Latest book received

[white knight]

Ratspike. A book from the '80s featuring the art of John Blanche and Ian Miller, in mint condition.

[twrchtrwyth]

"Bronze Age Warfare" by Richard Osgood, Sarah Monks and Judith Toms. Second hand but excellent condition.

The most curious thing is the handwritten inscription inside the cover which reads:

"For Auntie Edith, Not exactly bedtime reading but I hope you will enjoy it. With much love, Sarah"

I really wonder who Auntie Edith is (or was) and why she was interested in the subject.

And is Sarah the same Sarah as one of the authors?

[General Roos]

GLADIATOR - The Game of Deadly Arena Combat in Ancient Rome by Warhammer Historical. Beautiful hardcover book. 

[Wirelizard]

This one is just a loan from a friend, but I've got my hands on a 1972 edition of Donald Featherstone's Battles with Model Soldiers, and it's a fascinating look at the early modern days of our hobby - Airfix conversions with blobby paintjobs, no dice but the d6, all sorts of things you hardly see anymore - sand tables, that sort of thing.

A beat-up public library copy of this book introduced me to the idea of wargaming when I was ten or so, and re-reading it as an adult has been good fun.

I've started to blog about the book, with some excerpts and tidbits that catch my eye; the first of those posts should be on the Warbard by tomorrow morning my time.

[archangel1]

...Donald Featherstone's Battles with Model Soldiers...

Getting old! Can't remember whether I've got that one or not.  At least, it's not with the rest of the antiques.

I did find Battle! Practical Wargaming (1972) by Charles Grant, Sea Battle Games (1970) by P. Dunn and Introduction to Battle Gaming (1969!) by Terence Wise, though. 

[TheMightyFlip]

Snuff by Terry Prachett, the yearly birthday present.

[Poiter50]

Ambush Valley - Force on Force supplement for Vietnam.

[joroas]

Picked up a large set of Knotel prints on CD. Quite impressed by his variety and style.

[carlos marighela]

"Bronze Age Warfare" by Richard Osgood, Sarah Monks and Judith Toms. Second hand but excellent condition.

The most curious thing is the handwritten inscription inside the cover which reads:

"For Auntie Edith, Not exactly bedtime reading but I hope you will enjoy it. With much love, Sarah"

I really wonder who Auntie Edith is (or was) and why she was interested in the subject.

My bookmaker is giving the following odds:

2-1 Aunt Edith is a rather tweedy woman in her sixties who enjoys Time Team, crocheting, the novels of Rosemary Sutcliffe and writing to the editor of Country Life.

160-1 Aunt Edith is a strapping young woman in the prime of life, obsessed with the mystic elements of pre-historic Britain, sees herself as a modern reincarnation of a Bronze Age fertility godess, often takes the night air attired only with a gold torque around her neck and is crazy for anyone with a 7th Edition WRG Bronze Age army.

Good luck and happy punting.

[Comsquare]

Not wargame related but inspirational as well:

Come into the Kitchen, by Vincent Price

[inkydave]

The story of the Northern Rhodesian Regiment -edited by W.V.Brelsford.

not the best picture reproduction but at first glance seems to be a good read.

[Sterling Moose]

I picked up the following from a charity shop in Port Huron, Michigan:

1945 Collier's Year Book (covering the year 1944)
Britannica Book Of The Year 1945

Both for the princely sum of $1

[Colonel Tubby]

Watched an interesting documentry on BBC 4 the other week on the Icelandic Sagas which prompted me to buy 'The Sagas of the Icelanders'

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sagas-Icelanders-World/dp/0141000031/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321388585&sr=1-1

A weighty tome at around 700 pages - I can see me reading a story here and there between other books!

[answer_is_42]

This one is just a loan from a friend, but I've got my hands on a 1972 edition of Donald Featherstone's Battles with Model Soldiers, and it's a fascinating look at the early modern days of our hobby - Airfix conversions with blobby paintjobs, no dice but the d6, all sorts of things you hardly see anymore - sand tables, that sort of thing.

A beat-up public library copy of this book introduced me to the idea of wargaming when I was ten or so, and re-reading it as an adult has been good fun.

I've started to blog about the book, with some excerpts and tidbits that catch my eye; the first of those posts should be on the Warbard by tomorrow morning my time.

I found a near untouched copy of this in a local secondhand bookshop for a fiver a couple of weeks ago, along with some of his other books although I only got the one. An interesting read, very dated as you say, but nevertheless still contains a fair bit to think about. My dad went all nostalgic when he saw it having done a bit of wargaming in his youth.

[carlos marighela]

I managed to lay a bet at 200-1 that Auntie Edith is a huge red-haired amazon, clad in flattened and stapled baked bean tins wishing to give the tumulus and grave circle she is building in her back garden a more authentic look.

The big question now is "what to do with my winnings?" when I collect.

That's not a tumulus, it's an Anderson shelter.