Storia militare libri

Peace in Our Time: Addresses on Europe and the Empire

Sir Austen Chamberlain · 1928 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)

London, Philip Allan & Co. 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of speeches from British statesman Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, a limited edition signed by the author. First edition. Limited to twenty-five special copies signed by the author t...

British Soldiers in the Field

Sir Herbert Maxwell; George A. B. Dewar [editor] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, George Allen, 1902. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this illustrated historical study of the British Army from The Young England Library. First edition. The Young England Library. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five folding maps and plans, three col...

Memoir of the Services of the Bengal Artillery

Captain E. Buckle; J. W. Kaye · 1852 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Wm. H. Allen & Co, 1852. First edition. Cloth. A scarce history of the Bengal Army, the first edition of this work penned by its former captain. The first edition of this scarce work.A study on the Bengal Army, a presidency army which existed from 1756 to 1908. At its ...

Between the Lines

Boyd Cable [Ernest Andrew Ewart] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1916. Leather. A smartly bound second edition of this collection of stories from the trenches of the First World War. Second edition, fifth impression. A collection of stories and accounts of life in the trenches during the First World War, written ...

The Officers and Nurses of Evacuation Eight

Arthur M. Shipley; Agnes T. Considine · 1929 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this very scarce supplement volume, offering personal accounts of Evacuation Hospital No. 8 during WWI. The first edition of this very scarce work.With the original unclipped dust wrapper (unpriced)...

Orden, and, Der Bunte Rock

1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Koln; Munchen, Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik; Haus Neuerburg, 1933. Paperback. Two German volumes showcasing the cigarette cards produced by Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik and Haus Neuerburg, two leading German cigarette manufacturers. In the original German.Two volumes s...

The Last Million

Ian Hay [Major General John Hay Beith] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The final of three volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. First edition. A collection of the author's good-humoured accounts of army life, describing w...

The Four Horsemen Ride

Trooper" [H. L. Hall]; General Sir Hubert Gough · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Peter Davies, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated collection of reminiscences from the First World War. First edition. Uncommon work. With the front panel of the original dust wrapper pasted to the front free endpaper. Illustrated ...

All Our Yesterdays

H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition, first edition, of H. M. Tomlinson's celebrated anti-war novel. No. 577 of 1025 limited edition copies, signed by the author to the limitation page.Â Illustrated with a portrait frontispi...

The Love Letters of a Subaltern

The Author of 'A Soldier's Sonnets"; "Field Officer · 1916 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

Northampton, Birdsall and Son, 1916. Hardback. A very scarce collection of fictious - possibly semi-autobiographical - letters between a soldier and his fiancÃ©e, from 1915 to 1916. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper boards. A collection of letters betwe...

Navy Directory

Anonymous · 1918 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

Washington, Government Printing Office , 1918-1919 . Leather. The February 1918 to April 1919 issues of the very scarce Navy Directory. Fascinating works of American naval history hailing from the Library of Congress. Six very scarce volumes - containing fifteen issues - of th...

Secret War: Espionage and Counter-Espionage

Thomas M. Johnson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Jarrolds, 1930. Cloth. A very scarce work on American espionage and counter-espionage, with anecdotes from the First World War. A very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. An intriguing collection of anecdotes from the First World War, on espiona...

Boer War Services of Military Officers of the British and Colonial Armies, Imperial Yeomanry, Mounted Infantry, Local Units &CC 1899-1902

Not Sated · 1998 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Savannah, 1998. Cloth. A very smart facsimile edition of this record of those serving in British and Colonial military capacity during the Boer War. Facsimile edition. This volume is an amalgamation of extracts from scarce official contemporary publications which have ...

J&Apos;Accuse

A German [Richard Grelling] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Hodder and Stoughton , 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this anti-war book which was banned in Germany due its condemning of their foreign policies. The first UK edition. Translated by Alexander Gray.In the publisher's original orange cloth.Â Pu...

Recognition Handbook of British Aircraft: Part 2. Sections E to J.

Air Ministry · 1480 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London , Air Ministry, c1943 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce handbook published by the Air Ministry presenting the different types of British aircraft in photographs and diagrams, with this volume containing sections E to J. The first edition.Very scarce work.Bound in th...

Women of the War; Their Heroism and Self Sacrifice

Frank Moore · 1867 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Hartford, S.S. Scranton & Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second printing of this illustrated celebration of the heroism and self-sacrifice of American women during the American Civil War. The first edition, second printing of this work, rebacked in a cloth bi...

Avis Aux Negociateurs Sur Les Nouveaux Plans de Partage

George Ridpath · 1712 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

A Londers, Not Stated, 1712 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first French language translation of George Ridpath's discussion of diplomatic negotiations in Europe. The very scarce first French language edition of this work.George Ridpath provides an account of th...

Five Biggles Adventure Novels

Captain W. E. Johns · 1942 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, 1942-47. Cloth. Five exciting adventure novels from Captain W. E. John's 'Biggles' series, Illustrated and in their original dust wrappers. The fourth impression to "Biggles in the South Seas", Third impressio...

Bernard Simiot; Pasteur Vallery-Radot · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Paris , P. A. Chavane & Cie. 1946 . Paperback. A collection of more than sixty delicately colourful aquarelles depicting military personnel from the Second World War. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original portfolio wraps, disbound as issued. A collection of...

German War-Birds

Vigilant · 1931 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, John Hamilton , 1931 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of this illustrated work on German war planes, written by Claude Sykes under his pseudonym "Vigilant". The first edition. With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Dated using Jisc from copies of ...