Storia militare

Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (Including the Militia) 1900 1911 1934

The British War Office · 1904 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1904-1934. Cloth. This is a three volume set of these first edition military regulation guides. Produced by the war office to be issued and purchased by the army and militia and to be strictly observed. Includes several plates show...

The Steal Counterfeiting and Espionage in Europe

Brian Freemantle · 1986 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,012)

London, Michael Joseph , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A shocking and fascinating expose on the dirty money 'earned' in the espionage game at the height of the cold war, by the former Foreign Editor of the Daily Mail. 'Brian Fremantle has travelled the world and w...

The Cold War a Military History

David Miller · 1998 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,652)

London, John Murray , 1998. Cloth. An in-depth historical account of the Cold War, and the armies that faced each other across the northern, central and southern european borders. Scarce uncorrected proof publishers copy. Featuring copies of photographic plates and maps. By th...

Arthur Richmond Taber

Sydney Richmond Taber · 1920 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New Jersey, Privately Printed, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of the American pilot Arthur Richmond Taber, written by his father. With numerous monochrome photographs throughout. Privately printed in New Jersey. In a blue cloth binding. Externall...

The Monthly Army List for April, 1894

Anon · 1894 · Rooke Books

£76.00 (€91.10 | $100.41 | ¥16,029)

London , Harrison and Sons, 1894. Cloth. A very scarce edition of The Monthly Army List, for April 1894. Listing the officers of the active list of the army, as well as the Royal Marines, Militia, Yeomanry and volunteers, the book makes for a very interesting insight into the ...

The King&Apos;S Rifle Corps Chronicle for 1917

Lieut-Gen. Sir Edward Hutton K.C.B., K.C.M.G., et. al. · 1919 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,088)

Winchester , Warren & Son, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A very smart and comprehensive war record of the King's Rifle Corps for the year 1918, at the conclusion of the Great War. Published shortly after the war, this thorough volume chronicles the movements and activities ...

The Navy List (January, 1862)

[Admiralty-Office] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

[London], [John Murray], 1862. First edition. Leather. The very scarce January 1862 issue of The Navy List, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. January 1862 of The Navy List.Very scarce. Handsomely bound in later half crushed morocco, with marble...

Lord Roberts: A Life for Boys

Violet Brooke-Hunt · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1901. First edition. Leather. First-edition prize binding of this detailled biography on the famous Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts. First edition.In full-calf prize binding with marbled endpapers. Bound by Dickers & Son, Leicester wi...

The Western Front: Then and Now

1938 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, George Newnes Limited, [1938] . First edition. Cloth. Interesting war-time glimpse into the First-World-War Western Front, profusely illustrated with photographs from the Imperial War Museum and the Paris Archives Photographiques. First edition.In publisher's orig...

A Lap Full of Seed

Max Plowman · 1917 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, B. H. Blackwell, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation of this volume of poetry, signed by author and pacificist poet Max Plowman. A very scarce presentation copy of this already very scarce volume of poetry. Signed and inscribed to front free endpaper...

History of the Thirty-Third Foot, Duke of Wellington&Apos;S (West Riding) Regimen

Albert Lee · 1922 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Jarrold & Sons, Ltd, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful association copy of the scarce first edition of Lee's study of the Thirty-Third Foot, inscribed by Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington. The first edition of this scarce historical study, an...

Rulers of India: Lord Amherst and the British Advance Eastwards to Burma

Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Richardson Evans · 1894 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Oxford , Oxford Clarendon Press , 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of the first edition of this historical work on the First Anglo-Burmese War, with a folding map of India and a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst, in the publisher's original blu...

The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1924 (Thirty-Fifth Year)

Major H. G. Parkyn · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Eccleston Square, 1925. Cloth. A scarce copy of the Rifle Brigade Chronicle for the year 1924, compiled by British Army Officer H. G. Parkyn. The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for the year 1924, being the thirty-fifth printing of this annual work. Scarce edition. Illustrated...

Croydon and the Second World War

W. C. Berwick Sayers · 1949 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Croydon, The Croydon Corporation , 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the town of Croydon during the Second World War, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-five plates, and a folding map to the ...

Sight Form to Be Used in Conjunction with N.P. 401

0 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1950 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A vanishingly scarce sight form, not yet filled in, to be used in conjunction with the Nautical Almanac N. P. 401. Bound in the publisher's brown paper wraps. Very scarce work, particularly in this conditio...

The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678-1918)

John Buchan; The Prince of Wales · 1925 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's exploration of the history of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, an illustrated military work. The first edition, first impression.An perceptive history of the Royal Scots Fusiliers...

Musketry Regulations Part I 1909

War Office · 1914 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office; Harrison and Sons , 1914. Cloth. A smart copy of Part I of this regulation guidebook to muskets, with folding plates. Revised edition, with amendments. In the original cloth binding. These regulations, issued by command of the Army...

The Spanish Campaign of Sir John Moore & the Napoleonic Campaign of 1805

J. H. Anderson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Hugh Rees, Ltd. 1905-1912. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition volumes of J. H. Anderson's histories of the Peninsular and Napoleonic wars. Two volumes. First editions. Written by J. H. Anderson, a British military historian. This set contains: The Spanish Cam...

History of the Campaign of the British, Dutch, Hanoverian, and Brunswick Armies, Under the Command of the Duke of Wellington, and of the Prussians, Under That of Prince Blucher of Wahlstadt, in the Year 1815: With a Plan of the Battle of Waterloo

C. De. M.; Sir John Sinclair · 1983 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Ken Trotman, 1983. Cloth. A very smart facsimile edition of this history of the campaign under the command of the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. Facsimile edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number one hundred and ninety-ei...

Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance

Paul Lacroix · 1874 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Bickers & Son , 1874. Leather. A brightly illustrated history of the military and religious life of the Middle Ages and Renaissance period, with fourteen chromolithographic plates. Illustrated with fourteen chromolithographic plates and four hundred engravings on wood....