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T. E. Lawrence · 1955 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. In the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Colonel...

Reminiscences of Old Scots Folk

T. Ratcliffe Barnett · 1913 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this remarkable series of sketches of people through the history of Scotland by T. Ratcliffe Barnett. An original series of sketches of Scottish folk in history by T. Ratcliffe Barnett, the first editi...

Considerations on the Causes, Objects, and Consequences of the Present War & a Letter to William Roscoe

William Roscoe · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Cloth. Two scarce works concerning 18th and 19th century English politician William Roscoe's opinions on the Napoleonic Wards, handsomely bound together. Two scarce works concerning the Napoleonic Wars...

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte

William Hodgson · 1840 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Orlando Hodgson, c1840. Leather. A very scarce, mid nineteenth century biography on Napoleon Bonaparte, one of France's most prolific political and military leaders. A fascinating and comprehensive biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of France's most prolifi...

Gibson&Apos;S Treatise on Land Surveying

Robert Gibson; Marcus Trotter · 1839 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Dublin, John Cumming, 1839. Cloth. Marcus Trotter's very scarce edition of Robert Gibson's mathematical guide to methods of land surveying. Illustrated with three folding plates. First published in 1752 under the title 'A Treatise of Practical Surveying', t...

Europe Since Waterloo

William Stearns Davis · 1927 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Leonard Parsons, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A nicely illustrated first edition copy of Davis' historical work, in which he analyses the state of Europe following the Battle of Waterloo. First UK edition, very scarce.Illustrations include a frontispiece, twenty-fo...

A Narrative of Memorable Events in Paris

Thomas Richard Underwood; John Britton (Ed) · 1828 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of Thomas Underwood's historical narrative, which details life in Paris when it was occupied by the Allied Armies in 1814. First Edition. Bound in half-morocco on mar...

Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred in and Near Leipzig, Immediately Before, During, and Subsequent to, the Sanguinary Series of Engagements between the Allied Armies and the French, from the 14th to the 19th October, 1813. Illustrated with Military Maps, Exhibiting the Movements of the Respective Armies. Compiled and Translated from the German by Frederic Shoberl. Third Edition.

Frederic Shoberl · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, W. Clowes for R. Ackermann, 1814. Leather. A lovely half leather-bound edition of the insightful narrative of the military events in and around Leipzig 14th – 19th October 1813. Third Edition. A very smart third edition of Frederic Shoberl"s comprehensive narrative of...

Napoleon or "Prostration Before the Hero

Werner Hegemann; Winifred Ray [trans.] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Constable & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English edition of this study of Napoleon, translated from the original German. The first English language edition of this work, translated from the original German by Winifred Ray from the edition as revised by...

An Unknown Son of Napoleon

Hector Fleischmann · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Eveleigh Nash, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this biography of Count Leon by Hector Fleischmann, a smart copy. The first edition of this work, an uncommon copy. Hector Flieschmann's biography of Count Léon, illegitimate son of Napoleon...

Spanish Campaign of Sir John Moore; the Peninsular War 1811-1814; the Waterloo Campaign 1815; the Napoleonic Campaign of 1805; the Campaign of Jena 1806

J. H. Anderson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Hugh Rees, Limited , 1905-13. First edition. Cloth. A group of five first editions in the original publisher's uniform bindings of J. H. Anderson's histories of the Peninsular and Napoleonic wars. Five volumes, all first editions. A scarce group of uncommon c...

Napoleon&Apos;S Campaigns of 1796, 1797, 1800, 1805, 1806, and 1807

Liut. Col. G. J. Fiebeger · 1886 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Not Stated, U. S. M. A. c1915. First edition. Cloth. An educational work on Napoleon Bonaparte's campaigns, which was used at the United States Military Academy, with folding maps to the rear of the text. Very scarce. Illustrated with three colour folding maps to the rea...

Pauline Bonaparte: Napoleon&Apos;S Attendant Star

Joachim Kuhn; W. H. Johnson [trans.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1937]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first English impression of Joachim Kuhn's biography of Pauline Bonaparte. The first English edition of this work, translated by W. H. Johnson from the original German of Joachim Kuhn. A scarce copy of the fi...

Dictionnaire Des Antiquites Chretiennes

M. L'Abbe Martigny · 1865 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Librarie de L. Hachette, 1865. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of this comprehensive illustrated dictionary of essential Christian terms and concepts. A comprehensive and detailed dictionary of terminology relating to Christianity and Chri...

A History of the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte

Eugene Labaume · 1844 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John W. Parker, 1844. Cloth. A very scarce volume on the French invasion of Russia during the Napoleonic Wars by Eugene Labaume. A very scarce work translated into English.A detailed study into Napoleon's invasion into Russia, a pivotal point of the Napoleonic War...

Story of Napoleon the Hero of the French

Bertha E. Bush · 1912 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York; Chicago, F. A. Owen Pub. Co.; Hall & McCreary, 1912. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, showing him as a hero for the French people, illustrated throughout. A very scarce work.Part of the Instructor Literature Series, this being numb...

A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada from the Mss. Of Fray Antonio Agapida

Washington Irving · 1829 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, John Murray , 1829. Leather. A very smart, first UK edition copy of this historical account of the conquest of Granada, published the same year as the true first US edition. A fascinating and comprehensive historical account of the conquest of Granada in Spain, from th...

The Life of Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic

1790 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, A. Swindells, c1790. Leather. A very scarce brief biography on one of the most prolific military and political leaders in French history, Napoleon Bonaparte, handsomely bound in half morocco. A fascinating, brief biography of eighteenth and nineteenth century French mi...

The Causes of the War of 1792

J. H. Clapham · 1899 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1899. First edition. Cloth. Part of the 'Cambridge Historical Essays' series, this work focuses upon the underlying causes of the War of the First Coalition, and is written by historian John Clapham. Scarce First Edition. No. X...

The Story of Napoleon

Mabell S. C. Smith · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition biography on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, colourfully illustrated with a range of maps and plates drawn by Baron Myrbach. First Edition, Scarce. Illustrations include a frontispiece, fi...