Storia militare

Historical Records of the 79th Queen&Apos;S Own Cameron Highlanders

Captain T.A. Mackenzie; Lieut. J.S. Ewart; Lieut. C. Findlay · 1897 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of records from the 79th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, colourfully illustrated throughout. A fascinating collection of historical records concerning the 79th Queen's ...

Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign

General Sir Evelyn Wood · 1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this study on the cavalry and their formations during the Waterloo campaign, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, 4 fold-out plates, 2 plates, and 15 in-text i...

The 85th King&Apos;S Light Infantry (Now 2nd Battn. The King&Apos;S Shropshire Light Infantry)

C. R. B. Barrett · 1913 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this extensive military history study with colour plates and maps. First edition of The 85th King's Light Infantry (Now 2nd Battn. The King's Shropshire Light Infantry) by 'One of ...

The Army List for November 1854

1854 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, The Annual Army List; Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, 1854. Leather. The scarce 'Army List' for November 1854, a detailed snapshot into the British Army in the mid-nineteenth century. The scarce November 1854 volume of 'The Army List&apos.'The Army L...

Bomber Command and Build the Ships

The Ministry of Information · 1941 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1941-1946. First edition. Magazine. A fascinating and smart set of two wartime magazines detailing the work of the shipbuilding and Bomber Command. A set of two wartime magazines detailing ship building and bomber command during t...

Sailing Ships: The Story of Their Development from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

E. Keble Chatterton · 1914 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1914. Cloth. A smart second printing of this illustrated history of sailing ships by E Keble Chatterton. A history of the development of sailing ships by Edward Keble Chatterton, prolific author on maritime and naval themes of the twentieth century....

The Campaign of 1815

William O'Connor Morris · 1900 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London and New York, Grant Richards, 1900. Cloth. A military history detailing the efforts undertaken during the Waterloo Campaign. Fought between the French Army of the North, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army, the waterloo campaign took place between June and July 181...

The Case of Sergeant Grischa

Arnold Zweig; Eric Sutton · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Martin Secker, 1928. Cloth. The first English edition of this thrilling German war novel, originally written by Arnold Zweig and translated by Eric Sutton, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. Presenting the first English edition of this satirical German war novel ab...

China and the World War

Thomas Edward La Fargue · 1937 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

California, London, Oxford, Stanford University Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional first edition of La Fargue's examination into China's part played during the First World War. No. 12 in Hoover War Library Publications.This work closely examines China&...

The O.T. C. And the Great War

Captain Alan R. Haig-Brown · 1915 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Country Life, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this remarkable military history of the Officer's Training Corps, covering its work in the First World War. A remarkable account of the Officers Training Corps, covering its conception and its work during ...

Horses and Saddlery: An Account of the Animals Used by the British and Commonwealth Armies from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day with a Description of Their Equipment

Major G. Tylden · 1965 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. A. Allen & Company , 1965. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated account of horses and animals used in the British and Commonwealth armies, a lovely first edition in its dust wrapper. A lovely first edition of this illustrated account of the remounts, mules, and othe...

The Full Proceedings of the General Court Martial Held at Cork Barracks

Captain Augustus Wathen · 1834 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, Hamilton, Adams and Co, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this work recounting the proceedings of the court martial of Captain Augustus Wathen. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Charles Wilson Randolph. This military hearing was sensation...

Strictures on Military Discipline; in a Series of Letters, with a Military Discourse

[James Cuninghame] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

London, John Donaldson, 1774. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Colonel James Cuninghame's military letters, from the library of his great-great-grandson. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.From the library of Adrian Grand Duff, who was...

Post-War Speeches the Sinews of Peace; Europe Unite; in the Balance; Stemming the Tide; the Unwritten Alliance

Winston Churchill · 1948 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

London, Cassell and Company, 1948-1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition set of Winston Churchill's post-war speeches. All volumes retaining their original dustwrappers. A complete set of Churchill's post-war speeches. Published between 1948 and 1961. Co...

The Barrons Wars in the Raigne of Edward the Second with Englands Heroicalll Epistles

Michael Drayton · 1603 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.94 | $9,908.55 | ¥1,582,267)

London, James Roberts, 1603. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce copy of this anthology of war poems by the noted Elizabethan poet, Michael Drayton. A first edition thus, being the first edition of these poems together under this title. Part I is an extensively revised...

To Caubul with the Cavalry Brigade

R C W Mitford · 1881 · Rooke Books

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

London, W H Allen and Co , 1881. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition copy of R C W Mitford's account of Caubul in the Cavalry Brigade. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with a 48 page catalogue at the rear dated 1881. Illustrated, with six pla...

Standing Orders and Regulations for the Army in Ireland

Anonymous · 1969 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Muller, 1969. Cloth. A twentieth century facsimile reprint of this work of Irish military history. A facsimile edition of this work of Irish military history. Originally published in Dublin in 1794 and printed by George Grierson. This particular copy was publ...

An Epitomized History of the Militia (the &Apos;Constitutional Force&Apos;) Together with the Origin, Periods of Embodied Service, and Special Services (Including South Africa, 1899-1902), of Militia Units Existing October 31, 1905

Colonel George Jackson Hay · 1987 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, 'United Service Gazette' Offices, 1987. Cloth. A facsimile copy of Colonel George Jackson Hay's interesting history of the militia. A facsimile reprint of the original 1908 edition. This work is a concise and extensive history of the militia, discussing ...

Recollections of a Rebel Reefer

James Morris Morgan · 1917 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1917. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first English edition of this fascinating autobiography by James Morris Morgan, a member of the Confederate States Navy, who served on the Confederate States Ship 'Georgia&apos. The Confederate Sta...

Our Fleet to-Day and Its Development During the Last Half-Century Revised Edition of &Apos;the Development of Navies During the Last Half-Century&Apos;

Captain S. Eardley-Wilmot · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Seeley and Co. 1900. Cloth. A greatly revised second edition copy of Captain S. Eardley-Wilmot work of naval history, with numerous illustrations of naval ships throughout. Second edition. In its first edition the work charted the changes and history of naval fleets ac...