Storia militare

The Gallant Little Campeador

Cecil Hunt · 1941 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of a yacht during the Second World War, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrap...

Uniforms of the Australian Colonies

A. N. Festberg; B. J. Videon · 1972 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Melbourne, Hill of Content, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the uniforms of the Australian Colonies, with a letter from Ross Campbell. First edition. Illustrated with twelve colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed account and...

The Girls of Slender Means

Muriel Spark · 1963 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan, 1963. Paperback. A scarce uncorrected proof copy of Muriel Spark's popular post-World War Two novella. The uncorrected proof copy. In the publisher's original proof paper covers. The uncorrected proof of Muriel Spark's novella about the lives ...

The Officers and Nurses of Evacuation Eight: With a Complete Roster of All Those Who Served with the Unit

Arthur M. Shipley; Agnes T. Considine · 1929 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce supplement volume to Frederick A. Pottle's history of Evacuation Hospital No. 8, established in WWI. The first edition of this very scarce supplement volume. With the original unclipped dust wrapp...

The Barber of Putney

J. B. Morton · 1934 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd, 1934. Cloth. The first revised edition of J. B. Morton's semi autobiographical novel about his experiences during World War One. The first revised edition. First published in 1919. In the publisher's original cloth. This war novel was ...

The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K(I)" & Carrying on - After the First Hundred Thousand

Ian Hay [Major General John Hay Beith] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915-1917. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of this good humoured account of army life from British soldier Major General John Hay Beith. Two volumes. First edition. With a colour frontispiece to volume one. ...

The Voyage of the Challenger

Herbert Swire; Major Roger Swire; G. Herbert Fowler · 1938 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.08 | $898.38 | ¥143,414)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. Cloth. A limited edition of Herbert Swire's insightful first hand account of the Challenger expedition, colourfully illustrated by the author. A limited edition of three hundred copies by the Golden Cockerel Press, this copy is num...

The Naval Annual; Brassey&Apos;S Naval Annual; Brassey&Apos;S Naval and Shipping Annual

Viscount Hythe [ed.]; John Leyland [ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Williams Clowes and Sons, 1914-1948. First edition. Cloth. Eight scarce volumes of the informative periodical The Naval Annual, started by Thomas Brassey. Eight scarce volumes uniformly bound in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding. Previous owner&...

The Honourable Artillery Company 1537-1926

G. Goold Walter; Earl of Denbigh and Desmond · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated history of the Honourable Artillery Company of the British Army. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, forty black-and-white plates, and ...

Loving

Henry Green · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, The Hogarth Press, Henry Green. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this novel by Henry Green following the happenings of an Irish country house during the Second World War. The scarce first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original clot...

Ten Chapters 1942 to 1945

B. L. Montgomery; Winston Churchill · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Hutchinson and Co, 1946. First edition. Leather. A unique British history of the Second World War, as told in chapters by a senior Army Officer and facsimile prints of Winston Churchill's own impressions. The first edition. In the publisher's original morocco...

Loyaute M&Apos; Oblige Historical Record of the Eighty-First Regiment

1872 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Gibraltar, The Twenty-Eighth Regimental Press, 1872. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce history of the Eighty-First Regiment, with two hand-coloured plates. A very scarce work, the first edition.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, one hand...

Schlachten Des Weltkrieges

Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Oldenburg, Gerhard Stalling, 1928. Cloth. Two insightful German military volumes exploring the First World War, both volumes illustrated, including with folding maps. In the original German.Two insightful and detailed military works discussing World War One. These two volumes ...

Sea Warfare

Rudyard Kipling · 1916 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of newspaper articles on sea warfare by the celebrated Rudyard Kipling. The first edition.  In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking scarce dust wrapper.This work feature...

Supplement No. 8 - 1979 & 1980 to Pacific Islands Pilot Vol. II & Vol. III

1969 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Not Stated, The Hydrographer of The Navy, 1969. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two ninth edition works to supplement studies on the hydrography of the Pacific Islands. Two volumes. Ninth edition. Supplement No. 8. Volume II is illustrated with four full-page images and two folding charts....

The Last Boer War

H. Rider Haggard · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1899. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this insightful history of the First Boer War, a first hand account by H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this work.In a custom chemise, in a fine condition. A comprehensive ...

Aerial Warfare

R. P. Hearne; Sir Hiram Maxim [ed.] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this discussion of the possibilities of aerial warfare, published prior to the First World War. The scarce first edition of this work, in the striking publisher's original pictori...

The Wars of the &Apos;Nineties: A History of the Warfare of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century

A. Hilliard Atteridge · 1899 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1899. Leather. A detailed historical study on the wars and conflicts of the late nineteenth century, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over five hundred images including original sketch-maps and plans. A deta...

With Kitchener to Khartum

G. W. Steevens · 1898 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1898 . Cloth. A detailed account of the campaign in Sudan, known as the Madhist Revolt, or the Second Anglo-Sudan War of 1896-9, illustrated with folding maps. Fifth edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written by...

My Life and Balloon Experiences with a Supplementary Chapter on Military Ballooning

Henry Coxwell · 1887 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, W. H. Allen and Co. 1887. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this autobiographical account of ballooning and military ballooning from Henry Tracey Coxwell. First edition. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. The life and experiences of Henry Tracey C...