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Wellington a Record of a Great Military Career

Alfred E. Knight · 1900 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon biography on the heroic Duke of Wellington, complete with a portrait frontispiece. The first edition of this uncommon work.A biographical record exploring the life and great military c...

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J. Perneel · 1850 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Bruges, Imprimiere d'Alphonse Bogaret, 1850. Leather. A scarce nineteenth-century work on the history of Flanders, the northern portion of modern day Belgium, in the original French. A fascinating and comprehensive history of Flanders, the predominately Dutch-speaking por...

Wellington

Oliver Brett · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, William Heinemann, 1928. First edition. Leather. A leather bound biography on the life of the Duke of Wellington, written by Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, with a range of illustrated plates. First Edition, rebound in full-morocco. Illustrations include a frontispiece a...

A Leader of Society at Napoleon&Apos;S Court

Catherine M. Bearne · 1904 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. Cloth. A well-illustrated historical work on important female figures within Napoleon's Court, with a range of illustrations in a binding from the W. H. Smith & Sons Circulating Library. Second Impression, Very Scarce. In a cloth binding fr...

The Invasions and Projected Invasions of England, from the Saxon Times

E. S. Creasy · 1852 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Richard Bentley, 1852. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition work on the Norman Conquest, and how these invasions affected Saxon Times, written by Edward Shepherd Creasy. First and only edition. Rebound in cloth binding.This work gives the reader a compre...

Napoleon&Apos;S Campaign in Poland 1806-7 a Military History of Napoleon&Apos;S First War with Russia Verified from Unpublished Official Documents

F. Loraine Petre · 1901 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to find first edition of Petre's interesting discussion on Napoleon's first war with Russia, illustrated with three folding maps. The very scarce first edition of this work.A well-research...

Narrative of the Campaign in Holland in 1814, with Details of the Attack on Bergen-Op-Zoom

[John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Not Stated, United Service Journal, 1830. Leather. John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie's first hand account of the 1814 Siege of Bergen op Zoom, here extracted and bound on it's own in a nice half crushed morocco binding. A very scarce extract of an article written by John...

Les Origines de la France Contemporaine: The Revolution

H.A. Taine; John Durand · 1878 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Daldy, Ibister, & Co.; S. Low, Narston, Searle & Rivington, 1878-85. Cloth. The first English translation of this comprehensive work on the French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine, uncommon in this edition. Complete in three volumes. Written by Hippolyte Taine, and trans...

Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington 1831-1851

Philip Henry · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, John Murray, 1889. Cloth. The third edition of this work exploring notes and conversations between the author, Philip Henry, Earl of Stanhope, and the Duke of Wellington. A fascinating collection of the musings and observations of the Duke of Wellington between 1831 an...

Napoleon Intime, Translated from the French

Arthur Levy · 1902 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1902 . Cloth. A scarce privately printed edition of this biography of Napoleon, making use of numerous hitherto unpublished documents related to the life of the French Emperor. A scarce, privately printed English language transla...

The Death of the Red King

Paul Doherty · 2006 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Greenwich Exchange, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work, set in the forests of medieval England and featuring William II of England, signed by the author to the title page. First edition, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to t...

The History and Antiquities of Lewes

Rev. T. W. Horsfield · 1824 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

Sussex, J. Baxter, 1824-27. First edition. Leather. An excellent first edition of T. W. Horsfield's richly illustrated history of Lewes, Sussex. Written by Thomas Walker Horsfield, a topographer and historian best known for this work and his later title focusing on the br...

The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St Cloud in a Series of Letters

Stewarton · 1895 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, H. S. Nichols & Co. 1895. Cloth. A limited edition collection of letters written from a nobleman within Napoleon's court, with insights into important political and military figures. First edition thus, limited edition, 'strictly limited to 500 copies&apos.Si...

Wellington and Waterloo

Major Arthur Griffiths · 1898 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, George Newnes, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition account of the Duke of Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo, beautifully illustrated with a frontispiece as well as numerous text illustrations. First edition. Part of the 'Navy and Army Illustrated Libr...

Memoirs of the Comte de Rambuteau Edited by His Grandson

Comte de Rambuteau; JC Brogan [trans.] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, G. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first English language edition of the memoirs of the Comte de Rambuteau. The first English language edition of this work, translated from the French by J. C. Brogan. A book of memoirs of the Comte de Rambuteau, F...

The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise

Imbert de Saint-Amand · 1890 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1890]. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this work on Empress Marie Louise by Imbert de Saint-Amand. Imbert de Saint-Amand was a French diplomat and historian, prolific author of publications on the women of the court of Louis XIV, Louis XV, as well as Mar...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic

John Lothrop Motley · 1878 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, George Routledge and Sons , 1878. Leather. A new edition of Motley's history of the rise of the Dutch Republic, complete in one volume in a charming full calf prize binding. A lovely copy of John Lothrop Motley's history of the rise of the Dutch Republic. A n...

The Rise of the Dutch Republic

John Lothrop Motley · 1888 · Rooke Books

£117.00 (€140.26 | $154.60 | ¥24,690)

London, Bickers & Son, 1888. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of J. L. Motley's history of the rise of the Dutch Republic, complete in one volume. A lovely copy of John Lothrop Motley's history of the rise of the Dutch Republic. The Dutch Republic was a federal rep...

The Rainbow and the Rose

Nevil Shute · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Heinemann, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition copy of Nevil Shute's thriller novel, first published in 1958, in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. 'The Rainbow and the Ro...

Garnered Sheaves: Essays, Addresses, and Reviews

Sir James George Frazer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays and reviews by Sir James George Frazer. The first edition, first impression of this work. Sir James George Frazer's collection of essays and reviews concerning a variety o...