[Regia-NA] Osprey Books we all buy - New and sometimes discounted.

[rmhowe]

I decided to write this up and save some folks some
money, and I'm sure there are loads of new folks on
some lists that have yet to see these. Those who
live in more remote areas.

Sometimes you can even get an idea on some female
costumes as well as the more usual male costumes
and armor and equipments. One of my wife's favorite
dresses was patterned after an illustration in one.

The Warrior Series is probably the best as it shows
sometimes exploded views of all the equipments that
one would have such as saddle construction or weapons
or shields. Which makes them quite useful.

The Anglo-Saxon Ion; Osprey Combat Series.
(This is actually the Anglo-Saxon Theign mis-listed.)
Softcover. (Osprey)   5H56 stock code
List Price: $18.95
Sale Price: $14.95
Savings: $4.00  (FRom Scholars)

16AJR   ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE VIKING AGE $19.95
(this one is not in the Osprey series, I put it
here for those who might be interested).
(From Scholars)

I buy from both http://www.ospreypublishing.com
and http://www.scholarsbookshelf.com
and I have noticed that sometimes substantial
discounts are available from scholars bookshelf
on about a third of the over 500 titles they list.
Try going to their website and typing in Osprey.

If something is out of stock temporarily and back
ordered they send you a 10% (time-limited) discount
on your next order. If they can get it you will
still receive the book you ordered. With Osprey
this is seldom a problem. Very few Osprey books
go permanently out of print.

I've done business with them for over fifteen years.

Note: They do not list the series number in their
booklistings and frequently list a generic
book size description / sometimes not all that
accurate to the particular series as they vary
in page sizes and prices. However, if you know
what you are looking for you can often save
some real money - say $7 or so per book sometimes.
Sometimes I simply open two browser windows on both
sites and compare the book listings.

Some examples of savings on the not newest titles:
Grenada, 1481-1492 Osprey Campaign Series. 5DGJ
List Price: $18.95 / Sale Price: $11.95 / Savings: $7.00

Nicopolis 1396; Osprey Campaign Series. 5EFL
List Price: $18.95 / Paperback Price: $14.95 / Savings: $4.00

Scholars isn't quite up to speed on the most recent
Osprey publications, which come out at a rate of
about six or seven per month in about a dozen
series of books. Warrior, Campaign, Essential Histories,
Man At Arms, New Vanguard (Viking Longship for example),
Elite - all have ancient to medieval titles in them.

 From Osprey:
(Men-at-Arms 396)  Medieval Scandinavian Armies (1) 1100–1300
Authors: David Lindholm, David Nicolle / Illustrator: Angus McBride
US Price: $14.95 / UK Price: £8.99. Very New.
Paperback; August 20 2003; 48 pages; ISBN: 1841765058

Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 BC – AD 363 (New Vanguard 78)
Author: Duncan B Campbell / Illustrator: Brian Delf. Also very new.

Three or more books and Osprey will send them post-paid.
Not quite the discount that Scholars has on some titles
but not too shabby.

There have been quite a few titles that came out the
last two years on Siege Engines in the Greek and Roman,
Medieval, and Oriental areas.

When you get to the point that you have over a hundred
titles it gets a bit confusing keeping up, and I've
bought more like 150 or so in the last twenty + years. ;)

Master Magnus, OL [SCA], Regia Anglorum, Manx, GDH
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