Storia

The Candle of Vision

A. E. [George William Russell] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, Macmillan, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of George William Russell's fascinating collection of essays concerning Celtic mysticism. A very scarce signed first edition of this collection of transcendental es...

Recollections of Dublin Castle and Dublin Society

A Native · 1902 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce autobiographical history of Dublin, providing a detailed account of the Irish city, its castle, and its people. The scarce first edition of this early twentieth century anonymously authored ...

Baltic Mission

Richard Woodman · 1986 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

London, John Murray, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this naval fiction novel by Richard Woodman, set on the HMS Antigone led by Captain Drinkwater, in the original dust wrapper. First Edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the origina...

La Bretagne Ancienne Et Moderne

Pitre-Chevalier · 1844 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

Paris, W. Coquebert, [1844]. Leather. A sweeping historical volume of Brittany, illustrated with some stunning plates of engravings. A large paper volume exploring the French historical country of Brittany, in the original French. Written by Pitre-Chevalier, historian known as...

Narrative of the Peninsular War, from 1808 to 1813

Charles William Vane Marquess of Londonderry · 1829 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, Henry Colburn, 1829. Leather. An uncommon memoir by Charles Vane, recounting his experiences during the Peninsular War, this being the third edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. The third edition of this uncommon work, being the first time it appeared in oct...

Europe: The Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras

A. J. Grant; Harold Temperley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition thus of this focus on Europe during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras, complete with colour maps. The first edition thus of this very scarce work, being a section reprinted from '...

The Burlesque Napoleon Being the Story of the Life and the Kingship of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Youngest Brother of Napoleon the Great

Philip W. Sergeant · 1905 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, T. Werner Laurie, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition uncommon biography on the life of the youngest sibling on Napoleon, Jerome Bonaparte, the King of Westphalia. The first edition of this uncommon work.An exciting biography on the life of Jerome-Napoleon Bona...

Wellington a Record of a Great Military Career

Alfred E. Knight · 1900 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

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...

Une Page Detachee de L&Apos;Histoire de Flandre 1301 a 1328

J. Perneel · 1850 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

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 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

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 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

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 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

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 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

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 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

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 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

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 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

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 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

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 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

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 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

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 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

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...