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Europe Since Waterloo

William Stearns Davis · 1927 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

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 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

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 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

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 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

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 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

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 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

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 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

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 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

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 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

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 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

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 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

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 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

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 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

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 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

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 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

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...

Quatre Bras, Ligny and Waterloo: A Narrative of the Campaign in Belgium, 1815

Dorsey Gardner · 1882 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this factual account of Napoleon's time in Belgium in June of 1815, during the Waterloo Campaign. The scarce first UK edition of American historian Gardner Dorsey's late nin...

Napoleon, Lover and Husband

Frederick Masson; J. M. Howell [trans.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, The Merriam Company , 1894 . First edition. Cloth. J. M. Howell's illustrated first English language translation of French historian Frederic Masson's study of Napoleon's role as a husband and lover. The first edition thus of this biographical study of...

The Hundred Days. 1815.

George R. Russell · 1815 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1849. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition account of a young boy's time in Paris during the final days of Napoleon's rule. The very scarce first edition of George Robert Russell's account of his time in Paris as a schoolboy...

Land Battles, from Hastings to Inkerman

L. Valentine · 1869 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. c1888. Cloth. A scarce illustrated children's history of some of the most thrilling and important land battles engaged in by the British army. A scarce illustrated children's study of some of history's most exciting l...

Life of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch

Alexander Marin Delavoye · 1880 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Richardson, Marchant Singer & Co, 1880 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this biographical account of the life of celebrated politician and army officer Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch. The first edition of this very scarce biographical study of Tho...