Storia militare

The Naval and Military Library of Entertainment

William Maginn; et al. · 1834 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Henry Colburn, 1834 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of six first editions from The Naval and Military Library of Entertainment, a scarce work compiled by Irish author William Maginn. First editions, in a uniform cloth binding. Six volumes of the series of works fr...

Ships and Ship Models: A Magazine for All Lovers of Ships and the Sea Volumes III & V

1933 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd. 1933-1936. Cloth. Two smart illustrated volumes of 'Ships and Ship Models' magazine, with fascinating articles for lovers of the sea. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. A fascinating magazine for lovers of the sea and sea travel...

Leaves from an Unwritten Log-Book

Captain Walter H. Parker · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated autobiographical commentary on the author's experiences at sea. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and ten images over nine plates. Collated complete. An au...

War Begins at Home

Mass Observation; Tom Harrisson; Charles Madge · 1940 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1940. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce and informative work documenting the public's reactions to the start of the Second World War. The first edition. Scarce.In the original publisher's cloth. Lacking very scarce dust ...

The Irish Guards in the Great War

Rudyard Kipling · 1923 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition of Rudyard Kipling's account of the actions of the Irish Guards in the First World War, in the very scarce original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the v...

Heroes of Our Day or Recent Winners of the Victoria Cross

Walter Richards · 1894 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1894 . First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of Walter Richard's historical work on those who have won the Victoria Cross, with illustrations by Harry Payne. First edition, bound in full red calf with gilt tooling to the spine...

Army Diary 1899-1926

Colonel R. Meinertzhagen · 1960 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated diary of British soldier, Richard Meinertzhagen. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-nine plates and twenty-five maps with colour. Collated complete. A highly critical account of...

With Roberts to Candahar a Tale of the Third Afghan War

Captain F. S. Brereton · 1907 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, 1907. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated fictional work set during the third Afghan War by Captain Brereton, in a full calf prize binding. The first edition. In a full calf prize binding from 'Lewisham School&ap...

Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time

Francis Grose · 1786 · Rooke Books

£2,350.00 (€2,816.85 | $3,104.68 | ¥495,777)

London, S. Hooper, 1786-88. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated extensive history of the English military, a pioneering historical study by Francis Grose. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.An impressive and extensive history of the English mil...

Damage; 1934

D. G. Holliday · 2014 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Matador, 2014-2017. First edition. Cloth. A well presented pair of novels on the subject of the First and Second World Wars, by British author D. G. Holliday. This wonderfully presented pair of novels are both First Editions, in original publisher's cloth binding ...

The Old Colonel and the Old Corps with a View of Military Estates

Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. S. Gleig · 1872 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1872. Leather. A scarce second edition of this important military treatise from Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. S. Gleig. Second edition. Scarce work. A military treatise reviewing logistics, administrative units, tactical units, regiments and discipline, with...

Histoire de la Fronde

Comte de Saint-Aulaire [Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Paris , Baudouin Freres, 1827. First edition. Leather. Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil details the events of La Fronde in these attractive leather bound volumes. A first edition of Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil's narrative of the seventeenth century French civil w...

The Sixty-Eighth Annual Report of the British & Foreign Sailors&Apos; Society 1885-1886 Wales

None · 1886 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, T. Wilson Booth, 1886. Paperback. A scarce copy of the annual report of the British and foreign Sailors' Society for Wales, covering the year 1885 to 1886. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. The British and Foreign Sailors' Society's annual report for ...

Wellington&Apos;S Men Remembered

Janet and David Bronley · 2012 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Yorkshire, Praetorian Press, 2012-2015 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this two volume set documenting the history of Wellington's men, with illustrations and including the two DVDs. First edition of Wellington's Men Remembered by Janet and David Bromley...

Journal of Great Deeds

T. P. O'Connor · 1914 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Not Stated, 1914-1915. Leather. A volume of thirty seven weekly issues of the Journal of Great Deeds. T. P. O'Connor was an Irish nationalist politician and journalist who served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for nearly fifty years. He was als...

Records of the 1st Somerset Militia

W. J. W. Kerr · 1931 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1931 . Cloth. An interesting volume on the history of the 1st Somerset Militia, with colour plates. The 1st Somerset Militia was an auxiliary military unit in the county of Somerset which was first organised during the Seven Years War and was abolishe...

1955 the Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922

352087 A/C Ross, a.k.a. T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. First edition. When, in 1922, T. E. Lawrence enlisted in the ranks of the R.A.F. under the name of John H...

The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey · 1849 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Printed for the Late John Murray and William Tegg and Co. 1849. Leather. The tenth edition of Robert Southey's celebrated biography of Horatio Lord Nelson. This biography of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey has rarely been out of print since its first publica...

A History of the Foot Guards to 1856

Major H. L. Aubrey-Fletcher · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this military history of the Foot Guards illustrated with many maps including colour folding maps. First edition of A History of the Foot Guards to 1856 by Major H. L. Aubrey-Fletcher in the o...

The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle 1915-1916 and 1919-1920

Lieut-Colonel A. F. Mockler-Ferryman · 1916 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1916-1920. Cloth. Two smart volumes of 1The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle, with folding maps and illustrations. Two volumes of The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle, being volume XXV, from 1915-1916 ...