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 CD or incorporate into a collage sheet for sale.

And hey, if you make something with it that you’d like to show off, let me know, I’d love to see it and would be happy to link to your blog or what-have-you.

It’s really pretty in person; it’s embossed with lovely gold highlights, just a little rough around the edges.

And now, I’ve got to work on my Pumpkin a Day. More vintage Halloween images soon–that is, if you want to see more. Let me know!

Decorative Pages from Chicot the Jester

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 art nouveau title pages. Published by Dutton as part of the “Everyman” series. 464 pages.

Good condition, the spine is slightly weak but with care you can certainly read and enjoy this book.

Purchase this vintage book in my Etsy shop or browse for other vintage books.

Victorian Stereoview Devil and Temptress

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 for sale here.

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.

With additions by William T. Brannt, Graduate of the Royal Agricultural College of Eldena, Prussia, and William H. Wahl, PH.D. (Heid.), Secretary of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia; author of “Gaivanopiastic Manipulations.”

ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVENTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., Industrial Publishers, Booksellers and Importers, 810 Walnut Street. London: Sammpson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Crown Building, 188 Fleet Street.

1887

SOLD, please visit my Etsy shop to make another discovery.

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 3/4 w. x 8 closed.

Condition: Some foxing, mostly in first and last pages; paper is not dry or brittle and the binding is still pretty good. Some wear to covers and cover corners a little chipped. Previous owners name in ink on title page and flysheet.

CHAPTERS
Of Materials
Of Saws, Saw Frames and Treadle Machines
Other Tools and Implements
Oil Stones, Etc.
Of Glue, Polish, Sand Paper, Paste, Etc.
Of Designs
Of Marquetry
Gilding, Dyeing and Staining Woods
Wood Carving
Overlaying
Cutting Out Work
Beveling Edges and Putting Work Together
The Warping of Wood
Useful Hints
Pleasure and Profit
Envoi

DESIGNS
Picture Frame
Cross
Wall Pocket
Bracket in Leaf Work
Marquetry Design
Clock Case
Initials
Book Cover
Jewel Box
Mirror Frame
Picture Frame
Silhouette

Make this vintage decorative woodworking book part of your collection. It’s available for purchase in my Etsy shop at:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35276853