Storia militare

The Navy List, Published Quarterly (January-October 1833; January-October 1836; January-October 1844; January-October 1845)

[Admiralty] · 1833 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, John Murray, 1833-1845. First edition. Leather. A terrific collection of four complete Quarterly Navy Lists, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. Rare to find completed years. This set offers four complete Quarterly Navy Lists, with issues...

The Navy List:

[Admiralty] · 1817 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, John Murray, 1817-1845. First edition. Cloth. A scarce selection of issues from this comprehensive naval directory, 'The Navy List', including a rare early example from 1817. Comprising seven monthly issues from The Navy List. The majority of these volumes ar...

Cadet to Commodore

Albert B. Armitage · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Cassell & Company, Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Albert B. Armitage's account of his time spent in the Merchant Navy during the early twentieth century. The first edition of the work.In the original blue cloth binding. Illustrate...

Outlines of Naval Routine

Lieut. Alex. Dingwall Fordyce · 1837 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1837 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Lieutenant Fordyce's illustrated work on the everyday management of Naval vessels in the 19th century. The scare first edition of this work from Lieutenant Alexander Dingwall Fordyce.The a...

In Forbidden China; the D&Apos;Ollone Mission 1906-1909 China-Tibet-Mongolia

Victome D'Ollone; Bernard Miall [trans.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, second impression of this translation of Victome D'Ollone's early twentieth century mission. The first edition, second impression of this translation. Written by Victome D'Ollone,...

Hillsboro in the War

Richard D. Ware · 1917 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Boston, The Gorham Press, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of wartime poetry, written in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, at the dawn of WWI. A very scarce presentation copy volume of wartime poetry, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endp...

Poã¨Mes Et Rã©Cits de Guerre

Leon Riotor · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Paris, La Maison Francaise, 1918. Paperback. A signed personal anthology by French writer and politician Lèon Riotor, based on his experiences as an artillery squadron leader during the First World War. Poèmes et Récits de Guerre (Poems and War stories), a personal anthology w...

The Worcestershire Regiment 1922-1950

Lieut.-Colonel Lord Birdwood · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden Ltd. 1952. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this military history of the Worcestershire Regiment from the end of the First World War to 1950. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven images across four plates, and eight m...

History of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia (Fourth Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry) 1778-1900 Including the Diary of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Mosley Crowder, 1852-1885.

Lieut.-Col. Frank Willan · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Oxford, Horace Hart, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce illustrated history of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia, signed by the author. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, in presentatio...

Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt: Being a Personal Narrative of Events

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A first US edition of this historical account of the events surrounding the English occupation of Egypt from English writer Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. First US edition. With a frontispiece. A historical account focused on the p...

St Mildred and St Margaret Moyses Dedication of War Memorial Window

None stated · 1922 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

None stated, None stated, 1922. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound order of service for a dedication of a war memorial window, bound in full crushed morocco by Zaensdorf. Bound in full crushed morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece. ...

Adventures of a French Sarjeant, During His Campaigns in Italy, Spain, Germany, Russia, &C. From 1805, to 1823.

Robert Guillemard [Alexandre Lardier] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Philadelphia, J. J. Woodward , 1827 . Leather. A leather-bound copy of the French Sergeant Robert Guillemard's noteworthy account of the conduct and opinions of the French army from 1805-1823, this edition being published the year after the first. An early edition, publis...

Bernadotte: Prince and King 1810-1844

Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, John Murray, 1925 . Cloth. This is a very scarce, first edition copy of this extensive history of Bernadotte, from soldier of fortune to Scandinavian monarch, by renowned MP, judge, and historian, Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton. In the publisher's original navy cloth b...

The Campaign of Paris in 1814

P. F. F. J. Giraud · 1815 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.61 | ¥75,925)

London, Samuel Leigh, 1815 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally bright example of the scarce first English language edition of Giraud's recollection of the Campaign in Paris in 1814, illustrated with two folding maps. The scarce first English language edition of thi...

Home Office CIVIL Defence Manual of Basic Training

Home Office · 1949 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1949-1951. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of eight mid-twentieth century Civil Defence manuals issued by the Home Office, offering guidance in such matters as defence against atomic and chemical warfare. The first e...

A Collection of Works by and About Winston S. Churchill

Winston S. Churchill; Ephesian [Carl Eric Bechhofer Roberts]; Randolph S. Churchill; Violet Bonham Carter · 1923 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd.; Mills & Boon; Cassell and Company; Macmillan & Co.; Eyre & Spottiswoode and Collins, 1923-1965. First edition. Cloth. A collection of six smart volumes written by Winston S. Churchill, with a commentary on his character from Violet Bonham Car...

Report on the Russian Army and Its Campaigns in Turkey in 1877-1878

F. V. Greene [Francis Vinton Greene] · 1879 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Francis Vinton Greene's account of the Russo-Turkish war in 1877-78, with the uncommon 'Atlas' volume containing copious maps. The first edition. Illustrated with monochrome vign...

Into Battle, the End of the Beginning, & Victory

Winston S. Churchill; Randolph S. Churchill; Charles Eade · 1942 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1942-1946. First edition. Cloth. Three smart later editions of these collections of speeches from British statesman Sir Winston S. Churchill. Three volumes. Written by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, military offi...

The Great War

Sir Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1933. Paperback. A collection of periodicals dealing with the scenes and various fronts associated with the First World War, in the original twenty-six fortnightly parts. Complete in twenty-six volumes of fortnightly parts. Illustrated with phot...

The Bystander&Apos;S" Fragments from France & More Fragments from France

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather · 0 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, The Bystander, c1915. Cloth. Two volumes of Fragments from France as issued by The Bystander, bound in one volume in modern cloth. Two volumes bound in one. Very scarce works. Illustrated throughout. Written by Captain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather, a prominent British hu...