Storia militare

Maps and Plans Illustrating Fortescue&Apos;S History of the British Army: Volume VII

Sir John William Fortescue · 1912 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A superb collection of eighteen folding maps and plans illustrating John William Fortescue's History of the British Army, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition. Volume VII of Fortescue&a...

On the Road with Wellington: The Diary of a War Commissary in the Peninsular Campaigns

August Ludolf Friedrich Schaumann; Anthony M. Ludovici · 1924 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, William Heinemann, 1924. Cloth. The first edition of this translated series of fascinating accounts, detailing a war commissary's services in the Peninsular campaign, with colour plates. First edition. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontispiece and nineteen ...

The Battle of Wavre and Grouchy&Apos;S Retreat: A Study of an Obscure Part of the Waterloo Campaign

W. Hyde Kelly · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, John Murray, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the Battle of Wavre, from historian W. Hyde Kelly. First edition. Illustrated with three folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed history of the Battle of Wavre, the final ...

Sketches of German Life and Scenes from the War of Liberation in Germany

Varnhagen Von Ense; Alexander Duff Gordon [Translator, Compiler] · 1847 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, John Murray, 1847 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this collection of memoirs by Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, offering a vivid first-hand account of German society during the tumultuous period of the Napoleonic Wars. Rebound in blue cloth binding...

The Second World War

Winston Churchill · 1948 · Rooke Books

£840.00 (€1,006.86 | $1,109.76 | ¥177,158)

London, Cassell & Company, 1948-1954. First edition. Cloth. An smart example of the complete six volume first edition of Winston Churchill's monumental history of the Second World War, with each volume retaining the original dust wrapper. A collection of six first edition...

The Annals of the Yeomanry Cavalry of Wiltshire: Being a Complete History of the Prince of Wales&Apos; Own Royal Regiment from the Time of Its Formation in 1794 to October, 1884.

Henry Graham · 1886 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Liverpool, D. Marples & Co, 1886. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated historical account of the Prince of Wales' regiment. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and three monochrome pl...

The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated Into English; to Which Is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War & the History of the Conspiracy of Catiline, and the Jugurthine War

William Duncan; C. Crispus Sallustius; William Rose [translator] · 1836 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Jones and Co. 1836. Cloth. A new edition of these two important historical volumes bound into one. Two volumes bound into one. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. This volume includes: The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English; to which ...

A Collection of Articles from &Apos;the Aeroplane&Apos; and &Apos;Flight&Apos; Magazine

C. G. Grey [Ed]; et al. · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, The Aeroplane; Flight, 1936-40. Cloth. A collection of informative and heavily illustrated articles from 'The Aeroplane' and 'Flight' aviation magazines. The 1938, 1937, 1939 and 1940 issues of 'The Aeroplane' and the 1936, 1937 and 1938 i...

A Portrait of Lord Nelson

Oliver Warner · 1959 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, The Reprint Society , 1959. Hardback. A new edition of this inspiring historical work focusing on the life and naval accomplishments of Lord Nelson. A new edition published the year after the first. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum binding. Sketche...

At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon&Apos;S Invasion of Egypt

G. A. Henty · 1899 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1899. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical account of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt from English war correspondent George Alfred Henty. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates, and three plans. Coll...

Report on the Salvation Army Colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England, with Scheme of National Land Settlement

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office; Darling & Son; et al, 1905. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of this insightful report by H. Rider Haggard exploring the work of the Salvation Army. The uncommon first edition, published for His Majesty's Stati...

The Queen&Apos;S Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Chaplin · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Maidstone, The Regimental Museum Committee , 1964 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of H. D. Chaplin's study of the Queen's own Royal West Kent regiment, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth, with the ori...

The Invergordon Mutiny

Alan Ereira · 1981 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1981 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this narrative history of the Invergordon mutiny of 1931, inscribed by the author, Alan Ereira. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped du...

The Relief of Chitral

Captain G. J. Younghusband; Captain Frank E. Younghusband · 1897 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Cloth. An early edition of this illustrated work on the siege of Chitral by the Younghusband brothers. An early reprint of the original work published in 1895. In the original publisher's cloth with a gilt illustration to the front...

The Last Boer War

H. Rider Haggard · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1899. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of The Last Boer War by H. Rider Haggard. A first edition, first impression copy. The Last Boer War by H. Rider Haggard is an in depth record of the Last Boer War, exploring the eve...

English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century

James Anthony Froude · 1922 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1922. Leather. A beautiful leather-bound new impression of James Anthony Froude's study of English fishermen in the sixteenth century. A study of English naval history by James Anthony Froude, English historian and editor of Fraser's M...

German Afv&Apos;S of World War II

Duncan Crow [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Windsor, Profile Publications, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A heavily illustrated volume on the Armoured Fighting Vehicles used by Germany in World War II. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of this volume on the Armoured Fighting Vehicles used by Germany in W...

The Great Boer War: A Two Years&Apos; Record, 1899-1901

A. Conan Doyle · 1901 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1901. Cloth. A new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's successful study of the Boer War. A new edition of this work, the fourteenth impression. First published in 1900, it went through sixteen editions by 1902, constantly revised. It was published ...

Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses During the Second World War 3rd September, 1939 to 2nd September 1945 with Amendment 1

Admiralty · 1947 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1947-1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses During the Second World War along with the first Amendment to the volume. Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses During the ...

Life Amongst the Sandbags

Hugo Morgan · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1916 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of this work recording personal experiences of the trenches during the First World War. First edition of Life Amongst the Sandbags by Hugo Morgan in the original publis...