Storia militare

Right Off the Map, a Novel

C. E. Montague · 1927 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A special limited edition of Charles Edward Montague's anti-war novel, signed by the author. No. 259 of 260 copies of the special edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Signed by the auth...

Regeneration

Pat Barker · 1991 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Viking, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression, of Pat Barker's historical anti-war novel Regeneration. First edition, first impression. The first of the Regeneration Trilogy of historical and anti-war novels. Inspired by her grandfath...

Instructions in Brigade Drill for the Practice of Regiments and Depots of Infantry

1852 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, W. Clowes and Sons, 1852. Cloth. A very scarce work detailing the brigade drills used by infantry, complete with eight plates. The second edition of this very scarce work.A useful reference work, detailing the drills used in the regiments and depots of the infantry, wi...

The Lowland Scots Regiments

Sir Herbert Maxwell; Various · 1918 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the regiments of the Scottish Lowlands, complete with colour plates. The first edition.A history of the regiments of the Scottish Lowlands. Illustrated with a tippe...

The Dress of the First Regiment of Life Guards in Three Centuries

U. H. R. Broughton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Halton & Truscott Smith LTD, 1925. Leather. A colourfully illustrated limited edition study on the history of the dress of the First Regiment of the Life Guards. A limited edition work, number forty-three of three hundred numbered copies of this work by Urban Huttlesto...

History & Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade

Colonel Willoughby Verner · 1912 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, John Bale, Sons & Danielson, 1912-1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Colonel Willoughby Verner's two volume illustrated history of the Rifle Brigade. The first edition of this work, with volume I dated 1912, and volume II dated 1919.The work of Colo...

The Navy List

1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Darling & Son, 1887-88. Leather. Four volumes of 'The Navy List' bound in one volume, updating the list from 1887 to 1888. Four volumes of 'The Navy List' bound in one volume, for 1887 and 1888.'The Navy Li...

Envy" "Hatred" "Malice": An Indictment of the Ministry of Pensions at the Bar of Public Opinion

A. L. Artus · 1951 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Folkestone, A. L. Artus, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet condemning the dishonesty of the Ministry of Pensions towards First World War veterans. A very scarce pamphlet in the original paper wraps. Loosely inserted is a typewritten note, giving an...

Knights in Armour

Edward S. Woods; Sir William Robertson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Robert Scott, 1924 . Leather. A scarce work by Edward Woods, intended to prepare soldiers for battle, signed by Sir William Robertson, an esteemed Field Marshal who wrote the introduction to the work. The fifth impression. First published in 1916. Bound by Riviere in q...

The Royal Marines

Lord Latymer · 1915 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Arthur L Humpreys, 1915. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition of this scarce work on the British Royal Marines from British peer and conservative politician, Lord Latymer. First edition. Scarce work. With compliments slip from the author. An insightful wor...

A Companion to "Indian Mutiny" of 1857

P. J. O. Taylor [editor] · 1996 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1996. Cloth. A smart copy of this uncommon companion text to the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Uncommon work. Illustrated with twenty-four plates of colour photographs and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed historical study companion g...

Mediaeval Military Architecture

George T. Clarke · 1884 · Rooke Books

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

London, Wyman & Sons, 1884 . First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition of George T. Clarke's guide to mediaeval military architecture, in half calf signed bindings by Morrell. The two volume first edition of this work.A beautifully illustrated insight into the ...

The Grenadier Guards in the War of 1939-1945

Captain Nigel Nicolson; Patrick Forbes · 1949 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of the first edition of this military history from the Second World War. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen images across eleven pla...

Kitchener&Apos;S Mob: The Adventures of an American in the British Army

James Normal Hall · 1916 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Constable & Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon autobiographical work depicting an American's time within a British battalion in World War I. The first edition of this work.With a portrait frontispiece of the author. In the...

The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End

Peter W. Galbraith · 2006 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Simon & Schuster , 2006. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition, first impression of Galbraith's work on the Iraq War, in the original dust wrapper, with a letter from the author. The first edition, first printing with a complete numberline. The autho...

A Soldier&Apos;S Experience, or a Voice from the Ranks; Showing the Cost of War, in Blood and Treasure

Timothy Gowing · 1886 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Nottingham, Thos. Forman and Sons, 1886. Cloth. Timothy Gower's account of his personal experiences as a soldier, illustrated throughout. A detailed account of the author's experiences as a soldier during the Crimean Campaign, Indian Mutiny, and Afghan Campaign of 18...

Ball of Fire: The Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War

Antony Brett-James · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden Ltd. 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this uncommon and interesting work regarding the Fifth Indian Division during the Second World War. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origina...

Our Times: The United States 1900-1925. Volume IV: The War Begins 1909-1914

Mark Sullivan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the fourth volume of Mark Sullivan's analysis of American History. The first edition, first printing, with Scribner's A and publisher's seal to the colophon.Inscri...

The Chindit War: The Campaign in Burma, 1944

Shelford Bidwell · 1979 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this illustrated account of the Chindit War, bound by Maltbys of Oxford. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed commentar...

The Vanishing Fleets

Roy Norton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York , D. Appleton and Company , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work depicting the author's thoughts and warnings on the state of United States' navy defences pre-World War I. A first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with monochrome frontis...