Storia militare

Notes on the Battle of Jena

An Officer of the R. Staff Corps · 1827 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, T. Egerton, 1827. First edition. Leather. A very scarce leather bound copy which relates the events of the Battle of Jena, published anonymously by an officer of the Royal Artillery, with three folding maps. First Edition, very scarce. Bound in half-morocco on marbled...

The War in the Peninsula

H. R. Clinton · 1890 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1890. Cloth. A well-illustrated historical work on the military campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular Wars, including a frontispiece and various illustrations. Scarce Third Edition, 'Chandos Library' edition. In the orig...

Story of the Jena Campaign 1806

Lieut.-Col. H. M. E. Brunker · 1913 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Forster Groom & Co. LTD, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and concise history of the Napoleon Bonaparte's Jena Campaign, in which he defeated Prussia, with ten folding maps to rear of text. First and only edition, very scarce. Illustration includes ten f...

Story of the Napoleonic Campaign 1805

Lieut.-Col. H. M. E. Brunker · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Forster Groom & Co. LTD, 1912. Cloth. A comprehensive account of the Napoleonic Campaign of 1805, focusing upon the War of the Third Coalition, First and Only Edition, Scarce.With five folding maps and one folding plate loosely inserted into a pocket on the rear paste ...

Baltic Mission

Richard Woodman · 1986 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, John Murray, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this naval fiction novel by Richard Woodman, set on the HMS Antigone led by Captain Drinkwater, in the original dust wrapper. First Edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the origina...

Wellington and Waterloo

Major Arthur Griffiths · 1898 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, George Newnes, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition account of the Duke of Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo, beautifully illustrated with a frontispiece as well as numerous text illustrations. First edition. Part of the 'Navy and Army Illustrated Libr...

The Rainbow and the Rose

Nevil Shute · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Heinemann, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition copy of Nevil Shute's thriller novel, first published in 1958, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. 'The Rainbow and the Ro...

Auguste Marceau: Capitaine de Fregate Commandant de L&Apos;Arche D&Apos;Alliance

1873 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Librairie de Propagande , 1873. Leather. Two volumes exploring the life of French naval officer Auguste Francois Marceau in some charming half calf bindings. Claudius Maria Mayet explores the life of French naval officer Auguste Marceau, his work, and influential Cathol...

War Letters to a Wife: France and Flanders, 1915-1919

Rowland Fielding · 1929 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, The Medici Society, 1929. Cloth. An early impression of this scarce work, signed by the author. A fascinating first person account of a British soldier's experiences in the First World War. A signed third impression of Rowland Fielding's work, with the inscri...

Combined Operations 1940-1942

Various · 1943 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1943. Paperback. A unique work containing information about the Combined Operations from 1940-1942, published by His Majesty's Stationary Office. Prepared for the Combined Operations Command by the Ministry of Information. Pub...

Brackles: Memoirs of a Pioneer of CIVIL Aviation

Frida H. Brackley · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Chatham, W. & J. Mackay & Co. 1952. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this affectionate biography of pioneer of civil aviation, Herbert George Brackley by his wife Frida. The first edition of this affectionate biography of Herbert G. Brackley, a pioneer of civil ...

Commentaria Ad Perpetuum

Antonii Anselmo · 1664 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Antverpiae [Antwerp], Petrum Bellerum [Peter Bellerus], 1664. Leather. A tri-lingual mid seventeenth century work discussing the political choices of Albert and Isabella, sovereigns of the Hapsburg Netherlands. A scarce work, here in the second edition of 1664.A tri-lingual vo...

A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George at Spithead, August, 1782; Including Tracey&Apos;S Attempt to Raise Her in 1783, Also, Col. Pasley&Apos;S Operations in Removing the Ship by Gunpowder in 1839-40-41

[Julian Slight] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

Portsea, S. Horsey, 1842. Hardback. A unique work on the loss of the Royal George, bound here in wooden boards, the wood taken from the H.M.S. Royal George. Bound with wooden boards, the wood taken from the H.M.S Royal George.Illustrated with a folding plate to the frontispiec...

What Europe Owes to Belgium

H W C Davis · 1914 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1914. Unbound. A very scarce pamphlet aiming to educate the public on the political situation of Belgium shortly after the start of the First World War. From the 'Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs' series, giving brief accounts of wor...

The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815

David Syrett; R. L. DiNardo · 1994 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

England, Scolar Press, 1994. Cloth. An important reference work on the Royal Navy, noting the commissioned sea officers between 1660 to 1815. An immense reference work detailing the commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy during the period of 1660 to 1815, encompassing an ...

Fire over London 1940-41

1941 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London & Melbourne, THe London County Council; Hutchinson & Co. 1941. Brochure/Pamphlet. A riveting and richly illustrated pamphlet detailing the operations of London's fire service during the depths of the Second World War. A fascinating account leading the reader throug...

Battle Tactics of the Western Front the British Army&Apos;S Art of Attack, 1916-18

Paddy Griffith · 1994 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1994. Cloth. An excellent volume on the British army's battle tactics, illustrated. A very interesting, illustrated volume on the British Army's battle tactics of the Western front during the First World War. By Paddy Griffith, Briti...

Wrecks in Tasmanian Waters

Harry O'May · 1797 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Tasmania, L. G. Shea, Government Printer, c1955. Cloth. A thorough account detailing shipwrecks sunk around Tasmania between 1797 and 1950. This work details all known wrecks in the waters surrounding Tasmania between the years 1797 and 1950; wrecks are listed by date.Harry O&...

An Exposure of the Calumnies Circulated by the Enemies of Social Order and Reiterated by Their Abettors Against the Magistrates and the Yeomanry Cavalry of Manchester and Saltford

Francis Philips · 1819 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Collins and Co, 1819. Cloth. A scarce, early edition of Francis Philips' military work, which includes the Peterloo Massacre. Rebound, in a full cloth binding. The fourth edition which is undated. Dated using LibraryHub which places this fourth edition the same y...

The War in Africa (1914-1917) and in the Far East (1914)

H. C. O'Neill · 1919 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

1919, Longmans, Green and Co. 1919. Hardback. A thorough and scarce military account, featuring seven campaign maps. A rare survival of a fragile book. This is an account of the First World War as it occurred in Africa and the Far East. Includes accounts of the campaign in To...