Tag: antique
Tag Description:Vintage Halloween Black Cat Witch
Scanned from my collection of antique Halloween postcards and yours to use as free clip art in your next artistic project. Click on the image for a larger version of the same. Just be kind and give credit back to “missmary.com” as the image source whenever possible and do not toss onto a clip art [...]
Chicot the Jester by Dumas
A vintage copy of Chicot the Jester, by Alexandre Dumas, author of The Man in the Iron Mask, Count of Monte Cristo, Three Musketeers…you know the man. Chicot the Jester is a romance, set in the court of King Henri III. This story is also known as “La Dame de Monsoreau.” Hardbound with red cloth [...]
Victorian Tempation! Devil and Bawd Tempt Gentleman!
A Victorian era stereoview scene of a most delicate kind! A leering devil watches with apparent delight as a disheveled woman encourages a man to recline on her wicker settee. This antique photograph is just one half of a stereoview. If you have a viewer, the scene comes alive! And you can actually own this [...]
The Techno Chemical Receipt Book
No self-respecting Steampunk aficionado should be without a copy of THE TECHNO-CHEMICAL RECEIPT BOOK: Containing Several Thousand Receipts, Covering the Latest, Most Important and Most Useful Discoveries in Chemical Technology, and Their Practical Application in The Arts and The Industries. Edited chiefly from the German of Drs. Winckler, Elsner, Heintze, Mierzinski, Jacobsen, Koller and Heinzerling. [...]
Fret-Sawing for Pleasure and Profit 1877
A difficult to find Victorian era copy of Fret-Sawing for Pleasure and Profit: How to Use the Fret-Saw. Henry T. Williams, Publisher, New York. 1st edition, copyright 1877. Marbled boards (covers), leather spine. All pages present. 110 pages, and many wonderful illustrations featuring quaint Victorian designs as well as engravings of tools. Measures about 5 [...]
