Osprey Publishing

Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of the history of warfare.

Their publications include the Men-at-Arms series, running to over 500 titles, with each book dedicated to a specific historical army or military unit.

The cards proved popular, and the artist Dick Ward proposed the idea of publishing illustrated books about military aircraft.

Shire Books was acquired in 2007, and the science fiction, fantasy and horror imprint Angry Robot was purchased from HarperCollins in 2010.

Angry Robot, Nourish, and Watkins went to Etan Ilfeld while Osprey, Shire, Old House, and British Wildlife went to Bloomsbury Publishing.

A range of books published by Osprey at a bookshop. Each series has a different coloured spine, and there are some differences between series in how the covers are designed.