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The Ashmolean Ostracon of Sinuhe

John W. B. Barns · 1952 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Oxford, The Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Barns' translation of the Ashmolean's limestone ostracon of the ancient Egyptian Hieratic text 'The Story of Sinuh...

Freshly Remembered: The Story of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch

Cecil Aspinall-Oglander · 1956 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy which contains a biographical account of Thomas Graham, a Scottish politician and Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars, with an unclipped dust wrapper and numerous illustrated plates. First Edition....

The Royal Military Chronicle or British Officer"S Monthly Register, and Mentor. Vol. 4, Embellished with Superb Engravings by Cardon, Scriven &C

Various · 1812 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, J. Davis, 1812. First edition. Leather. A first edition of a popular military periodical bound into one volume. Compiling 8 monthly issues dating from May-December 1812, this work is an interesting mixture of military biography, military theory, military narratives, pr...

Battles of the Peninsular War

Sir William Napier · 0 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton, c1913. Cloth. A history of the Peninsular War told by Sir Willian Napier. An undated copy. Dated from Copac. A telling of the history of the Peninsular War by Sir William Napier, British soldier and military historian. In the Herbert S...

The French Revolution and Napoleon

Leo Gershoy · 1933 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this study of the French Revolution by Leo Gershoy. A comprehensive study of the French Revolution and Napoleon by Leo Gershoy, analysing the history of the Old Regime through to the ...

Campaign in Italy 1796, or the Debut of General Bonaparte

Major Conyers Surtees · 1897 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Edward Stanford, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Surtees' historical work, which gives a detailed account of the 1796 campaign that resulted in Napoleon's rise to fame, with three folding maps. First Edition, very scarce. Part of the &apo...

History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War

Major D. J. L. Fitzgerald · 1949 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this historical account of the involvement of the Irish Guards in WWII, illustrated throughout and compiled from the diaries of Intelligence Officers. The scarce first edition of this illustrate...

Napoleon Our Last Great Man

Elystan M. Beardsley · 1907 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Sisley's LTD, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition biography on Napoleon, focusing only on the lead up to the heights of his military career in Dresden, by Elystan M. Beardsley. The first edition of this very scarce work.An intriguing volume of ...

Recollections of Military Service, in 1813, 1814, & 1815, Through Germany, Holland, and France; Including Some Details of the Battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo

Thomas Morris · 1845 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, The Author, 1845. Cloth. A very scarce memoir on the author's experiences fighting during the last few years of the Napoleonic Wars when he was a teen. A very scarce work.The military recollections of the Napoleonic Wars by Thomas Morris, including some details of...

Paris After Waterloo

James Simpson · 1853 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work of military history, offering Simpson's reflections following the Battle of Waterloo, with two colour maps to rear of text. First Edition, uncommon. Bound by John Gray. Il...

The Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte, Little Blue Book 757

Louis R. Gottschalk · 1925 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Girard, Kansas, Haldeman-Julius Company, 1925. Paperback. A very scarce work on the consulate of 19th century French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, part of the Little Blue Book series by Haldeman-Julius. A brief but very comprehensive history of the consulate of nineteenth-centur...

Story of the Peninsular War

Marquis of Londonderry [Charles Vane] · 1858 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, 7.5" by 5.5, 1858 . Cloth. An illustrated first hand account of the Peninsular War from Charles William Vane, the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. A historical study of the Peninsular War from Charles Vane, the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, who served in the French Revoluti...

Wellington, His Comrades and Contemporaries

Major Arthur Griffiths · 1897 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London, George Allen, 1897. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the first Duke of Wellington and his times, illustrated throughout. Covering from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington's early days,  his nature, military qualities, successes and campaigns.Written by Art...

Adventures on the Road to Paris During the Campaigns of 1813-14. Extracted from the Autobiography of Henry Steffens. Translated from the German.

Henry Steffens · 1848 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Murray , 1848. First edition. Leather. The first English language edition of this personal account of the Napoleonic Wars by Henrich Steffens, scarcely seen. The first English language edition of this work, translated from the German of Henrich Steffens. A scarce ...

The King&Apos;S Jubilee Speeches, Together with the Primate&Apos;S Address in St. Paul&Apos;S

Anonymous · 1935 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, The Morning Post, 1935 . Leather. A delightful limited edition released in commemoration of the King's Jubilee in 1935. Containing all four speeches delivered by the King in honour of the Jubilee: his Majesty's reply to the Loyal Messages from the Three Fight...

The River War, an Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Winston Churchill · 1951 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951. Cloth. A smart, early edition of Churchill's history of Kitchener's triumph in the Sudan, illustrated with a wealth of folding maps and in the publisher's original dust wrapper. A historical study of the reconquest of Sudan, ...

Surveys of Gower and Kilvey, and of Several Mesne Manors Within That Seigniory

Charles Baker (ed.); G. G. Francis (ed.) · 1861 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, T. Richards, 1861-1870. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of historical survey documents, including Cromwell's Survey of Gower, with colour plate illustrations. First edition thus, being the first time these 1583-1689 survey documents were put...

The Life and Times of Cavour

William Roscoe Thayer · 1915 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Constable & Co, 1915. Cloth. William Roscoe Thayer's detailed two volume biography of Camillo Benso, the first Prime Minister of Italy. Renowned American author and editor William Roscoe Thayer's two volume biography of Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Cou...

The River of the Giraffe

Frank Savile · 1925 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this hunting account of South Sudan by Frank Savile. The uncommon first edition of this travelogue of South Sudan by Frank Savile, an account of the desert, stream, and forest big game shoo...

The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson&Apos;S Bay During Two Hundred and Fifty Years 1670-1920

William Schooling · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Hudson's Bay Company, 1920. First edition. Paperback. A scarce history of the Hudson's Bay Company by William Schooling, this being a wonderful illustrated first edition. The first edition of this scarce work.An interesting history of the Hudson's Ba...