The most exciting place I have ever seen Osprey books is when I went to a Borders Books in Stony Brook, NY here on Long Island and walked smack into an ENTIRE bookshelf of Osprey books. They must have had at least 200 of them, which is incredibly unusual considering that most Borders and Barnes & Nobles rarely stock more than a dozen or so Osprey books at a time.
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As a career expat I tend to spend some time in English bookshops whenever I find them. In fact my current Osprey collecting phase was kicked off by the purchase of a couple of volumes of the D-Day Campaign books (2 and 4 to be precise, easily spotted on my shelf by rahter yellowed spines) purchased in the Foreign Languages bookstore in Beijing. I was back in Beijing a couple of years later and spotted the books I didn't buy (one on U-Boats I recall) still in the same place, getting even yellower. I didn't get them this time, because it is much cheaper to buy them online from Osprey! I was in Singapore a month ago, and the prices there were criminal! 25 quid for a New Vanguard!
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What price were they charging for them in Rhodesia?What did price exchange work out to?Was store very busy when you were there?
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John from Osprey New York here. Responding to Faganator, you may be pleased to know that there are at least 320 Osprey stores in the U.S. (that we know of) stocking the full-range of Osprey. You can view them on this handy Google map we've created. Also, in the New York Area, Compleat Strategist on 33rd Street in Manhattan also carries the full-line. Cheers!
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109640233266693996232.00044d343d2cac4696793&ll=38.548165,-96.503906&spn=45.680317,79.013672&z=4
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Don't forget there was an Osprey book... on a colour plate in another Osprey book! "NATO Armies 1949-1987" feature an illustration of a Belgian Lieutenant-Colonel holding an example of "Warsaw Pact Ground Forces" in his hand.
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I was shopping in a second hand bookstore in Itaewon in Seoul not expecting to find anything interesting to read, when I spied at the corner of my eye the unmistakeable shape of an Osprey book. I picked it up and was very surprised to see it, Woodland Indians MAA if I remember correctly. i am sure that book has a very interesting story to tell.
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Hey John, thanks for the response. I am aware of a few more locations that are not listed on that page. Anyway I can get them added? Who do I email?
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Faganator - You can email them to me at ospreyusa AT ospreypublishing DOT com and I'll see that they get added!
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Not an unusual place, but in terms of a massive selection Ian Alan books and model shop in Birmingham city centre has at least 3 spinners full, possibly 4
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