Obsessed with Osprey

Started by Jarhead0331, January 09, 2020, 11:11:14 AM

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Jarhead0331

Check list above for new arrivals on 1/11/20. Still have 5 or 6 shipments on the way. lol
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Jarhead0331

New arrivals today on 1/15/20. Check list for the updated titles. Still have more on the way!
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"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18


Gusington



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Martok

I've enjoyed the 2 (3?) Osprey books I've read.  The problem is that my "to-do" list of books (including quite a few that are currently sitting in stacks in my living room -- to say nothing of the ones I'd love to rent from the library) is almost as long as my 'to-do" list of games.  :-[ 
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Jarhead0331

New arrivals added to the list from today, 1/18/20. Mostly from the Campaign Series and the Combat Aircraft series. Still have about 50 or 60 titles on the way. lol.

I may have gone overboard.
Grogheads Uber Alles
Semper Grog
"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18


Martok

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on January 18, 2020, 12:52:32 PM
I may have gone overboard.
Isn't that your SOP for most things?  :P 
"Like we need an excuse to drink to anything..." - Banzai_Cat
"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

"At our ages, they all look like jailbait." - mirth

"If we had lines here that would have crossed all of them. For the 1,077,986th time." - Gusington

"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces

Dammit Carl!


Michael Dorosh

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on January 09, 2020, 11:11:14 AM
I always liked the Osprey series of books, but never went out of my way to acquire them. Over the last few years, I've been picking more and more of them up from local used book store, where they frequently show up at a steep discount.

Recently, I've had a compulsion to fill in some gaps in the Campaign, Air Campaign, Combat Aircraft, Elite and Men at Arms series. I went crazy on some online thrift stores and recently bought like 3 or 4 dozen of them. Still have a long way to go.

Once they arrive, I'll post a complete list of my collection.

Anybody else into these?

By rough count of my bookshelf, I have 135 titles, including the Campaign series. Some of the older titles are a bit suspect now, but I think the really bad ones have been rewritten and reissued as second editions. I find many of the titles to be quite good, but of course they are all just primers.

Michael Dorosh

#23
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on January 09, 2020, 02:41:47 PM
The worst is Canadian Forces in WWII.  Very light on detail overall and it was mainly focused on generalities such as uniform colours of the various branches as the war progressed with almost nothing on TO&E, deployments, OOBs, unit histories, etc.

None of the Men at Arms titles are intended to be super heavy on detail. Having said that, the best of the bunch I have is the German Army (volumes 1 to 5) which does manage to wedge in an inventory of divisions on the various fronts, rank insignia, breakdown of the chain of command, some brief sketches of the different division and unit types, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/German-Army-1939-45-Blitzkrieg-Men-at-Arms/dp/1855326396/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=osprey+german+army&qid=1579453282&s=books&sr=1-1

The worst titles are probably German Infantryman (volumes 1 to 3) which is really just fluff, illustrated by, I suspect, captionless photos someone found on ebay.

https://www.amazon.com/German-Infantryman-Eastern-1943-45-Warrior/dp/1841767808

Toonces

^ Wow, that is a fantastic library collection Michael!
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Jarhead0331

New arrivals today on 1/21/20. Mostly from the Combat Aircraft, Men-at-arms and Elite series. Check list for the updated titles.
Grogheads Uber Alles
Semper Grog
"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18


Gusington

^Thanks to you I have added a bunch to my Amazon cart on WWI Russian armor, 19th century Chinese armies and a bunch of other obscure topics.


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We can't live under the threat of a c*nt because he's threatening nuclear Armageddon.

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Jarhead0331

New arrivals today, 1/23/20. All from the Elite series. Check list on page 1 for updated list.
Grogheads Uber Alles
Semper Grog
"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18


Destraex

I have about 200 of them. Maybe more. They are great little read although a lot of people point out that their is a tonne of mistakes in some. I especially like the battle order series.
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Jarhead0331

#29
Just hit the mother load and added these to my collection...

Fortress:

Japanese Castles 1540 - 1640
Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710 - 1602
Roman Legionary Fortresses 27 BC - AD 378
German Defenses in Italy in World War II

New Vanguard:

Greek and Roman Artillery 299 BC - AD 363
Napoleonic Naval Armaments 1792 - 1815
Panther Medium Tank 1942 - 45
Bell UH-1 Huey "Slicks" 1962 - 75
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

Duel:

Panther vs T-34 Ukraine 1943

Elite:

The Samurai
Samurai Heraldry
World War II Infantry Tactics Squad and Platoon
Samurai Commanders (1) 940 - 1576
Samurai Commanders (2) 1577 - 1638
Siege Warfare in the Roman World 146 BC - AD 378
Finland at War 1939 - 45
Roman Battle Tactics 109 BC - AD 313
French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1892 - 1815
Hatamoto Samurai Horse and Foot Guards 1540 - 1724

Men-at-Arms:

Samurai Armies 1550 - 1615
Armies of the Carthaginian Wars 265 - 146 BC
Rome's Enemies (1) Germanics and Dacians
Rome's Enemies (2) Gallic & British Celts
The Herman Goring Division
Roman Military Clothing (2) AD 200- 400

Campaign:

Sekigahara 1600
Nagashino 1575
Kawanakajima 1553 - 64
Anzio 1944
Osaka 1615
Pharsalus 48 BC
The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592 - 98
Philippi 42 BC

Warrior:

Samurai 1550 - 1600
Ashigaru 1467 - 1649
Celtic Warrior 300 BC - AD 100
Gladiators 100 BC - AD 200
Ninja AD 1460 - 1650
Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949 - 1603
Roman Legionary 58 BC - AD 69Roman Auxiliary Cavalryman AD 14 - 193
Pirate of the Far East 811 - 1639
Samurai Women 1184 - 1877

Battle Orders:

Samurai Armies 1467 - 1649

Osprey Aviation Elite:

Lentolaivue 24

All this for $175 and they are all practically in mint condition. The seller even threw in a few extras!
Grogheads Uber Alles
Semper Grog
"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18