Storia militare

Munitions: A Poem

pseud. Junius Redivivus · 1915 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, 1915. Paperback. A very scarce and mysterious poem written by the anonymous Junius Redivivus, calling the British to rally against the Kaiser during the First World War. A very scarce poem on Britain and the First World War, written by the mysteri...

War Poems and Other Translations

Various [trans. by Lord Curzon of Kedleston] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1915. Cloth. A collection of translated war and classical poetry, signed by the translator Lord Curzon, former Viceroy of India and future British foreign secretary. The presentation copy of War Poems and Other Translations, signed by the au...

Emperor&Apos;S Chambermaids: The Story of the 14th/20th King&Apos;S Hussars

Lt. Col. L. B. Oatts; M. R. D. Foot [Foreword] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Ward Lock Limited, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of the 14th/20th King"s Hussars, Lt. Col. L. B. Oatts"s authoritative account of the regiment"s campaigns, richly illustrated and complete in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher&a...

Some XII Royal Lancers

Lt.-Col. G. W. Hobson · 1936 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.90 | ¥24,887)

Shipston-on-Stour, The 'King's Stone' Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of stories of the XII Royal Lancers, from Lieutenant-Colonel G. W. Hobson. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and t...

Life of Admiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas

Archibald C. Douglas · 1938 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Totnes, Devon, Mortimer Bros. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biographical work on Royal Navy officer and founder of the Japanese Navy, Admiral Sir Archibald Lucious Douglas, signed by the author. First edition. Scarce work. Signed and inscribed by th...

A History of the Army Medical Department

Lieutenant General Sir Neil Cantlie · 1974 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Edinburgh; London, Churchill Livingstone, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of this two-volume history of the British Army Medical Department by Lt. Gen. Sir Neil Cantlie, complete the original unclipped with dust wrappers, illustrated with folding maps and plates...

Memoires Militaires Et Politiques Du General Lloyd

Henry Lloyd · 1801 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Paris, Magimel, 1801 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with folding maps, this is the first French language translation of Welsh soldier Henry Lloyd's 17th century discussion of his own life and of military strategy. The scarce first French language translation of Llo...

A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia

Eugene Labaume · 1814 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Samuel Leigh; W. Clowes, 1814. First edition. Leather. The first edition in English of this insightful description of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, illustrated with folding maps. The first edition in English.Illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, and...

1815 Waterloo

Henry Houssaye; Arthur Emile Mann [Translator], A. Euan-Smith [Editor] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first English edition of Houssaye"s detailed chronicle of Waterloo, handsomely bound red cloth, and complete with three fold-out colour campaign maps. In the publisher's original red cloth binding wi...

Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns

Thomas Hamilton; Frederick Hardman · 1849 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1849. Cloth. A smart new edition of this study of the Peninsular War, and the individual campaigns of different nations. New edition, revised and augmented. A detailed record of the events of the Peninsular War, fought in the Iberian Peninsu...

The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt: An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915

Lieut.-Col. James W. Barrett; Lieut. P. E. Deane · 1918 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. 1918. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this illustrated account of the Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt, a review copy. First UK edition. Review copy with a contemporary ink stamp to the half-title. Illustrated with a front...

The World Crisis

Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1933. Cloth. The coveted limited 'Sandhurst Edition' of Winston Churchill's historical account of the First World War. The limited 'Sandhurst Edition', privately printed for the Sandhurst Royal Military College where C...

The War Against Japan

Major-General S. Woodburn Kirby · 1957 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office , 1957-1969. First edition. Cloth. An excellent, first edition set of Major-General Woodburn Kirby's official history of the War against Japan, each volume richly illustrated and with its original, unclipped dust wrapper. First...

Deutschlands Armee in Feldgrauer Kriegs-Und Friedens-Uniform

Julius Ottomar Hermann Freiherr von der Osten-Sacken · 1916 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

Berlin, P. M. Weber, 1916. Cloth. A scarce German study on the feldgrau military uniforms introduced in 1915, complete with colour plates. A scarce work.In the original German.Complete as three booklets in one cloth folder.Illustrated with thirty-three colour plates. Collated,...

The Army List for October 1842 by Authority

The War Office · 1842 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, The War Office, 1842. Paperback. A smart copy of the annual British Army List for the year 1842, as of October that year. The official annual British Army List for October 1942. An annual printing from the War Office containing lists of all members of the British Army ...

Abyssinia and Italy

Emile Burns · 1935 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this scarce work on the conflict between Abyssinia and Italy, with a folding map. First edition. Scarce work. With a folding map to the rear. A detailed commentary on lead up to the The Abys...

Authentic Papers Relating to the Expedition Against Carthagena: Being the Resolutions of the Councils of War; Both of Sea and Land-Officers

Anonymous · 1744 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.80 | ¥72,762)

London, L. Raymond, and sold by J.M. 1744 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce work concerning the Navy's unsuccessful attack on Cartagena, in Colombia. The first edition of this very scarce work.This volume concerns the unsuccessful Royal Navy ...

The Way of the Cross

V. Doroshevitch [Vlas Mikhailovich Doroshevich]; Stephen Graham · 1916 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the English translation of Doroshevich's account of the sufferings of Russian refugees in World War I. The first edition of this scarce translated work in the publisher's original...

For Freedom! a Panoramic Picture Story Book of Our Navy, Army & Air Force

Anonymous · 1940 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1940 . Paperback. A charmingly illustrated and scarce World War II era pop-up book celebrating the work of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. A scarce work.Illustrated with three full colour double-page pop-ups, in full working order. Collated, complet...

Green Knight Red Mourning

Richard E. Ogden · 1980 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York, Manor Books Inc. 1980. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this searing Vietnam War autobiography from Richard E. Ogden. First edition. Very scarce. An autobiographical account of one man's experiences during the Vietnam War, exploring the t...