Storia militare

The War Illustrated: Complete Record of the Conflict by Land and Sea and in the Air, Volumes I and II (September 1939 - July 1940)

Various [ed. by Sir John Hammerton] · 1939 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, The Amalgamated Press, 1939-1940. Leather. A brilliant visual record of the Second World War as key developments unfolded, edited and signed by Harmsworth Encyclopedia creator John Alexander Hammerton. Volumes I and II of the popular series The War Illustrated: Complet...

Diary of the 9th (Q.R. ) Lancers During the South African Campaign, 1899 to 1902.

Bt.-Lieut.-Colonel F. F. Colvin; Captain E. R. Gordon. · 1904 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

London, Cecil Roy, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated Boer War diary of the 9th Queen"s Royal Lancers, complete with a large folding map, presented by the officers of the regiment to one Captain A. A. East as a memento of the South African campai...

Sinbad of the Coast Guard

George F. Foley · 1945 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition recounting the true story of Sinbad, the celebrated canine mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Campbell, illustrated throughout by by official Coast Guard Artist, George Gray.  In the p...

The Diary of a Dead Officer: Being the Posthumous Papers of Arthur Graeme West

Arthur Graeme West; [C. E. M. Joad] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, At the Office of The Herald, 1918. First edition. Hardback. Very scarce first edition of the posthumous First World War diary of writer and pacifist Arthur Graeme West. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original paper-backed boards.The posthumous First Worl...

Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917 a Personal and Historical Record and Mesopotamia 1917-1920 a Clash of Loyalties a Personal and Historical Record

Lt. Col. Sir Arnold T. Wilson · 1930 · Rooke Books

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

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1930-1931. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, two-volume signed set of Sir Arnold T. Wilson's military memoires from his time serving in Mesopotamia. A scarce, two-volume signed first edition of Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson's account of Brit...

Her Privates We

Private 19022 [Frederic Manning] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Peter Davies, 1930 . Cloth. Fascinating early edition of the highly regarded First World War story from Australian author and poet Frederic Manning. Early edition, reprinted in the same month as the first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Fictional acc...

A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army

Arthur S. White; Field Marshal Sir Gerald W. R. Templer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, The Society for Army Historical Research, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical record of the regiments in the British Army. First edition. A bibliography for students of military history compiled from records held in the War Office Libra...

Sloop of War; Command a King&Apos;S Ship; in Gallant Company; the Inshore Squadron

Anthony Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1972-78. First edition. Cloth. Four first edition copies of Anthony Kent's exciting maritime novels, each with their original dust wrapper. The first editions. Each volume is bound in the original cloth, with the publisher's unclipped du...

Combined Operations 1940 - 1942

1943 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first edition of this study into the combined operations of Britain during World War Two, in particular between the years 1940 and 1942. The first edition of this work.An interesting study i...

La Grande Guerre Relation de L&Apos;Etat-Major Russe & de la Conduite de la Guerre

Commandant Edouard Chapouilly [translator]; Marechal F. Foch · 1926 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Paris , Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie.; Berger-Levrault, 1926-1927. Leather. Two smartly bound volumes on the history of the Great War, in the original French language. French. Two volumes. Scarce works. This set includes: La Grande Guerre Relation de l'Etate-Major Russe: Conc...

Armour in England from the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century

J. Starkie Gardner · 1898 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,361)

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on the military armour in England throughout history. The first edition of this work.Complete as two parts in one.An intersting study into the military armou...

D-Day _ June 6, 1944 _ The Climactic Battle of World War II

Ambrose, Stephen E. · 2002 · San Francisco Book Company

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,639)

London Simon & Schuster Paperback Octavo wraps, 655 pp. Very good

THE NAZIS’ MARCH TO CHAOS. The Hitler Era throught the Lenses of Chaos-Complexity Theory.

Beaumont, Roger. · 2000 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Praeger, Connecticut 2000. 1st Ed. x + 214pp. Several figures. Very good in black lettered white laminated boards.

NAPOLEON. The Imperial Household.

Cordier, Sylvain. (Editor). · 2018 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts/Yale University Press 2018. 1st Ed. 4to. 352pp. Profusely illus. throughout with more than 380 in colour. Very good in beige lettered black colour pictorial boards.

THE COLD WAR YEARS. Flight Testing at Boscombe Down, 1945-1975. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison.

Mason, Tim. · 2001 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Hikoki Publ. 2001. 1st Ed. 4to. 336pp. Profusely ills. with b/w. photos. and coloured drawings. Good in lightly soiled and sl. chipped d/w.

THE BOOK OF MICHAEL OF RHODES. A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript. Volume I: FACSIMILE. Edited by David McGee. Transcription by Franco Rossi. Translation by Alan M. Stahl.

(Rhodes). Long, Pamela O; McGee, David and Stahl, Alan M. (Editors). · 2009 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

MIT Press, Massachusetts 2009. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xiv + 519pp. + [iii]. Illus. throughout in colour. Letter ‘T’ ink stamp to lower edge of leaves, otherwise very good in gilt lettered brown cloth backed blue boards with white lettering and colour illus. to boards.

The Story of the Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment

Charles Lethbridge Kingsford · 1916 · Richard Thornton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Country Life This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's red cloth with gilt title to spine.No Dust-Jacket.Slight fading to the colour tone along spine.There are No former names or inscriptions present.Book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness.Illustrated with pl...

The Galloping Third The Story olf the 3rd The King's Own Hussars

Bolitho,Hector · 1963 · Richard Thornton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

John Murray This is a Very Good Copy of this book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with some modest rubbing and wear along the top edge of the front cover and head of spine.Price clipped.Book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness.There are NO former names or inscriptions present...

England and Napoleon in 1803 Being The Despatches of Lord Whitworth and Others

Browning,Oscar (Edited By) · 1887 · Richard Thornton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Longmans,Green & Co This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's red cloth with gilt title to spine.No Dust-Jacket.There are No former names or inscriptions present.Book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness.The book was acquired from an impressive private collecti...

Military Uniforms of Britain & The Empire

Major R. Money Barnes · 1968 · Richard Thornton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Seeley,Service And Co This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears along outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped.Book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness.There is one former owner's name stamp to the front endpaper...