Storia militare

Poems, Songs and Replies

Thomas M. Walker, Edward W. Evans · 1916 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Glasgow, Aird and Coghill, 1916. Paperback. A very scarce collection of poetic anthologies by Scottish poet Thomas M. Walker, containing patriotic poetic responses to those wishing to concede peace in World War I. Two very scarce poetic anthologies written by Scottish poet Tho...

Scarce War Poetry Collection

Gordon Mitchell; Esses Tok; W.R. Titterton · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Stirling; Aberdeen; London, Scott, Learmout and Allen; William Smith and Sons, T. Werner Laurie, 1916-1943. First edition. Paperback. Three scarce war anthologies commemorating British soldiers in the First and Second World Wars. Poems for the Forces is signed by Titterton, wh...

Pour Passer le Temps Random Rhymes by "the Bugler of the Legion

The Bugler" [Alexander Fraser] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Manchester, Sherratt & Hughes, 1923. Leather. An incredibly scarce book of verse, signed by the author, in charming original red reverse calf pictorial covers. A very scarce volume of wartime poetry by Alex. Fraser, who credits himself here as "The Bugler of the Legion".Bound ...

Cinquante-Quatre

1917 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Cambridge, Not Stated [Privately Printed], 1917. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce, anonymously published copy of illustrated war poetry. An incredibly scarce first edition selection of war poems and flying corps songs, published privately in 1917.Features a contempor...

Eherne Sonette 1914 Gesamtausgabe. Gesichtet, Verbessert Und Erganzt

Richard Schaukal · 1915 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Munich; Berlin, George Muller, 1915. Paperback. An uncommon 1915 edition, in very scarce original paper binding, inscribed and signed by the poet. A very scarce example of this 1915 'complete' edition in its original paper binding. Signed and inscribed by Austrian p...

Cockney Rhymes

W.T. Millington · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Erksine Macdonald, 1918. Paperback. A very scarce collection of poetry written in cockney rhyming slang, communicating the thoughts and feelings of the East End Tommies during World War I. A very scarce poetry collection of Cockney Rhymes, written by W.T. Millington. P...

The Poems of Francis St. Vincent Morris

Francis St. Vincent Morris; L. A. G. S. [Preface] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, B. H. Blackwell , 1917. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce First World War memorial volume preserving the poems of young RFC officer Francis St. Vincent Morris, killed in 1917. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. First ed...

L&Apos;Invasion le Siãƒâ¨Ge la Commune

Armand Dayot · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, [1901]. First edition. Leather. Gorgeous illustrated first edition of Armand Dayot's historical account on the Franco-Prussian War. First edition.Bound in the original publisher's red half morocco with red cloth boards.In the original French...

Love for Lydia Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and Other Stories a Moment in Time

H. E. Bates · 1952 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Michael Joseph, 1952-1964. Hardback. A lovely collection of 3 works by British novelist H. E. Bates, in their original dust wrappers. A 3 volume collection of first edition titles by H. E. Bates in lovely condition.This collection is made up of three titles, published ...

Gimlet Comes Home; Gimlet Mops Up; Gimlet Goes Again; Gimlet Lends a Hand; Gimlet Bores in; Gimlet Off the Map

Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

Leicester , The Brockhampton Press Ltd; University of London Press , 1946-1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright collection of largely first impression novels from Captain W. E. Johns' 'Gimlet' series, with the original dust wrappers. All first editions, first imp...

The Japanese Nation in Evolution: Steps in the Progress of a Great People

William Elliot Griffis · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, George G. Harrap & Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study by William Elliot Griffis, tracing Japan"s rapid transformation from feudal isolation to modern world power. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Fir...

The Great CIVIL War of the Times of Charles I. And Cromwell.

Richard Cattermole · 1852 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Cloth. A richly illustrated copy of Richard and George Cattermole"s The Great Civil War, a detailed historical narrative with vivid battle scenes between the Cavaliers and Roundheads In a full red textured cloth binding with blind stamping and gilt...

Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment)

Colonel H. Walrond · 1897 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1897. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this uncommon military history of the 1st Devon Militia, with illustrations. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with thirteen plates. Collated, lacking the frontispiece and thir...

The Story of the "9th King&Apos;S" in France

Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts · 1922 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

Liverpool, The Northern Publishing Co. Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical account of the 9th Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment through its involvement in the First World War. First edition. A military history of the 9th Batt...

The Annals of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Wiltshire Vol II Being a Complete History of the Prince of Wales&Apos; Own Royal Regiment from 1893 to 1908

Henry Graham · 1908 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Devizes, Geo. Simpson, "Gazette" Printing Works, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of the second volume of this history of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Wiltshire from 1893 to 1908. First edition. Volume II of II only. Illustrated with a frontispiece, three p...

The History & Records of Queen Victoria&Apos;S Rifles 1792-1922

Major C. A. Cuthbert Keeson · 1923 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of Queen Victoria's Rifles, the 9th Battalion, London Regiment. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty plates, and seventeen folding maps. Collated...

Voyage of the "Parma": The Great Grain Race of 1932

A. J. Villiers · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the ship the Parma and its place in The Great Grain Race of 1932. With the original dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrap...

Swept Channels; Western Mediterranean, 1942-1945

Taffrail [H. Taprell Dorling] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1935-1947 . First edition. Cloth. First editions of two informative works of naval history from Taffrail, with his account of the WWI minesweepers inscribed to his secretary, who typed out the work herself. The first editions, first impressions of...

Death over Haggerston: An Account of Adventures That Befell Some East Londoners between the Summers of 1940 and 1941

H. A. Wilson · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, A. R. Mowbray & Co. Limited, 1941. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated collection of stories written during the height of the Blitz. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. Written during the height of the Blitz, t...

The Stock Exchange Memorial of Those Who Fell in the Great War, MCMXIV-MCMXIX

Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Philip Lee Warner; The Medici Society, Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition memorial volume, featuring 120 photographic portraits with biographical tributes to London Stock Exchange members lost in the First World War. In the publisher's orig...