Storia militare

Jambo" or with Jannie in the Jungle

Capt. A. W. Lloyd · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, African Publications Ltd, 1920 . Leather. The second issue of A. W. Lloyd's scarce collection of illustrations depicting the East Africa campaign of the First World War. The 1920 edition of this work, which was first published in Cape Town in 1917. Referred to as ...

Naval Adventures During Thirty-Five Years&Apos; Service

Lieut. W. Bowers · 1833 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Leather. In this very scarce two volume set, Lieutenant W. Bowers' offers an exciting account of his naval adventures. A first edition two volume set in half calf bindings. Ink inscription to the title pages of both volumes. P...

Relation de la Bataille de Hochstedt Pa Un General de L&Apos;Armee Francoise

Un General de l'Armee · 1704 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

None, None, 1704. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet detailing the action taken by the French army at the Battle of Hochstadt, 1704, in the French language. French language. Scarce work. An account of the Bataille de Hochstedt, or the Battle of Belnheim, fought on 13th Augus...

A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year Mdccxlv. To Which Is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan

Robert Orme · 1861 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.21 | $766.26 | ¥122,324)

London; Madra, F. Wingrave; Pharoah and Co, 1861-62. Leather. Robert Orme's exploration of the conflicts the British were involved in during the Carnatic Wars, complete with the additional plate volume. The fourth edition, revised by the author.Complete in three volumes.V...

With the M.T. In Mesopotamia

F. W. Leland · 1920 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Forster Groom & Co. Ltd, 1920. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of Lieut-Colonel F. W. Leland's experiences with the Mechanical Transport in Mesopotamia. First edition. Illustrated with numerous images on twenty-eight plates and fold-out map. Col...

Battling with Waves and Lawyers: A Genuine History of Perils of the Deep

J. Arbuckle Reid · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1900. Cloth. A third, revised and enlarged edition of this illustrated history of the perils of the deep. Third, revised and enlarged edition. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated throughout with sixteen drawings or p...

Belgium Under the German Occupation: A Personal Narrative

Brand Whitlock · 1919 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, William Heinemann, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in two volumes of this first hand account of Belgium under German occupation by Brand Whitlock. The first edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. Brand Whitlock was an American journalist, ambassad...

Traitã© de Chirurgie D&Apos;Armã©E

L. Legouest · 1872 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Paris, Librarie J.-B. Balliere et Fils, 1872. Cloth. A Treaty on Army Surgery by influential military surgeon Legouest, in French, with many illustrations. Rebound in cloth, with renewed endpapers. Stamp of the British Medical Library Association to the half title page, the ti...

Recollections of an Old Soldier: A Biographical Sketch of the Late Colonel Tidy, C.B. , 24th Regt. With Anecdotes of His Contemporaries

Mrs. Ward; Harriet Ward · 1849 · Rooke Books

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

London, Richard Bentley, 1849. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition biography on the Colonel Francis Skelly Tidy, a touching memorial penned by his daughter. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, last sold at auction in 1964.A touching biogra...

Lean&Apos;S Royal Navy List, Containing Special Points of Interest of the Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on the Active and Retired Lists

Lieut. Colonel Francis Lean · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Witherby & Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of Lean's Royal Navy List for January 1895, record of the British Royal Navy. First edition of this work. A very scarce number from Lieut.-Colonel Francis Lean's quarterly periodical concerning the...

The Tiger Kills and the Tiger Triumphs

Sir Claude Auchinleck · 1944 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)

London , His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1944-1946. First edition. Paperback. A fascinating two volume set detailing various World War Two campaigns of Indian Divisions within the British Army, with illustrations throughout. Two first edition volumes detailing the campai...

London to Ladysmith Via Pretoria

Winston Spencer Churchill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Longmans Green, and Co, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition, first impres...

The Unknown War the Eastern Front 1914-1917

The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1941 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1941. Cloth. The final volume in Churchill's The World Crisis Series. This is the sixth volume in Churchill's World Crisis Series, which is Churchill's account of the Frist World War published between 1923-1931. The series is analytica...

The Italian Campaigns of General Bonaparte

George Hooper · 1859 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1859. Leather. An excellent first edition of George Hooper's description of Bonaparte's military campaigns in Italy, illustrated with a folding map. Detailing Bonaparte's campaigns between 1796 and 1800. On the conquest of North Ital...

The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918

John Ross-of-Bladensburg · 1928 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, Oxford University Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes concerning the oldest serving regular regiment of the British Army, the Coldstream Guards. The first edition, complete with the third volume of maps. An extensive account of the history of the Coldstrea...

With Napoleon in Russia

Mrs. Stewart · 1904 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Gall and Inglis, 1904 . Cloth. A beautifully bound piece of military fiction describing the hero's time spent at battle in Russia with Napoleon. Written by Mrs. Stewart.With a prize bookplate from the Wesleyan Sunday School awarded to Henry Butcher for Regular Att...

Unsere Marine IM Weltkrieg 1914-1918

Eberhard Von Mantey · 1927 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

Berlin, Vaterländischer Verlag CA Weller, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic account of the First World War, written by German vice admiral Eberhard Friedrich Wilhelm von Mantey. The first edition of this large quarto work which focuses on the German Navy during the First...

British Army Pensioners Abroad, 1772-1899

Norman K. Crowder · 1995 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co, 1995. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this reference work about British veterans who settled abroad between 1772 and 1899. The first edition of this work. This work is an index to the Chelsea regimental pension registers, of Br...

A Descriptive Collection of the Marine Collection to Be Found at India House

1973 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1973. Cloth. An illustrated work on the India House's marine art collection, illustrated with coloured plates, one folding map, being held in the original cloth slipcase. Held in the original cloth slipcase in a very good condition....

Blue Funnel a History of Alfred Holt and Company of Liverpool from 1865 to 1914

Francis E. Hyde; J. R. Harris · 1856 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Liverpool , Liverpool University Press, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of F. E. Hyde's work of British maritime history. This work charts the early life of the Blue Funnel shipping company and its founder Alfred Holt. In the publisher's original clo...