Storia militare

The Unknown War the Eastern Front 1914-1917

The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1941 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1941. Cloth. A smart copy of the final volume in Churchill's The World Crisis Series. This is a smart copy of the sixth volume in Churchill's World Crisis Series, Churchill's account of the Frist World War published between 1923-1931. ...

History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M. Dcc. LXXXIX. To the Restoration of the Bourbons in M. Dccc. XV.

Archibald Alison · 1848 · Rooke Books

£6,750.00 (€8,090.86 | $8,917.73 | ¥1,423,595)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1848. Leather. A wonderful copy of the seventh edition of Alison's exhaustive study of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1815. In lovely half calf bindings. A complete twenty volume 1848 seventh edition of Scottish advoc...

Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953

Marischal Murray · 1953 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,912)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1953. First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of this fascinating history of the Union-Castle Line, a worldwide successful shipping company, in the original dust wrapper. The fascinating, one hundred year history of the Union-Castle Line, a worl...

Fondation de L&Apos;Ecole Royale Militaire

Robert Laulan · 1936 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Paris , Société de l'Histoire de Paris, 1936. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fascinating, scarce French pamphlet on the founding of the Royal Military School in Paris, accompanied by a handwritten English translation. A very interesting pamphlet on the founding of the Royal Milit...

The Mint a Day-Book of the R.A. F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 a/C Ross

T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. In the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Colonel...

Europe Since Waterloo

William Stearns Davis · 1927 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Leonard Parsons, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A nicely illustrated first edition copy of Davis' historical work, in which he analyses the state of Europe following the Battle of Waterloo. First UK edition, very scarce.Illustrations include a frontispiece, twenty-fo...

Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and Near Leipzig, Immediately Before, During, and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements between the Allied Armies and the French, from the 14th to the 19th October, 1813. Illustrated with Military Maps, Exhibiting the Movements of the Respective Armies. Compiled and Translated from the German by Frederic Shoberl. Third Edition.

Frederic Shoberl · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, W. Clowes for R. Ackermann, 1814. Leather. A lovely half leather-bound edition of the insightful narrative of the military events in and around Leipzig 14th – 19th October 1813. Third Edition. A very smart third edition of Frederic Shoberl"s comprehensive narrative of...

Napoleon&Apos;S Campaigns of 1796, 1797, 1800, 1805, 1806, and 1807

Liut. Col. G. J. Fiebeger · 1886 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Not Stated, U. S. M. A. c1915. First edition. Cloth. An educational work on Napoleon Bonaparte's campaigns, which was used at the United States Military Academy, with folding maps to the rear of the text. Very scarce. Illustrated with three colour folding maps to the rea...

The Story of Napoleon

Mabell S. C. Smith · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition biography on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, colourfully illustrated with a range of maps and plates drawn by Baron Myrbach. First Edition, Scarce. Illustrations include a frontispiece, fi...

Quatre Bras, Ligny and Waterloo: A Narrative of the Campaign in Belgium, 1815

Dorsey Gardner · 1882 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this factual account of Napoleon's time in Belgium in June of 1815, during the Waterloo Campaign. The scarce first UK edition of American historian Gardner Dorsey's late nin...

Land Battles, from Hastings to Inkerman

L. Valentine · 1869 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. c1888. Cloth. A scarce illustrated children's history of some of the most thrilling and important land battles engaged in by the British army. A scarce illustrated children's study of some of history's most exciting l...

Life of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch

Alexander Marin Delavoye · 1880 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

London, Richardson, Marchant Singer & Co, 1880 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this biographical account of the life of celebrated politician and army officer Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch. The first edition of this very scarce biographical study of Tho...

The Great War

Winston Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, George Newnes, 1933-1934. Cloth. The first two volumes of Winston Churchill's impressive history of the First World War, writing during the inter-war era, and illustrated throughout. The first two volumes of Winston Churchill's illustrated three volume study ...

Regulations for the Instruction and Movements of Cavalry

1876 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office , 1876. First edition. Cloth. An official reference work concerning the cavalry branch of the British Army. The first edition of this reference work of 1876 by issued by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. A scarce copy of this w...

The Aeroplane Spotter

Roland E. Dangerfield [ed.] · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Temple Press , 1941-1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first seventy-seven issues of this popular wartime magazine issued to aid civilians in recognising aircraft types. The complete first three volumes of this magazine, with the first three issues of volume IV also pres...

The History of the War of 1741

M. de Voltaire · 1756 · Rooke Books

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

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1756. Leather. An early English edition of Voltaire's history of the 1741 war, bound in smart contemporary leather. ESTC Citation No. T137624.Detailing the war of 1741 between the Hats of Sweden and Russia, which resulted in Sweden losing more land...

The Great War 1914-1919 the Book of Remembrance of the 5th Battalion (Prince Albert&Apos;S) Somerset Light Infantry

1930 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Chiswick Press, 1930. Cloth. A scarce work detailing the achievements of the 5th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry during the First World War. A scarce work.Privately printed, with five-hundred copies of this work being printed.Illustrated with two maps.The roll...

B.B. C at War

Antonia White · 1942 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, British Broadcasting Company, [1942]. Cloth. A fantastic pamphlet published in the midst of the Second World War by the B.B.C, illustrated throughout. This work was published by the British Broadcasting Company in 1942 to demonstrate the BBC's duties and contribut...

Honour the Light Brigade a Record of the Services of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Five Light Cavalry Regiments, Wich Made Up the Light Brigade at Balaclava on October 25th 1854 and Saw Service in the Crimean from September 1854 to the End of the War.

Canon William Murrell Lummis, Kenneth G. Wynn [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, J. B. Hayward and Son , 1973. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of this work in the original unclipped dustwrapper on the Light Brigade, inscribed and signed by the editor. The first edition of this work. Signed by the editor to front free endpaper, dated...

The History of the Welch Regiment

1932 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Cardiff, Western Mail and Echo Limited, 1932. Cloth. An in-depth exploration of the Welch Regiment, complete with folding maps, illustrations and nine loose maps bound to the rear. This is a thorough history of the Welch Regiment, active between 1881 and 1969 when it was combi...