Storia militare

Merchant Adventurers 1914-1918

F. A. Hook · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, A. & C. Black, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this work exploring the input of merchant adventurers during the First World War, by F. A. Hook. First edition. Uncommon work.Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. This informative w...

The History of the Duke of Cornwall&Apos;S Light Infantry 1914-1919

Everard Wyrall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Methuen & Co. LTD, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical work on the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry between 1914 and 1919, with illustrations and folding maps. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the ...

Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917

Arnold T. Wilson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Oxford; London, Oxford University Press Humphrey Milfrod, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arnold Wilson's insightful first-hand account of action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. The first edition of this work.Arnold Wilson's account of his...

The Arabs in Tripoli

Alan Ostler · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Murray, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher's presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of Alan Ostler's account of the Arab camps at the beginning of the Tripoli campaign. The uncommon first edition of this work.With the blind stamp 'wit...

Hindustani Grammar for Lower and Higher Standards with Three Appendices on Military Subjects for Colloquial Examinations

Munshi Kashi Nath · 1918 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Amballa [Ambala], S. M. Yaseen , 1918. Cloth. An informative, very scarce study of Hindustani gramma for examinations, written by Munshi Kashi Nath. The third edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper to the boards. This language study ...

The Revolt in Hindustan 1857-1859

Sir Evelyn Wood · 1908 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1908. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated history of the Indian Revolt of 1857 with details of conflict through 1859. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and five folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed acc...

The War Illustrated Album de Luxe: The Story of the Great European War Told by Camera, Pen and Pencil

J. A. Hammerton [editor] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, The Amalgamated Press, Limited, 1915-1916. Cloth. A smart five volume set of this illustrated account of The Great War, with maps. Five volumes of a ten volume set. Edited by Sir John Alexander Hammerton, a British writer described by the Dictionary of National Biograp...

After Pretoria: The Guerilla War

H. W. Wilson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, The Amalgamated Press Limited, 1902. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this illustrated two-volume supplement to 'With the Flag of Pretoria' by Herbert Wrigley Wilson. The first edition of this two-volume work in a quarter morocco binding with m...

IM Kampf Um Sud-Afrika Lebenserinnerungen de President Paul Kruger and Kriegserinnerungen Von General Ben Viljoen

Schowalter · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Munchen , J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, [1902]. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works in German on the fight for South Africa in the Boer War, with details on the lives of General Ben Viljoen and President Paul Kruger. The first editions. Illustrated with a frontispiece to b...

Instructions in Military Equitation, and in the Elements of Field Movements of Cavalry

1819 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, William Clowes, 1819. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce instructional work on the training and care of horses in the military. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with twenty plates.An interesting guidebook for the instruction of c...

Regulations and Instructions for the Cavalry Sword Exercise

1819 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, William Clowes, 1819. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce military guidebook on the various sword exercises of the cavalry, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a folding plate to the frontispiece, a...

Naval Chronology; or, an Historical Summary of Naval and Maritime Events

Isaac Schomberg · 1802 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, T. Egerton, 1802 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this five volume work of naval history, charting the course of maritime events from the Romans to the start of the nineteenth century. The first edition of this work, complete in five volumes.The work of h...

The 7th (Queen&Apos;S Own) Hussars

C. R. B. Barrett · 1914 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Royal United Service Institution, 1914. First edition. Leather. A smart complete first edition of this detailed and illustrated history of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars cavalry regiment. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour...

The Second World War: Closing the Ring

Winston S. Churchill · 1952 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1952 . First edition. Leather. A well presented copy of the fifth volume of Churchill's important work on the Second World War, bound in leather. First edition, in a smart full calf binding. Written by previous British Prime Minister, Winston S....

The British Campaign in France and Flanders: January to July 1918

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1919 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1919 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the fifth volume of Arthur Conan Doyle's study of the British campaign in France and Flanders during the First World War. The first edition thus of this work, which collects together article...

A Collection of Novels and Historical Works by Len Deighton

Len Deighton; A. J. P. Taylor · 1977 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Jonathan Cape; Grafton Books, 1977-1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart collection of first edition novels and historical works surrounding World War Two, by Len Deighton. First editions, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original dust wrappe...

The Naval and Military Library of Entertainment

William Maginn; et al. · 1834 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Henry Colburn, 1834 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce set of first editions from the series on the naval and military library of entertainment. First editions, in a uniform cloth binding. Eighteen volumes of the series of works from The Naval and Military Library of Ent...

Napoleon and Waterloo the Emperor&Apos;S Campaign with the Armee Du Nord 1815

Major A. F. Becke · 1936 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Kegan Paul, 1936. Cloth. A scarce illustrated work in on Napoleon and Waterloo in a very scarce dust wrapper, written by Major. A. F. Becke. In the publisher's original cloth with the original scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The revised edition. With three folding ...

With the Flag to Pretoria and After Pretoria: The Guerilla War

H. W. Wilson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Harmsworth Brothers; The Amalgamated Press, 1900-1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated four volume work on the history of The Boer War, with folding maps. The first edition of this four-volume work in the publisher's original pic...

A School of Purposes

A. P. Herbert · 1946 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Methuen & Co. LTD, 1946. First edition. Cloth. An informative collection of Fougasse posters from 1939-1945, introduced by A. P. Herbert. This work is in original publisher's cloth binding, with an original, price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition of the work. A...