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Les Memoires de Messire Jacques de Chastenet, Chevalier, Seigneur de Puysegur

Jacques Francois de Chastenet, Marquis de Puysegur · 1690 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1690 . First edition. Vellum. The very scarce first edition memoir of seventeenth century French military and navy commander Jacques Francois de Chastenet, Marquis de Puysegur. With both volumes bound together in full vellum. In the original French...

A Sketch of the Waterloo Campaign: A Short Tactical Study

Major Seymour Clarke · 1903 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Gale & Polden LTD. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy containing a concise military sketch of the Waterloo Campaign, written by Major Seymour Clarke and intended as a 'short tactical study for young officers&apos. First Edition, very scarce. In the ...

Correspondance Inedite de la Comtesse de Sabran Et Du Chevalier de Boufflers 1778-1788

Comtesse de Sabran; Chevalier de Boufflers; E. de Magnieu (ed); Henri Prat (ed) · 1875 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Paris, E. Plon, 1875. First edition. Leather. A leather bound, first edition copy of letters from the Comtesse de Sabran and the Chevalier de Boufflers, written during the French Revolution. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the Comtess...

History of Napoleon I. Compiled from the Most Reliable Authorities, French and English

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Henry Lea, c1855. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated volume on the rise and fall of Napoleon I, an interesting work with illustrations by Horace Vernet. A very scarce work.A detailed look into the life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing his rise to Emperor and sub...

The Silver Crescent

Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. Leather. A limited edition work by Somerset de Chair, recounting his experiences in World War Two, in the binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered two-hundred an...

Historic Warwickshire

J. Tom Burgess; Joseph Hill · 1893 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Kent, & Co. 1893. Cloth. The second edition of this fascinating late 19th century historical work of Warwickshire, heavily illustrated throughout. A comprehensive and interesting historical and topographical work on Warwickshire, including chapters o...

Interesting Facts Relating to the Fall and Death of Joachim Murat

Francis Macirone · 1817 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Ridgways, 1817. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of this very scarce work on the life and death of King Joachim Murat of Naples, written by Colonel Francis Maceroni. A fascinating work on the life, fall, and death of Joachim Murat, formerly the King of Naples. Includin...

A History of the Campaigns of General Pichegru

Citizen David [Pierre Drapeyron de David] · 1796 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1796. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of this scarce work on the military campaigns of 18th century French general Jean-Charles Pichegru. A fascinating and comprehensive work detailing the campaigns of 18th century French general, Jean-Charles ...

The Life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington

G. Lathom Browne · 1856 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856. Cloth. A very scarce short biography on the life of the Duke of Wellington, published just a few years after his death. A very scarce work work.A concise study on the life and career of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of ...

The Last Days of the Consulate

Claude Charles Fauriel; Ludovic Lalanne [ed.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1885 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first English language edition of Claude Charles Fauriel's posthumously published account of Napoleon's rise to Emperor. The scarce first English language edition of this hist...

Relation Des Evenemens Politiques Et Militaires Qui One Eu Lieu a Naples En 1820 Et 1821

General Guillaume Pepe · 1824 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Paris et London, Not Stated, 1824. Brochure/Pamphlet. An uncommon French pamphlet regarding the start of the revolution in Naples in 1820 and 1821. A fascinating pamphlet on the events of the 1820 revolution, which commenced in Sicily and Naples against King Ferdinand of the T...

From Valmy to Waterloo: The Diary of a Soldier of Napoleon

trans. and ed. Robert B. Doublas; Jules Claretie · 1906 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Everett & Co. 1906. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce work on the French Revolution, translated into English by R. B. Douglas. Translated and edited by R. B. Douglas from the diaries of Charles Francois, marquis de Bonnay. Bonnay was appointed page to King Louis in 17...

Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk

Len Deighton; General W. K. Nehring · 1979 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Len Deighton's detailed military history of events of the Second World War. A remarkable account of the lightening war on the ground, exploring the scandals in the Nazi hierarchy. It narrate...

Prussia and Saxony; or, an Appeal to the Good Sense of Europe

Anon · 1815 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1815. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce pamphlet from the Pamphleteer on the annexation of Saxony. A fascinating essay on the annexation of Saxony to Prussia, The Pamphleteer No. IX, Vol V. Translated from the German.A very scarce work on the history of Sa...

A Narrative of the Events Which Have Taken Place in France from the Landing of Napoleon Bonaparte on the First of March 1815 Till the Restoration of Louis XVIII

Helen Maria Williams · 1895 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.33 | $75.32 | ¥12,029)

Cleveland, The Burrows Brothers, 1895. Cloth. A Limited Edition of Helen Maria Williams' detailed account of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, first published in 1815. A late nineteenth century Limited Edition printing of British novelist and translator Helen Maria...

The Court of the Empress Josephine

Imbert de Saint-Amand · 1891 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Hutchinson and Co. [1891]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this UK first edition study of the court of Empress Josephine. Imbert de Saint-Amand was a French diplomat and historian, prolific author of publications on the women of the court of Louis XIV, Loui...

Miniature Memoirs: The Wives of Napoleon

1909 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Sisley's , [1909]. Cloth. A very scarce pocket sized book containing biographical sketches of the wives of Napoleon. A very scarce copy of this work, issued in Sisley's 'Miniature series', held institutionally by one library only and rarely seen on ...

American Women in Gilded Age London: Expatriates Rediscovered

Jane Gabin · 2006 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 2006. First edition. Cloth. An interesting historical account of female American literary expatriates in London, the author's presentation copy. A bright first edition, first impression. The first edition, first impression of this...

Trekking the Great Thirst: Travel and Sport in the Kalahari Desert

Arnold W. Hodson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London; Leipzig, T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Cloth. A fascinating recollection of the author's time travelling the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, illustrated with folding maps and photographs. The third impression of this work, which was first published in 1912. It covers...

With the Flag to Pretoria and After Pretoria

H.W. Wilson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.70 | $336.95 | ¥53,813)

London, Harmsworth Brothers , 1900-02. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, heavily illustrated work on the history of the Boer War, complete in four uniformly bound volumes. The first edition of this work. A very smart, comprehensive work on the history of the Boer War, a bitt...