Storia militare

My Dad, My Hero

Michael Bentinck · 1994 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Cambridge, Michael Bentinck, 1994. First edition. Paperback. A biographical work on the author's father, who fought in the Second World War and was a Japanese prisoner of war. Signed by the author to the title page. With the front and rear wraps after designs by Ronald Se...

Clendon Daukes: Servant of Empire

Dorothy Daukes · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Cloth. The first edition of a biography on a decorated military officer who served in the Indian army, written and signed by the officer's wife. The first edition of Clendon Daukes: Servant of Empire, a biography on the British officer, w...

The Memories of Sir Llewelyn Turner: Memories Serious and Light of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, Welsh Judicature and English Judges, Admirals and Sea-Fights, Municipal Work and Notable Persons in North Wales, Strange Crimes and Great Events

Llewelyn Turner [ed. by J.E. Vincent] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Isbister And Co. 1903. Cloth. The very scarce illustrated memoirs of a Welsh commodore, reminiscing on his career, friendships and activities as a prominent figure of Caernarvon. The very scarce Memories of Sir Llewelyn Turner: Memories Serious and Light of the Irish R...

The British Soldier: His Daily Life from Tudor to Modern Times

Colonel H. De Watteville; Field Marshal Sir John Harding · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd , 1954. First edition. Leather. A pleasing morocco-bound copy of this history on the British soldier, illustrated with a colour frontispiece and plates. First edition. Bound in half morocco, with cloth boards and red morocco spine label.  Illustr...

Defending the Realm Mi5 and the Shayler Affair

Mark Hollingsworth; Nick Fielding · 1999 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,270)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed look at the Secret Service and its effectiveness after the Shayler scandal in 1997. David Shayler was a British journalist and former MI5 (Security Service) officer. Shayler earned notoriety af...

A Voyage Round the World in the Years Mdccxl, I, II, III, IV,

George Anson · 1769 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, H. Woodfall, W. Bowyer, W. Strahan et al. 1769. Leather. A fourteenth edition of Anson's A Voyage Round the World In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN (1697 – 1762) was a British admiral and a wealthy...

Washington the Soldier

General Henry B. Carrington · 1898 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.90 | ¥24,887)

Boston, New York, London, Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1898. Cloth. A history of the military career of General Washington. Henry Beebee Carrington (March 2, 1824 ? October 26, 1912) was a lawyer, professor, prolific author, and an officer in the United States Army during the A...

British Gallantry Awards

P. E. Abbott and J. M. A. Tamplin · 1981 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London , Nimrod Dix and Co, 1981. Cloth. A comprehensive work on medal collecting. With three colour photographic plates and numerous black and white photographic illustrations in the text. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally excellent, with very...

The Worm Forgives the Plough

John Stewart Collis · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1988. Cloth. A scarce copy of The Worm Forgives the Plough by John Stewart Collis. With an Introduction by Michael Holroyd. With illustrations. In a grey cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Dustwrapper is very smart. I...

Actes Et Memoires Des Negotiations de la Paix de Nimegue

Abraham Wolfgangk · 1680 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.96 | $1,017.28 | ¥162,395)

Amsterdam, La Haye, 1680. Vellum. A rare collection of 17th century diplomatic texts, treatise, negotiation and correspondence. This work provides important original sources and contemporary accounts of the Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen (Négotiations de Nimegue or Négotiatio...

The Middle Parts of Fortune; Somme and Ancre 1916

Frederic Manning · 1929 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

London, The Piazza Press, 1929. Cloth. The limited first edition of Frederic Manning's powerful novel, set in the trenches during the First World War. The novel was written in response to the sudden demand in the late 1920s for literary material dealing with the war. Wher...

King Albert&Apos;S Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World

G. Ralph Hall Caine; Ridgwell Cullum; et al. · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, The Daily Telegraph, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of this richly illustrated wartime tribute volume, published to honour King Albert and raise support for Belgium at the outbreak of the First World War. In the publisher's original pale cloth binding...

The Navy List

Admiralty-Office · 1821 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, John Murray, 1821-1827 . First edition. Leather. A substantial set of British naval history, offering monthly issues of the Navy List spanning 1821-27 and bound across three volumes. Three volumes, with three monthly issues of the 'Navy List' bound together i...

The War in the Crimea

Edward Hamley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1892 . Leather. A very scarce illustrated historical account of the Crimean war, in a full calf prize binding. The very scarce fifth edition of the work. In full brown calf binding, with a marbled fore edge and endpapers. A prize binding, for ...

Conflict; Angora to Afghanistan

Rosita Forbes · 1931 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated work by English travel writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. The first edition of the work. In full blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 48 half tone plate...

The First Croydon Airport 1915-1928 Croydon Airport the Great Days 1928-1939 Croydon Airport and the Battle for Britain 1939-1940

Bob Learmonth; Douglas Cluett; Joanna Bogle · 1977 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Sutton Libraries & Arts Services, 1977-1984. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon 3 volume set of these locally printed illustrated works, on Croydon airport, and the area's rich aviation and wartime history. An uncommon 3 volume set of works devoted to the recol...

April Nineteen-Fifteen with Six Preludes in Winter

Henry Bryan Binns · 1915 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, A. C. Fifield, 1915. First edition. Hardback. An incredibly scarce volume of wartime poetry, signed and inscribed by author Henry Bryan Binns. An incredibly scarce volume of poetry written in the early days of the First World War.A presentation copy, signed and inscrib...

Plain Hints for Understanding the Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of the Sovereigns of England, with a Description of the Different Styles of British Architecture

Archibald Barrington · 1843 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Thomas Varty, 1843. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition copy of this work, which features a full colour frontispiece, hand coloured maps, and a folding genealogy. An uncommon first edition copy of this work, by Archibald Barrington.In original brown pictori...

Poems

Iolo Aneruin Williams · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Methuen, 1915. Hardback. The signed collection of war poems by Iolo Aneurin Williams, father of composer Edward Williams. Signed letters included. The signed collection of war poetry by British writer Iolo Aneurin Williams. Published by Methuen and Co. in 1915, while W...

Rhymes from the Front

G.C. Young · 1918 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Warminster, The Warminster Printing, 1918. Paperback. A very scarce collection of war poems that follows the service of a modest soldier from the Australian forces during the First World War. A very scarce collection of war poems written by soldier G.C. Young of the 35th Batta...