Strong 12-volume lot from the Osprey Men-at-Arms Series focused on Russian military history across multiple eras. This is a tight, highly collectible grouping covering Imperial Russia, Napoleonic campaigns, the Crimean War, the Russian Civil War, and the Soviet era.

Titles included:

The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars 1 Infantry 1799–1814

The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars 2 Cavalry 1799–1814

Flags of the Napoleonic Wars 2

Peter the Great’s Army 1 Infantry

Peter the Great’s Army 2 Cavalry

The Russian Civil War 1 The Red Army

The Russian Civil War 2 White Armies

The Russo-Turkish War 1877

Russian Army of the Seven Years War 1

Russian Army of the Seven Years War 2

The Red Army of the Great Patriotic War 1941–45

The Russian Army of the Crimean War 1854–56

This is not a complete Men-at-Arms run, but it is an exceptionally cohesive Russia-focused grouping that reads almost like a chronological survey from Peter the Great through World War II.

Condition is very good overall. Clean interiors, solid bindings, light shelf wear typical for Osprey paperbacks. No major defects noted.

Provenance: From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, born Edward Michael Mendelson, poet and anthropologist. These volumes show minimal wear and reflect a well-kept scholarly collection.

Author, Haythornthwaite Konstam Zaloga Khostov Karachtchouk Wise Rosignoli Thomas Drury

Publisher, Osprey Publishing

Year, 1987 1990s

Special attributes, Men at Arms Series illustrated military uniforms Tarn provenance

Topic, Military uniforms campaigns Russian history warfare

Subject, Imperial Russia Napoleonic Wars Civil War World War II Crimea

Keywords, Osprey Men at Arms Russian Army Napoleonic Civil War Crimea uniforms illustrated Tarn library

Condition, Very good light shelf wear clean interiors