Wednesday March 10th 2010

Posts Tagged ‘antique’

Chicot the Jester by Dumas

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 covers, decorative spine in gold, decorative [...]

Victorian Tempation! Devil and Bawd Tempt Gentleman!

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 very vintage photograph! It's [...]

The Techno Chemical Receipt Book

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, [...]

Fret-Sawing for Pleasure and Profit 1877

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 [...]

New Etsy Shop, EphemeralDelights.etsy.com

EphemeralDelights  has finally gotten off the ground, you can find vintage antique photographs, antique books, pinback buttons and other assorted old goodies.