Penny Magazine a Bound Volume
New York: 1833. First Edition. Original leather spine and boards - hinges solid. More
Natural History and Science
The Fruit Garden; A Treatise Intended to Explain and Illustrate the Physiology of Fruit Trees, The Theory and Practice of all Operations Connected with the Propagation, Transplanting, Pruning and Training of Orchard and Garden Trees, as Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Espaliers, Etc.,
Rochester, N.Y. Published by the Author, 1863. Illustrated with Upwards of 150 engraved figures, representing different parts of trees, all practical operations, forms of trees, designs for plantations, implements, etc. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8".Blind embossed brown cloth covered boards. 398 pp. including index. Includes the laying out and arranging different..... More
Two Bird-Lovers in Mexico
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Well Illustrated with Photos. First Edition. Orange Cloth. More
The Book of Days, A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character
London and Philadelphia: W. & R. Chambers and J. B. Lippincott, n.d. (ca. 1900?). Two 4to. volumes, 832 pp in vol i and 840 pp. in vol. ii, including comprehensive index. With at least 529 engraved illustrations scattered throughout the text. The Book of Days consists of - 1. Matters..... More
Anhinga, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Black Crowned Night Heron, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Brown Pelican, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Caracara, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/100 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. This particular print has a limitation of 1/100. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and..... More
Glossy Ibis, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. First edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Great Egret, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Limpkin, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Reddish Egret, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Snail Kite, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/100 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. This edition limited to 100. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure..... More
Snowy Egret, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Spoonbill, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. First edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
White Ibis, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor is visible..... More
Woodstork, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Yellow Crowned Night Heron, an original copper plate engraving from the collection of twenty Birds of Florida. 1/250 signed by John Costin
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Red Shouldered Hawk,
Ybor City, FL. Limited edition. The Birds of Florida, a limited edition collection of twenty different images, has been twenty years in the making. This amazing labor of love has finally been completed by John Costin with much loving support from his wife and staff. The adventure of this endeavor..... More
Black Bagdad
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1933. Second Impression April, 1933. Large 8vo. Black cloth covered boards stamped in green. 276 pp. "At the back of my mind always had lurked the desire to return to learn more of this strange land of modern Arabian Nights. Now I was to..... More
Twenty Little Pets from Everywhere
New York: Julian Messner. Illustrated by Helene Carter. First edition. 4to. bound in beige paper covered boards textured to look like cloth. 64 pp. replete with many illustrations. Beautiful pictorial endpapers. Charming stories of lives and habits of animals from around the world - The Panda, The Dormouse, The Tarsier..... More
The Romance of THe Apothecaries' Garden at Chelsea
London and Sydney: Chapman and Dodd, Limited, 1924. Second Edition. Small 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-5/16. Purple cloth stamped in gold. 136 pp. The second edition - revised and enlarged - contains a letter kindly sent to the Author by the Revd. W. E. Layton. It was written by a friend..... More
The Fulmar
St. James Place, London: Collins, 1952. With a painting by Peter Scott, 4 Photographs in Colour, 78 Photographs in Black and White & 70 Maps, Diagrams and Line-Drawings. First edition. The New Naturalist Series. 8vo. Green cloth cover with spine stamped in gold. 496 pp. including index. A most complete..... More
Lunar Science: Ancient and Modern
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1886. Inscribed and signed by author and dated 1896. 8vo. 5-3/4" x 8-5/8." 89 pp. including notes and Index of names. 5 pp. publisher's ads. Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold. From the Introduction: "As an instinctively religious being, man is constitutionally concerned..... More
The Sun in the Church, Cathedrals as Solar Observatories
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press, (1999). Second Printing. 4to. 10" x 7". Cream paper covered boards. Red cloth spine. 366 pp. including index. THrough much of the Scientific Revolution, between 1650 and 1750, Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Constructed initially to solve the pressing problem..... More