Storia militare

Ich Dien" the Prince of Wales&Apos;S Volunteers (South Lancashire) 1914-1934

Captain H. Whalley-Kelly · 1935 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of a history of the South Lancashire Regiment, with maps and illustrations. A first edition copy of this work. This volume is the story of the South Lancashire Regiment during the First World War...

Deeds That Thrill the Empire

Earl of Derby · 1917 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London , The Standard Art Book Co, 1917-1919. First edition. Cloth. A complete five volume set of Deeds That Thrill the Empire, with colour plates. A complete five volume set of Deeds that Thrill the Empire which celebrate and describe many deed of World War One that resulted ...

The Army List, for November 1815

1815 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Army List War Office; T. Egerton; Meyler & Son; , 1815. Cloth. A scarce list of all members of the army during November 1815, a wonderful snapshot of military history at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The scarce November 1815 volume of 'The Army List', a mon...

Mass Killing and Genocide in Croatia 1991/92: A Book of Evidence (Based Upon the Evidence of the Division of Information, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia)

Various · 1992 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Zagreb, Hrvatska Sveučilišna Naklada, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, historical account of the genocide in Croatia during 1991/92. The first edition. In the publisher's original hardback binding. Issue one of the 'Croatia in the War' series....

History of the King&Apos;S Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914

Col. H. C. Wylly · 1926 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. 1926. First edition. Vellum. Volume I & II of Colonel Wylly's history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914, with lovely folding maps and plates. Bound in paper vellum with the gilt crest of the King's O...

History of the (12th Eastern) Division in the Great War, 1914-1918

Major-General Sir Arthur B. Scott [Ed.]; P. Middleton Brumwell [Compiled] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Nisbet & Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed account of the 12th (Eastern) Division's service during the First World War. Illustrated with numerous maps. A bright copy of the first edition of this study of the history of the formatio...

Social and Diplomatic Memories (Second Series) 1894-1901 Egypt and Abyssinia

Sir James Rennell Rodd G. C. B. · 1923 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this military memoir, in the scarce original dust wrapper. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work. Uncommon, in the particularly scar...

The Memoirs of Baron Thiãƒâ©Bault (Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army)

Baron Thiébault; Arthur John Butler (ed.) · 1896 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1896. Cloth. The complete two volume set of Baron Thiébault's memoir, translated by Arthur John Butler. The first translated edition. In full cloth binding with gilt detail to the spine. There is a fold out map of Paris in volume one and an eng...

The Days of Battle; or, Quatre Bras and Waterloo

Charlotte Anne Eaton · 1853 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Henry G. Bohn , 1853. Leather. A fascinating account of the Battle of Waterloo, written from the personal experience of an English woman in Belgium. A new edition. In half leather binding. The personal account the of English travel writer, Charlotte Anne Eaton's, ...

Uniform of the Navy Past & Present

W. Y. Carman · 1942 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Forster Groom & Co, 1942. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely and beautifully illustrated pamphlet on the uniforms of the Navy, with hand painted plates. A lovely pamphlet that describes and carefully illustrated the Uniforms of the Navy from a Sailor of Alfred's time to...

Before We Go Back a Pictorial Record of Norway&Apos;S Fight Against Nazism, Both Inside and Outside the Country

Philip Noel-Baker · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1944. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A deeply interesting pamphlet on Norway's fight during the Second World War, with illustrations and photographs throughout. Before We Go Back is a pictorial record of Norway's figh...

Reminiscences of the CIVIL War

General John B. Gordon · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Archibald Constable & Co, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating volume of a Confederate army general's experiences and reminiscences of the Civil War. This is a copy of the first UK edition of Reminiscences of the Civil War by General John B. Gordon, publish...

In Kut and Captivity with the Sixth Indian Division

Major E.W.C. Sandes · 1919 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

London, John Murray, 1919. First edition. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy of this illustrated narration of the Sixth Indian Division and its service in the Mesopotamian Campaign from 1914 to 1916. A harrowing retelling of the Sixth Indian Division (sometimes called the ...

Heroes of the Flying Corps

Claude Grahame-White; Harry Harper · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 1916. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of the book Heroes of the Flying Corps, written for children with a keen interest in planes and aerial warfare. This book is purely non-technical and is written to interest boys and concerns the u...

The Military Novels of Charles Lever

Charles Lever · 1892 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1892. Leather. A limited edition collection of the military novels of Charles Lever, all illustrated by the noted artist Phiz, otherwise known as Hablot Knight Browne, bound in a half-calf binding. Limited Edition, 'Edition De L...

Uniforms of the Unites States Army

Henry Loomis Nelson · 1959 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Thomas Yoseloff , 1959. Cloth. A large paper copy with some lovely coloured plates illustrating the US Army uniforms, first trade edition thus, enlarged. First trade edition with 'New Matter', first thus, published together with a limited edition of sixty c...

Manual de Fortificacion de Campaãƒâ±a

Henri Alexis Brialmont; Emilio Bonelli Hernando (Trans) · 1881 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Madrid, Alvarez Hermanos, 1881. Leather. An important work on military work on military fortifications, written by architect Henri Alexis Brialmont and translated into Spanish by Hernando, illustrated with several folding plates. Very scarce 1881 Spanish translation. Illustra...

Correspondence of Lieut. -General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart Relative to His Military Operations in Kaffraria, Until the Termination of the Kafir War, and to His Measures for the Future Maintenance of Peace on That Frontier, and the Protection and Welfare of the People of South Africa

Sir George Cathcart · 1857 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Leather. The first impression of the correspondence of Sir George Cathcart relative to his military operations, in a lovely full calf binding. A lovely copy of the first edition correspondence of Major-General George Cathcart, relative...

Official Medals and Ribbons of the British Army from 1800 to 1901

Arthur Wellesley-Bikker · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Not Stated, None, 1902. First edition. Leather. An illustrated scrapbook containing forty-eight examples of the medals and ribbons issued by the British Army over the course of the nineteenth century. A charming 1902 scrapbook depicting the medals and ribbons awarded by the Br...

An Ice-Cream War

William Boyd · 1982 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.71 | $84.55 | ¥13,502)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition copy of Boyd's 'darkly comic' wartime novel, which takes place during the East African Campaign of WWI, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust ...