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1961 Consider Her Ways & OthersLondon: 1961A well presented first edition of this work comprised of six short stories by John Wyndham.
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1980 Wanderers of TimeLondon: 1980A well presented copy of the first British hardcover edition of this science fiction work by John Wyndham.
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1894 A Journey in Other WorldsNew York: 1894An uncommon first edition copy of this fascinating sci-fi novel by John Jacob Astor.
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1940 The Garden Of Eden by Frank E HayterLondon: [1940]A very scarce first edition of this romantic African romance by Frank E Hayter.
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1943 When the Bells Rang, A Tale of What Might Have BeenLondon: 1943An Advanced Proof Copy of this uncommon science fiction novel about a reimagined alternate history where the Nazis invade the United Kingdom, published prior to the defeat of Hitler.
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1903 The Case of The. Fox: A Political UtopiaLondon: 1903The very scarce first edition of William Stanley's futuristic work of science fiction. Many of the author's prophecies have come to fruition.
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1977 Silver on the TreeLondon: 1977The first edition of Susan Cooper's gripping finale to her 'The Dark is Rising' fantasy series, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper.
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1904 Rachel. A Story of the Great DelugeNew York: 1904The very scarce first edition of this biblical science fiction work by Ernest U Smith.
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1899 Loup-Garou!London: 1899A scarce first edition copy of this volume of ten short stories by Eden Phillpotts, tales which include supernatural themes.
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1998 InversionsLondon: 1998A signed first edition of Iain M. Banks's science-fiction novel set on a fictional planet resembling Earth in the Middle Ages. -
1891 A Plunge into SpaceLondon: [1891]The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece.
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1892 Nineteen Hundred? A Forecast and a StoryLondon: 1892The scarce first edition of this religious utopian work, written by Mary Anne Hearn, under her pseudonym Marianne Farningham.
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1936 The Green Man of KilsonaLondon: 1936The first edition of Festus Pragnell's thrilling science fiction novel about the discovery of a miniature world found within an atom.
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1934 The Strange InvadersLondon: 1934A superior copy of this scarce Near Future disaster novel, in which the new-Ice Age is plagued by giant lizards and a communist religion.
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1916 The Pirates of the Sky a Tale of Modern AdventureLondon: 1916A very scarce smart first U.K. edition of this sci-fi adventure novel by Stephen Gaillard, a nice copy with illustrations by Leon D'Emo.
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1910 The Unknown To-MorrowLondon: 1910A gripping Near Future sci-fi novel following a disasterous revolution in England, which is now run by socialists.