Storia militare

Fighting Planes and Aces

W. E. Johns · 1932 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, John Hamilton , 1932 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated work surrounding war planes, written by Flying Officer W. E. Johns, in the very scarce, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Dated using Jisc from copies of the work held a...

Aide-Memoire D&Apos;Artillerie

Artillery Study Centre · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Paris , Charles-Lavauzelle , 1922. Hardback. A very scarce French manual to artillery, with information concerning maneuvering, formations and safety zones. The updated edition of this very scarce French work, with a corrective sheet. In the publisher's original stiff ca...

Grand Quartier Gãƒâ©Nãƒâ©Ral Des Armãƒâ©Es Du Nord Et Du Nord-Est, ãƒâ‰Tat-Major - 2e Bureau Et Artillerie. Artillerie Allemande: Les Projectiles

Grand Quartier Général des Armées du Nord et du Nord-Est · 1917 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1917. Cloth. A very scarce and fascinating work, looking into German weapons used in the First World War, for the benefit of the French Army. A very scarce work, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with the original paper boards....

Sailing Models Ancient & Modern

E. Keble Chatterton · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. 1934. First edition. Cloth. A delightful guide to sailing models by Edward Keble Chatterton, wonderfully embellished with 151 illustrations. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding with pictorial gilt to the ...

The Praetorians

Jean Larteguy; Xan Fielding [trans.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Hutchinson, 1963. First edition. Cloth. One of Jean Lartéguy's most successful works; a first UK edition of this novel on the Algerian War. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrap...

Letters of Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer

Sir Augustus Simon Frazer; Edward Sabine · 1859 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1859. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce volume containing the letters of soldier Augustus Simon Frazer. The first edition of this very scarce work.The collected letters of Augustus Simon Frazer, cont...

The Human Slaughter-House

Wilhelm Lamszus; Oakley Williams [trans.] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1913] . Paperback. The first UK paperback edition of this chilling anti-war novel written by Wilhelm Lamszus, translated by Oakley Williams. First UK paperback edition. Published the same year as the US edition. First English translation, based on the...

Field-Marshal Earl Haig

Brigadier-General John Charteris; John Buchan [Foreward] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Cassell and Company, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Charteris's illustrated biography of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. The first edition of this work.With a foreword by John Buchan.Illustrated with seven photographic plates, map endpapers, a...

1915 Indian Memories: Recollections of Soldiering Sport, Etc

Sir Robert Baden-Powell · 1915 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London , Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Sir Robert Baden-Powell's enthralling memoir of his time serving in India, with beautiful colour and monochrome illustrations by the author. A first edition copy of this extraordinary illustr...

The Sea and Her Famous Sailors: A History of Maritime Adventure and Exploration from the Christian Era to the Present Time

Frank B. Goodrich · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, James Hogg & Sons, c1862. Cloth. A scarce copy of this detailed maritime history with commentary on important sailing figures. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed maritime history with comme...

A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby July 1917 to October 1918

1919 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Cairo, Government Press and Survey of Egypt, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated record of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, with maps throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and fifty-six plates...

Normandy to the Baltic

Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein · 1946 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

Germany, Printing and Stationery Service British Army of the Rhine, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the author's account from the preparations for the invasion of North-West Europe, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the fron...

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

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence, presenting his time in the Royal Air Force in the 1920s. First trade edition of the work, published the same year as a limited edition of two-thousand copies.Bound in t...

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

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of the memoirs of T. E. Lawrence, documenting his time in the Royal Air Force. First trade edition of the work, published the same year as a limited edition of two-thousand copies.Bound in the publishe...

The Searcher: A War Play

Velona Pilcher · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this wartime play from Velona Pilcher, with twelve wood engravings. First edition. Limited to one thousand copies for sale in the United Kingdom. Illustrated with nine wood engravings, as stated in...

Wellington&Apos;S Regiments: The Men and Their Battles from Rolica to Waterloo 1808-1815 Nelson: An Illustrated Story Nelson and Napoleon

Ian Fletcher; Margarette Lincoln [ed]; Pieter Van Der Merwe [ed] · 1994 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, National Maritime Museum; Spellmount , 1994-2005. First edition. Hardback. London: National Maritime Museum; Spellmount , 1994-2005. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. 11" by 8.5"; 11.5" by 10"; 11.5" by 9". None stated. Three volumes of handsome first edition wo...

Dusklands

J. M. Coetzee · 1974 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

Johannesburg , Ravan Press , 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Nobel Prize winning author J. M. Coetzee's debut novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapp...

The Virgin Soldiers

Leslie Thomas · 1966 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Leslie Thomas' debut novel inspired by his experiences in the British Army, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclip...

Declarations of War

Len Deighton · 1971 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories on war by Len Deighton. A first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth and the original unclipped dust wrapper. With red top edge and vibrant red end pa...

The Herald of God

J. V. Hewes · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Hammond, Hammond & Co. Ltd. 1946. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this novel depicting remarkable events from the Second World War. A scarce first edition of the work in original maroon cloth binding, with the unclipped dust wrapper. J. V Hewes is an au...