Storia militare

The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch

George Brackenbury · 1855 · Rooke Books

£925.00 (€1,108.75 | $1,222.06 | ¥195,085)

London, Paul and Dominic Colnagh, 1855. First edition. Leather. The first and second series of Brackenbury and Simpson's detailed study of the Crimean war, in a smart half morocco binding and illustrated throughout with tinted lithograph plates. The scarce complete first ...

Autour Du Drapeau 1789-1889

Charles Antoine Thoumas · 1889 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Paris, A. Le Vasseur et cie, 1889. First edition. Leather. A leather bound copy of Thoumas' historical work, which details French military campaigns from 1789-1889, with over two hundred lovely illustrations by Lucien Sergent. First edition. Bound in half crushed-morocco...

A Sketch of the Waterloo Campaign: A Short Tactical Study

Major Seymour Clarke · 1903 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, Gale & Polden LTD. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy containing a concise military sketch of the Waterloo Campaign, written by Major Seymour Clarke and intended as a 'short tactical study for young officers&apos. First Edition, very scarce. In the ...

Relation Des Evenemens Politiques Et Militaires Qui One Eu Lieu a Naples En 1820 Et 1821

General Guillaume Pepe · 1824 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Paris et London, Not Stated, 1824. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon French pamphlet regarding the start of the revolution in Naples in 1820 and 1821. A fascinating pamphlet on the events of the 1820 revolution, which commenced in Sicily and Naples against King Ferdinand of the T...

From Valmy to Waterloo: The Diary of a Soldier of Napoleon

trans. and ed. Robert B. Doublas; Jules Claretie · 1906 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Everett & Co. 1906. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce work on the French Revolution, translated into English by R. B. Douglas. Translated and edited by R. B. Douglas from the diaries of Charles Francois, marquis de Bonnay. Bonnay was appointed page to King Louis in 17...

Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk

Len Deighton; General W. K. Nehring · 1979 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Len Deighton's detailed military history of events of the Second World War. A remarkable account of the lightening war on the ground, exploring the scandals in the Nazi hierarchy. It narrate...

The Wounded Don&Apos;T Cry

Quentin Reynolds · 1941 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1941. Leather. An immensely scarce war memoir by Quentin Reynolds', his vivid first hand account of World War Two. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A very scarce work, this copy being the fourth edition, published in May 19...

Illusion: 1915

H. M. Tomlinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, William Heinemann, 1929. Cloth. A limited edition of this brief account of the First World War from battle, signed and numbered by anti-war writer Henry Major Tomlinson. This is a brief account of the author's wartime experiences.Written by H. M. Tomlinson (1873-1...

The Problem of the Army

L S Amery · 1903 · Rooke Books

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

London, Edward Arnold, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this work on the Army by Leopold Amery. This work is an expansion on Amery's articles on the conduct of the Second Boer War for The Times. Signed by Amery to the front endpaper, 'H A Sa...

Correspondence of Lieut-General the Hon Sir George Cathcart Kcb Relative to His Military Operations in Kaffraria

Sir George Cathcart · 1857 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, John Murray, 1857. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this military work regarding George Cathcart's experiences in Kaffraria and the Kaffir War. In a lovely full calf binding. Adorned with maps indicating various boundaries. This work is from the corres...

Insitutions Militaires de la France Avant Les Armees Permanentes Suivies D&Apos;Un Apercu Des Principaux Changements Survenus Jusqua Nos Jours Dans la Formation de L&Apos;Armee

Edgard Boutaric · 1863 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Paris, Henri Plon, 1863. Leather. A French work on the history of military institutions within France, written by the historian Edgard Boutaric. In the original French. This work is an interesting look at the various military institutions that were in place and use before the ...

The Life and Letters of Admiral Dewey from Montpelier to Manila

Adelbert M. Dewey · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York, The Woolfall Company, 1899. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy is this fascinating biography of the only recipient of the highest possible rank in the United States Navy, Admiral of the Navy George Dewey. The rank of the 'Admiral of the Navy' is e...

American Secretaries of the Navy

Paolo E. Coletta · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1980. Cloth. A two volume set of works being a comprehensive list of the Secretaries of the U. S. Navy, illustrated throughout. A extensive work of naval history documenting the multiple Secretaries of the Navy across two centuries. Lacking th...

Supplement to the London Gazette

The War Office · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Published by Authority, 1946-8. First edition. Magazine. A collection of supplements to The London Gazette. An official journal recording the movements of the British government, The London Gazette claims to be the oldest English newspaper. Though it does not have a la...

A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia by Eugene Labaume the Campaign of Paris in 1814 by P.F. F.J. Giraud

Eugene Labaume; P F F J Giraud · 1815 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

London, Samuel Leigh, 1815. Leather. Two important texts, bound in one, about the Napoleonic wars. Bound in diced claf leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Translated from the French. With Cokayne Frith's armorial nameplate on the front pastedown. The first title c...

A Staff Officer&Apos;S Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War

Sir Ian Hamilton K C B · 1905 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

London, Edward Arnold, 1905. Leather. A first-hand account of the Russo-Japanese War, in a charming leather binding. Written by Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, a senior officer in the British Army. H Today, Hamilton is best known for commanding the Mediterranean Expedition...

Military Drawings and Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen

A. E. Haswell Miller and N. P. Dawnay · 1970 · Rooke Books

£95.99 (€115.06 | $126.82 | ¥20,245)

London, Phaidon, 1970. Cloth. A nice clean copy of Miller and Dawney's Military Drawings and Paintings Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and clipped dustwrappers. With tipped in colour plates. First edition. Archibald Elliot Haswell Miller (1887-1979) was an artist w...

Winston S. Churchill. Companion Volume I. Part 1, 1874-1896. Part 2, 1896-1900. In Two Volumes

Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,979)

London , Heinemann, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first companion volume to the official biography of Britain's wartime Prime Minister, in two parts spanning over a quarter of a century. First Editions. Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between ...

The Complete Book of Fighters an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown

William Green; Gordon Swanborough · 1994 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,121)

London, Salamander Books Limited, 1994. Cloth. A detailed and comprehensive record of every type of fighter aircraft ever flown. A first edition illustrated with colour and black and white illustrations throughout. William Green was an aviation and military author. During serv...

By Authority, the Navy List, Corrected to the 20th December, 1868

[Admiralty] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, John Murray , 1869. Hardback. A scarce naval 1869 issue of The Navy List, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. Corrected to the 20th December, 1868.Scarce.In the original paper covered boards. The Navy List, or The Monthly Navy List was an...