Storia militare

A Visit to Flanders, in July, 1815

James Simpson · 1815 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1815 . Leather. The third edition of James Simpson"s captivating depiction of the scene at the battle of Waterloo immediately after the event, with folding map. The third edition of this work. A fascinating account by James Simpson of his 1815 vis...

A Treatise on the Defence of Portugal

William Granville Eliot; Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon · 1811 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

London, T. Egerton; John Murray, 1811 . First edition. Leather. The scarce second edition of Granville Eliot's illustrated 'Treatise on the Defence of Portugal', bound alongside the first edition of Robinson's vanishingly scarce 'Sketch of the Campaign...

King Albert&Apos;S Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World

1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Daily Telegraph, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated wartime tribute from King Albert, the Belgian King. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen colour tipped in plates, one colour plate, and eight black-and-white plates....

The Great War

Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, George Newnes Limited , 1933-1934. Leather. The complete set of Winston Churchill's compelling history of World War I, finely bound here in the publisher's deluxe half morocco. A complete three-volume set of Churchill's illustrated study of World War I, ...

At War with the Smugglers

Rear-Admiral D. Arnold-Forster · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study of naval and maritime issues involving smugglers. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight images across seven plates. Collated complete. ...

Huts in Hell

Daniel A. Poling · 1919 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Boston, Christian Endeavor World, 1919. Cloth. A very smart third impression of this illustrated record of Poling's observations in France during the First World War. Third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A record of the au...

The Bulletin: Military Historical Society Volumes I-XX

Various · 1973 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Military Historical Society, 1973-1985. Cloth. Four smartly bound facsimile editions of The Bulletin for the Military Historical Society. Complete in four volumes. Containing volumes I to XX of The Bulletin. Facsimile editions. Illustrated throughout with numerous in-t...

List of Etonians Who Fought in the Great War MCMXIV-MCMXIX

1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Riccardi Press, Medici Society Limited, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A privately printed list of the Etonians who fought and lost their lives in the First World War. First and only edition. Privately printed. A list of the Etonians who fought in the Great War of 1914 to...

The Relief of Chitral

Captain G. J. Younghusband; Captain Frank E. Younghusband · 1897 · Rooke Books

£129.00 (€154.63 | $170.43 | ¥27,215)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Cloth. A work by the Younghusband brothers on the Siege of Chitral and the Chitral Expedition, complete with illustrations. An account of the Siege of Chitral, written by brothers Major General Sir George John Younghusband and Lieutenan...

Schritt Fur Schritt

Winston S. Churchill · 1940 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Amsterdam, Allert de Lange , 1940. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first German edition of this important work from Winston Churchill, comprising all of his articles on foreign affairs pre-WWII. The first German edition. Originally published in the UK in 1939. In the publi...

The World Crisis 1911-1914 & 1915

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1924 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Sydney, Australasian Publishing Company Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this detailed history from British statesman Winston Churchill, with illustrations and maps. Two volumes of a six volume set. Volumes one and two only. First Australian editio...

Rhodesia Served the Queen: Rhodesian Forces in the Boer War 1899-1902

Colonel A. S. Hickman · 1970 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Salisbury, Authority of the Government of Rhodesia and Under the Auspices of the Rhodesian Army , 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first volume of Hickman's study of British military forces in Rhodesia, with illustrations. First edition. Volume one...

All in It: "K (1)" Carries on

Ian Hay [John Hay Beith] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ian Kay's sequel to his successful work 'The First Hundred Thousand', proving an account of the Battle of Somme. The first edition. The author's presentation co...

Peter Simple

Captain Frederick Marryat; Michael Sadleir · 1929 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Constable and Co Ltd , 1929. Cloth. The complete two-volume limited edition of Captain Frederick Marryat's Napoleonic war novel, with illustrations. A limited edition of 750 unnumbered copies. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's blind...

A Collection of Volumes from the History of the Second World War Series

T. K. Derry; Major L. F. Ellis; Basil Collier · 1952 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1952-1957. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first edition volumes from the History of the Second World War series from Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Three volumes. History of the Second World War. First edition. This set c...

The Silver Crescent

Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. Somerset de Chair's limited edition account of his experiences in World War Two, in a quarter morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is...

Memoirs of the English Affairs, Chiefly Naval, from the Year 1660, to 1673 .

H. R. H. James, Duke of York · 1729 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, Not Stated, 1729 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce memoir documenting James II's illustrious naval career, illustrated with a frontispiece. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece.Bound in full calf. The naval memoirs of James II, ...

The Artistry of Leslie Cole: Today I Worked Well-the Picture Fell Off the Brush. With a Note on the Interesting Life of Brenda Cole

Malcolm Yorke; · 2010 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Huddersfield, Fleece Press, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition work on the art and life of the British war artist Leslie Cole, with many lovely plates in colour. A limited edition, with this being one of only five hundred. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one hu...

Left Book Club Works on Socialism and Finances During World War Two

John Strachey; The Pied Piper; Maurice Edelman; Hewlett Johnson · 1939 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Gollancz, 1939-41. Cloth. Four volumes of left-wing works from the Left Book Club on the war and Nazi Germany, published during World War Two. The 'Left Book Club Edition' to all. Not published for sale to the public. In the publisher's original cloth.Â...

Fire over London and Bombers over Merseyside

The London County Council; The Rt. Hone. The Earl of Derby; et al. · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London; Liverpool, Daily Post and Echo Ltd; Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1941-3. First edition. Paperback. Two fascinating historical illustrated pamphlets on the Blitz, providing insight into the bombings in London during World War Two. The first edition to both. A two volume set, i...