Condition is also key avoid repair where possible, and be on your guard against dust jackets which have been cunningly (or not so cunningly) restored. 20th century books, with some exceptions, should have their original dust jackets, and 19th century and earlier books should be in the original publisher’s bindings or boards, or in attractive and ideally contemporary custom bindings.
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Lewis’s seven-book Narnia series – first editions of the later titles can be picked up reasonably easily, but completing a set can be hard as some titles are much rarer. Another enduring work of children’s fantasy to seriously consider is C. Disney’s classic animated film adaptations have firmly fixed these in the public imagination – they’re not going anywhere, and neither is the value of their first editions. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, are no less part of the heritage of serious imaginative literature, and are still enjoyed by adult readers today. Works written for children, such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, J. Frank Herbert’s Dune: cult classicĬollecting rare and valuable editions of the books that inspired these popular phenomena can be an enjoyable way to represent your own enthusiasm, but also a canny investment if you want to get in on the action. There is even a new film adaptation due later this year of Frank Herbert’s Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet – following David Lynch’s bizarre cult classic from the 80s.
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You can see it in the enduring popularity of the Tolkien and Star Wars film franchises, but also in the unprecedented success of HBO’s Game of Thrones TV series. Pure fantasy and epic sci-fi have also, in recent years, crept out of their respective niches and leapt into the spotlight of general public enjoyment. Written in 1909, it has long been appreciated as prophetic – I don’t think anybody expected how much so. Forster’s short story The Machine Stops, which imagines a future world in which humans are confined each to their own room, but are instead globally connected to one another through electronic screens.
“One of the inclusions in the catalogue, a rare first edition in original boards of Mary Shelley’s novel The Last Man, which is set at the end of the 21st century among the last survivors of a global pandemic, is just one particular example. See also: The Folio Society Looks to Sci-fi Themes With Luxuriously Illustrated Classic Books When we started, back in 2019, to put together In Other Worlds – Peter Harrington’s newly launched literature catalogue, we had no idea the world would grow so strange so suddenly, throwing some items into arresting relief. “I would also say that collecting in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and beyond, has never been so timely. Collecting in the arena of imaginative literature can be no less exciting – it is a limitless sandpit, where anyone may find their corner and make it their own. From escapist fantasy to political dystopia, from gothic nightmare to spiritual quest, writers have dissolved the boundaries of the possible, reshaped the worlds we think we know, and travelled with us to wholly new planets.
“The human imagination is an extraordinary thing – it is the engine that has powered literary history to some of its greatest heights. Sammy Jay, Literature Specialist at Peter Harrington London, guides you through the vastness of time and space… But for the book collector, the problem is to get to grips with this huge and exciting field. From The Shape of Things to Come to Lord of the Rings, fantasy and science fiction throws light on our society and the problems it faces.
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