Storia militare

The Plans of War the General Staff and British Military Strategy C 1900-1916

John Gooch · 1974 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this comprehensive study on General Staff and the evolution of military strategy prior to the First World War. The first edition of this work. A comprehensive and thorough study co...

Army Records Society

Various · 1985 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London, The Bodley Head, Sutton Publishing, The History Press, Boydell Press, 1985-2021. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition eighteen volume set comprising records of the army throughout the years. First editions stated, comprising eighteen volumes with narratives...

Discorso Del S. Guglielmo Choul Centilhuomo Lionese, Consigliero Del Re, & Presidente Delle Montagne Del Delfinato, Sopra a la Castrametatione, & Bagni Antichi de I Grecie, & Romani. Con L&Apos;Aggiunta Della Figuar Del Campo Romano. Et Una Informatione Della Militia Turchesca, & de Gli Habiti de Soldati Turchi, Scritta Da M. Francesco Sansouino Informatione Della Militia Turchesca, Di M. Francesco Sansouino. A Gli Illustrissimi, Et Eccellentissimi Signori, IL S. Hieronimo Zane, Cavliere & Procu

Guillaume de Choul; Francesco Sansovino · 1582 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.02 | $2,906.52 | ¥463,986)

Vinegia; [Venice], Altobello Salicato, 1582. Vellum. A scarce work on the Roman and Ottoman militaries, written by the antiquarian and historian Guillaume de Choul and Francesco Sansovino. In Italian. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. Complete with the rarely seen Roman ca...

Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 1810-1860

Captain R.H. Gronow · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Nimmo, 1900. Cloth. The complete two volume set of the autobiography of an eccentric and very popular dandy, considered among the best pistol shots of his day. Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow: Being Anecdotes of The Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 18...

The Green Horse in Ladysmith

Lieut.-Colonel St. John Gore. · 1901 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A privately printed first edition of Gore"s Boer War account of the 5th Dragoon Guards at Ladysmith, written from direct experience, illustrated with plates and a folding map. In the publisher's original ...

The Diary of a Dead Officer: Being the Posthumous Papers of Arthur Graeme West

Arthur Graeme West · 1918 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, George Allen & Unwin, [1918]. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the reflections of a fallen soldier of the Western Front, including his own poems to the rear, in the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of The Diary of a Dead Officer: Being the P...

Alamein to Zem Zem

Keith Douglas [int. by Lawrence Durrell] eds. by John Waller, G.S. Fraser, J.C. Hall] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Faber and Faber, 1966. Cloth. A charming early edition of a wry memoir from a war poet considered to be a great loss to literature, with an introduction by novelist Lawrence Durrell. A charming early edition of Alamein to Zem Zem, a wry memoir from the Western Desert C...

The Wars of Europe or Annals of Military and Naval Warfare

A Distinguished Officer · 1838 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, James Pattie, 1838. Leather. Volume I of this military periodical, a scarce and fascinating work of military history. With three engraved plates and numerous vignettes. Comprising of fitly-two issues over the year 1838. A very scarce work, which eventually formed three...

Sixth Report from the Committee of Secrecy

The Committee of Secrecy · 1782 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, James Woodmason, 1782. Leather. An extremely scarce report from The Committee of Secrecy, by The Committee of Secrecy. A fascinating work enquiring into the causes of the war in the Carnatic, the Indian subcontinent. The work also assessed the "condition of the British...

Regiments: Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth 1758-1993 a Critical Bibliography of Their Published Histories

Roger Perkins · 1994 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Newton Abbott, Devon, Roger Perkins, 1994. Cloth. A bibliography of published works about the forces of the British Empire and the Commonwealth. First Edition Thus This work is the result of years of extensive research by over two hundred individuals from around the globe, ass...

In the Wake of Napoleon

Oakley Williams (Ed) · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, The Bodley Head Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first English edition of the memoirs of Ferdinand Von Funck, edited by Oakley Williams. Complete with twelve monochrome plates. The full title reads: 'In the Wake of Napoleon. Being the Memoirs (1807-1809) of ...

The French Conquest of Algeria

Major G B Laurie · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Hugh Reeds, Ltd, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this work on the French conquest of Algeria. First edition. Complete with three folding coloured maps in excellent condition. The French conquest of Algeria took place between 1830 and 1847. George Brenton L...

The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division

Captain V. E. Inglefield · 1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Nisbet and Co. Ltd, 1921. Cloth. A copy of this 'History of the Twentieth (Light) Division' by Captain V. E. Inglefield. With an Introduction by Lieut.-General the Earl of Cavan. With numerous illustrations, and a Frontispiece of Major-General W. Douglas Smit...

Sir William Petty&Apos;S Plan for a System of Instruction Relative to the Business of the Marine Department

Sir William Petty; Samuel Bentham · 1779 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, M'Creery, printer, Black Horse Court, Fleet-Street, 1779 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of Samuel Bentham's broadsheet, based on the 1694 work 'What a Compleat Treatise of Navigation Should Contain' by Sir William Petty. Thi...

1915 Twenty Poems (1912-1915)

W. Fothergill Robinson · 1915 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Exeter, Eland Brothers, 1915. First edition. Paperback. An incredibly scarce booklet of poetry, signed by author. A very scarce booklet of wartime poetry, largely concerned with Oxford, and with the war, by W. Fothergill Robinson.Bound in original sewn paper binding, and signe...

The Gutter and the Stars

Eliot Crawshay-Williams · 1918 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Erskine MacDonald, 1918. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a scarce anthology written by Welsh author and politician Eliot Crawshay-Williams, based on his experiences serving in Egypt and the Middle East. The signed first edition of the scarce poetic...

High Altars: The Battle-Fields of France and Flanders As I Saw Them

John Oxenham [William Arthur Dunkerley] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Methuen & Co. 1918 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition in the original unclipped dust wrapper, Oxenham"s eyewitness reflections on the Western Front, an inscribed presentation copy. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition, printed in M...

Nous... De la Guerre

Henri Edmond Jacques [pseud. Henry-Jacques] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Paris, Eugene Fasquelle, 1918. First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition of a First World War veteran's powerful anthology related to their service and experiences. The signed first edition of Nous.. De la Guerre (We.. Of the War), a poignant and thought-provokin...

Y Gwron Dienw

Emrys James · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Camarthen, Camarthen Journal, 1922. Paperback. A very scarce signed collection of war poetry, written by Welsh poet Emrys James, more commonly known as Dewi Emrys. The signed Y Gwron Dienw (The Unnamed Hero), a Welsh collection of war poetry written by Welsh poet Emrys James, ...

Paris Under the Commune: Or, the Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege

John Leighton · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Bradbury, Evans & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, richly illustrated contemporary account of the Paris Commune, documenting the seventy-three days of the Second Siege with eyewitness sketches and portraits from original photographs. In the publisher's or...