Storia militare

The Story of a Regiment of a Horse Being the Regimental History from 1685 to 1922 of the 5th Princess Charlotte of Wales&Apos; Dragoon Guards Volume I

Ralph Legge Pomeroy · 1924 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Edinburgh & London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1924. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this comprehensive account of British military history, with a frontispiece and colourful plates. The first edition of the work.Volume I of a two volume set.In publishe...

A Narrative of the Siege of Kars

Humphry Sandwith · 1856 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, John Murray, 1856. First edition. Cloth. Insightful recount of major event in the Crimean War from Humphry Sandwith with lovely folding maps. First edition.Featuring two folding maps: "The Fortress of Kars" and "Asia Minor and Armenia". With frontispiece. Collated comp...

A War Photographer in Thrace: An Account of Personal Experiences During the Turco-Balkan War, 1912

Herbert F. Baldwin · 1913 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of the first edition of this very scarce work by English war photographer Herbert Baldwin, in the publisher's original red cloth with pictorial gilt embossed, and thirty-two photographic plates taken by ...

Chosen Essays

Edward Thomas · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Newton, The Gregynog Press, 1926. Cloth. A lovely limited edition from The Gregynog Press of noted war poet Edward Thomas' essays. Limited edition of three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number two hundred and nine. Colophon to the rear of the work.With charmi...

A Field-Marshal&Apos;S Memoirs: From the Diary, Correspondence, and Reminiscences of Alfred, Count Von Waldersee

Alfred, Count Von Waldersee; Frederic Whyte [translator] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this memoir from German Field Marshal, Alfred Heinrich Karl Ludwig Graf von Waldersee, translated into English. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The memoirs of Alfred Heinrich Karl Ludwig Gra...

The Leaguer of Ladysmith

Captain C. M. Dixon · 1900 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of humorous sketches chronicling the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. First edition. Illustrated with eighteen full-page colour scenes. Collated complete. A collection of ...

The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933. Cloth. The first cheap edition of Winston Churchill's interesting historical work on the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Soudan. First cheap edition. Illustrated with eight folding maps, two plates, and twelve in-text plans. Collated co...

France for the Last Seven Years; or, the Bourbons.

W. H. Ireland · 1822 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, G. and W. B. Whittaker , 1822 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of William Henry Ireland's scarce and detailed account of the social and political climate in France during the final seven years of the Bourbon rule, just prior to the French Revolution. Th...

Die Selbstmorder Mit Besonderer Berucksichtigung Der Militarischen Selbstmorder

Dr. Anton Brosch · 1909 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Leipzig, Franz Deuticke, 1909. Cloth. A scarce copy of this detailed medical study into suicide and military suicide from Austrian military doctor Anton Busch, in the original German. German. Scarce work. A detailed statistical, psychiatric, and anatomical study into the theor...

The Political and Military History of the Campaign of Waterloo

General Baron de Jomini; S. V. Benet [trans] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

New York, J. S. Redfield, 1853. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first English edition of this work on the political and military history of the Campaign at Waterloo, complete with a folding map. The first edition, published previously only as an original manuscript fro...

Narrative of Events During the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Retreat of the French Army 1812

General Sir Robert Wilson; Rev. Herbert Randolph [editor] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, John Murray, 1860. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of this historical account of the Napoleon's invasion of Russian by General Sir Robert Wilson, bound in lovely crushed half morocco. The first edition.Bound in lovely modern crushed moroc...

Operations Du 3rd Corps 1806-1807 Rapport Du Marechal Davout , Duc D&Apos; Auerstaedt

Marechal Davout [Louis-Nicholas Davout] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1896. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the French Military commander Louis-Nicolas Davout's first hand report of the operations of the 3rd Corps during the Napoleonic wars, bound in crushed quarter morocco. The first edition. Illustrated ...

Atlas to Alison"S History of Europe

Alex Keith Johnston ; Sir Archibald Alison · 1875 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. Cloth. Alexander Keith Johnston's accompaniment to Sir Archibald Alison's renowned 'History of Europe', being an atlas of Europe depicting key historic battles and sieges. The library edition.Illustrat...

Wellington&Apos;S Battlefields Illustrated. Bussaco.

G. L. Chambers · 1910 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co; George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George L. Chamber's scarce study of the 1810 Battle of Bussaco, complete with folding maps. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto o...

Campaign of the Left Wing of the Allied Army in the Western Pyrenees and South of France, in the Years 1813-14; Under Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington

Captain Robert Batty · 1983 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Jen Trotman; John Murray, 1983 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, limited facsimile edition of this first-hand account of the latter stages of the Peninsular War, illustrated with numerous plates and fold-out map by the author. Bound in the publisher's original qua...

A British Rifle Man: The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade, During the Peninsular War and the Campaign of Waterloo

Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby Verner [editor] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of the journals and letters of a British Rifle Man during the Peninsular War. First edition. Being the journals and selected correspondence of Major George Simmons, a British Army ...

The Subaltern

G. R. Gleig · 1872 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1872. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this new edition of Gleig's account of the Peninsular War. New edition, revised and corrected, with a new preface. A historical narrative following a young subaltern officer's experiences duri...

Reminiscences of a Port Shipper, 1930-1975

Wyndham Fletcher · 1997 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Hanover, Port lover's Library, 1997. First edition. Paperback. A signed, very scarce, limited, first edition of this memoir, chronicling the life of a seasoned shipper in the port shipping industry. This is a first edition, signed by the author, Wyndham Fletcher.In the pu...

Regimental Account Books and Monthly Settlements

William Carter · 1845 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1845-56. Paperback. A very scare volume of five regimental account books, belonging to and filled out by Private William Carter of the 43rd Regiment of Light Infantry A very scarce work.Five regimental clothing and savings bank accounts books bound in o...

List of Forms, Publications, and Diagrams, Together with Information Regarding the Supply of Office Machinery and Other Stationary Requirements

1940 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Not Stated, Air Ministry, 1940. Paperback. A very scarce reference booklet on the forms, stationery, and other essential supplies of the Air Ministry during the Second World War. A very scarce work.Published by the Air Ministry this is Number 113 in their 'Air Publication...