Jasper Burns

Selected Publications by Jasper Burns
As Author and Illustrator


IRISH HAMMERED PENNIES OF EDWARD IV AND RICHARD III Pietas Publications, 2009 A new reference to the medieval (15th Century) coinage of Ireland - with photos of most types and many new varieties.	FOSSIL COLLECTING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991 An illustrated guide to fossils and fossil collecting with localities - mostly in Virginia and West Virginia.	GREAT WOMEN OF IMPERIAL ROME Routledge, 2006 Illustrated biographies of 11 empresses from the golden age of the Roman Empire, plus a summary of the later empresses.

VIPSANIA: A ROMAN ODYSSEY Pietas Publications, 2006 A novel based on the lives of Tiberius, the 2nd Roman emperor, and his first wife Vipsania	FOSSIL DREAMS Pietas Publications, Spring 2007 An illustrated collection of poems and pictures about fossils and fossil collecting.	SELECTED LIVES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SOUL Pietas Publications, 2006 The illustrated story of the animal and human lives and spiritual journey of an individual soul.
		DREAMWEAVING A Novel Coming Soon
TRILOBITES: COMMON TRILOBITES OF NORTH AMERICA NatureGuide Books, 1999 An introduction to trilobites and how they lived, with illustrated descriptions of 41 common species.	EXPLORING FOSSILS: AN ACTIVITY BOOK Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1998 An illustrated children's guide to the fossils and geologic history of Virginia. Includes activities and recreated scenes of prehistoric life.

As Illustrator

THE MINTS BOOK: AN INQUIRY FIELD GUIDE
by Frank Taylor, Alan Raflo, and Llyn Sharp, Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History, 1997

An illustrated guide to the plants and animals that can be found in the schoolyards of southwestern Virginia. (Cover by another artist.)

DISCOVERING FOSSILS
by Frank A. Garcia and Donald S. Miller, Stackpole Books, 1998

A splendidly written introduction to fossils and fossil collecting with pen and ink drawings of numerous specimens.

FUN WITH MAMMALS
by Nancy D. Moncrief with Sonya Wolen, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1999

A children's guide to the mammals of Virginia, with color and black and white illustrations, including cut-out masks.

The first of many Frommer's guides to the national parks of the U.S. with illustrations of plants and animals by Jasper Burns.

Miscellaneous and Out of Print


Exploring Virginia's Endangered Species	Angling Alpine (OP)	PB's Quick Index to Bird Nesting (OP)	Guide to Used Book Dealers (OP)