Storia militare

Reminiscences of Admiral Montagu

Victor A. Montagu · 1910 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Arnold, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this entertaining collection of reminiscences of Victorian naval and social life, by Admiral Victor A. Montagu. Victor Montagu was a British Naval officer who saw considerable service in the latter half...

Disenchantment

C. E. Montague · 1922 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York , Brentano's , 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of C. E. Montague's pivotal articles about the First World War. Author's presentation copy, with a signed inscription to the half title.First US edition.In the original quarter cloth b...

The Reichstag Fire Trial: The Second Brown Book of the Hitler Terror

Georgi Dimitrov [Dimitroff]; D. N. Pritt; Lion Feuchtwanger · 1934 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of the first English edition of this scarce Reichstag Fire Trial historical work by Georgi Dimitrov, illustrated with black and white photographs. The first English edition. A scarce legal and hi...

A Military Consul in Turkey the Experiences & Impressions of a British Representative in Asia Minor

Captain A. F. Townshend · 1910 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A superb, scarce first edition of Captain Townshend's military account of the British in Turkey, previously owned by physician Dame Louise McIlroy. A first edition of the military memoire and history of Turkey, by ...

Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa

Henry M. Stanley · 1874 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. The charmingly illustrated first edition of Henry M. Stanley's accounts of two British military campaigns in Africa in the 1860s and 70s. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's ori...

British Foreign Policy in the Second World War

Sir Llewellyn Woodward · 1970 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London , Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970-1976. Cloth. A first edition of Sir Llewellyn Woodward's history of British foreign policy during the Second World War. Part of an enormous and meticulous project undertaken by the government to provide a official histor...

The Army List April 1863

The War Office · 1863 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London , Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1863. Paperback. The 1863 edition of the Army List issued by the War Office. Comprising lists of the Officers of the Army, the Royal Marines, the Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers. In original paper wraps. Externally, rubbed with b...

The German Spy in America the Secret Plotting of German Spies in the United States and the Inside Story of the Sinking of the Lusitania

John Price Jones · 1917 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London , Hutchinson and Co. 1917. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this account of the events leading up to the sinking of the ocean liner RMS Lusitania, with particular reference to the part played by German spies. WIth ink stamp to title page, bearing the words, &apo...

Golden Lads a Study of Anthony Bacon, Francis and Their Friends

Daphne du Maurier · 1975 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of Daphne du Maurier's biography, with colour and monochrome plates. An uncommon first edition of Daphne du Maurier's historical biography of the aristocratic brothers Anthony and Fran...

Naval Tactics and Trials of Sailings

George Biddlecombe · 1850 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Charles Wilson, 1850 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and charts, this is the scarce first edition of George Biddlecombe's impressive and informative discussion of naval tactics and avoiding collisions. A scarce first edition.Illustrate...

Christopher Robins Set: The Invisible Air Force (Signed), the Ravens (Signed) and the Test of Courage (Biography)

Christopher Robbins · 1979 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London; New York; London, Macmillan; Crown Publishers; Century, 1979-1999. First edition. Cloth. First edition works by a British journalist and author who specialised in covert operations and espionage during the Cold War, including two signed works. The first editions of thr...

India&Apos;S Army

Major Donovan Jackson · 1940 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Sampson Low , [1940]. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated account of the British Indian Army, with coloured illustrations, and collectible cigarette cards tipped in. A work by the British Army Officer Major Donovan Jackson.The volume provides an account of the British Ind...

A Scarce Set of Retrospective Poetry: From 1923-1949

D.S. Hancock; Dent Dormer; John Freeman [int. by J.C. Squire]; Geoffrey Fyson · 1923 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell; Macmillan and Co.; Parthian Press, 1923-1949. First edition. Cloth. A scarce set of poetry published between 1923-1949, from the comic to the melancholy. All first editions, including signed copies. A Scarce Set of Retrospective Poetry: Published b...

Rhymes from an Eastern Battlefield

W.E. Gladstone Solomon [William Ewart Gladstone Solomon] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, W. Thacker and Co. 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed and very scarce anthology based on a South African artist's experiences serving in Italy and the Middle East during the First World War. Rhymes from an Eastern Battlefield, a very scarce war poetry anthology,...

A Hundred Year History of the P. &0. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

Boyd Cable · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition copy of this comprehensive historical account of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth ...

Fettered Fancies Verses and Songs

Rothiemay · 1919 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Hove, Combridges, [1919] Undated, dated from a cop. Magazine. Hove: Combridges, [1919] Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. Magazine. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. An incredibly scarce volume of privately printed post First World War poetry. An incredibly scarc...

Scarce Poems of the Early Twentieth Century

Bertram Dobell; A.B. Pears; Andrew Dodds; C.L. Graves [Charles Larcom Graves]; Robert Vansittart · 1915 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London; Cockermouth; Stirling, P.J. and A.E. Dobell; Brash Bros.; The Scottish Farm Servant; Clement Ingleby; Hutchinson and Co. 1915-1944. First edition. Hardback. A scarce set of first editions of British poetry, published and written during the First World War, Interwar and...

For the Sceptre of the Sea

G.B. Warren · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

1916, John Long, 1916. Cloth. A very scarce and signed patriotic anthology focused on naval warfare, written at the height of the First World War by poet G.B. Warren. The signed first edition of a very scarce poetic anthology centered on naval warfare during the First World Wa...

The Harvesting

W. Forthergill Robinson [William Fothergill Robinson] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Erskine MacDonald, 1916. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce anthology of lyrical poems, including those related to the First World War, written and signed by William Fothergill Robinson. The signed first edition of The Harvesting, a very scarce poetic anthology, wr...

The Ballad of the Iron Cross

Alfred Dodd · 1918 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Erskine MacDonald, 1918. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a scarce yet fascinating ballad of a British soldier by Francis Bacon biographer Alfred Dodd. The signed first edition of the scarce The Ballad of the Iron Cross, a narrative ballad along wit...